Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is fundamentally a defensive approach reflecting an assumption that progress will inevitably erode biological diversity and quality , and the only way to prevent complete loss is to ring-fence a few of the best ‘ sites ’ for posterity while allowing development to take its course elsewhere . |
| 2 | Instead the intention is to describe a few of the salient features of the more relevant groups in order to show something of the motivations and workings of the voluntary youth movement prior to the introduction of collectivist measures after 1900 , and to suggest why the ‘ boy labour ’ reformers were eager to incorporate several aspects of the movement 's practice and ideology within those policies . |
| 3 | His anxiety for equal terms in the nuclear club was echoed a few months later by , of all people , Aneurin Bevan , who urged his fellow left-wingers at the Labour Party conference not to vote for Britain to give up nuclear arms with the famous plea : ‘ Do not send the British Foreign Minister naked into the international conference chamber ! ’ |
| 4 | This has been partly due to the new and attractive packages offered to depositors , and partly due to the increase in competition in the sector since the interest rate cartel was ended a few years ago . |
| 5 | Her car was parked a few yards away from the building . |
| 6 | The Regional Council Highways Department is to install a kerb at this corner and the Community Council are to plant a few trees . |
| 7 | Sometimes some of the sheep and goats are hidden , and when the flock comes to rest at midday the boy is given a few minutes in which to inspect gothorima and report . |
| 8 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 9 | The simplest decoration is to put a few drops of vegetable dye into the water when you boil and egg . |
| 10 | My job was to say a few words that might comfort both groups . |
| 11 | Another conference was held a few months later at Geneva , when France 's colonial war in Indochina was brought to an end . |
| 12 | Her husband was arrested a few hours later . |
| 13 | ‘ But when the young folk of the dale were given a few hours off we certainly made the most of it . |
| 14 | Its severed head is found a few days later , wrapped in plastic , and used as a football by some local kids . |
| 15 | The procedure is to spend a few hours ( as much as you feel you need ) studying the NZ Visual Flight Guide ( an officially-produced , loose-leaf sort of Flyer VFR Organiser or Pooley 's Guide equivalent ) and getting to know the various local vagaries of VFR , as well as learning to read an interpret the New Zealand half-million charts . |
| 16 | The somewhat carefree atmosphere of this event was dampened a few months later when the Electricity Board 's contractors prepared to start work on levelling the ground for the new power station . |
| 17 | The strike was averted a few days before the scheduled date , after Confindustria , yielding to pressure from the government as well as from the unions , agreed to resume pay negotiations in the sectors concerned , and from June 1 , 1991 , to enter into negotiations on a new wage bargaining and indexation system . |
| 18 | I had been out for many hours that day and had covered many miles of jungle with unflagging caution , but without one moment , s unease , and then , on cresting the ridge , and coming in sight of the rocks , I knew they held danger for me , and this knowledge was confirmed a few minutes later by the kakar 's warning call to the jungle folk , and by my finding the man-eater 's pug marks superimposed on my footprints . |
| 19 | the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred |
| 20 | The main reason why people act in this manner is to save a few seconds — a high price to pay . |
| 21 | David 's fashion advice this season is to buy a few good , interchangeable basics with a strong silhouette : ‘ A shift dress , and a flared jacket or a blazer will be the classics . |
| 22 | The easiest way to introduce the strategy is to give a few simple demonstrations : 1 . |
| 23 | For example , in the UK the average period between the ex dividend date and payment of the dividend is fifty three days , while the dividend is announced a few weeks before the ex dividend date ( Yadav and Pope , 1992b ) . |
| 24 | This preparatory work was practically complete at the outbreak of war and authority was given a few days before for completion . |
| 25 | ‘ When the draw for the quarter-final was made a few weeks ago , I was delighted at being paired with Derry City ’ he declared . |
| 26 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |
| 27 | One minute the firm was having a few financial problems and hoping for some helpful investment advice , the next their premises were sold off to a factory development corporation , their directors sacked , the workforce were redundant . |
| 28 | One young man was killed a few weeks before the Armistice . |
| 29 | I have always regretted the fact that the unhappiest part of my life was spent a few miles away from Riggindale , and I never visited it . |
| 30 | The old watermill was demolished a few years ago , but was active until 1960 . |