Example sentences of "[noun sg] be a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Golden-leaved marjoram , yellow-variegated lemon balm , white-variegated pineapple mint , purple-leaved sage , blue rue , the filmy leaves of bronze fennel , and the pink , purple and blue , leaf-like bracts of clary are a few herbs of this kind . |
| 2 | He is desperate to receive fan mail at the following address : Please do not enclose an SAE for a reply as Old Fishfinger 's dictionary is a few letters short of an alphabet . |
| 3 | His own car was a few yards ahead , and he could be in and started before they turned the corner — but not out of sight . |
| 4 | Outside the window are a few sticks lying around on the grass . |
| 5 | All that exists of the imposing dwelling is a few feet of wall and an open fireplace adjoining Cumnor Church . |
| 6 | The rheidity of ice is a few weeks , that of salt about a year , but igneous rocks will only exhibit rheid flow after a stress has been applied for hundreds of years , in the case of deeply buried rocks subject to elevated temperatures , or tens of thousands of years for rocks at the surface . |
| 7 | Kabelvåg campsite is a few kilometres beyond the village , on the flanks of a charming little beach and remarkably civilized . |
| 8 | On the whole I think it 's a , a good thing , er it 's only five or six years ago that an historian called Paul Kennedy published a book saying that America was in decline as a super power , er and in fact I think what 's happening is that er , there are , there are going to be clusters of super powers now in the world and they 're all more modest than American and the Soviet Union were a few years ago . |
| 9 | The village centre is a few minutes stroll , and with the ferry jetty nearby , the Monastero at Varenna , and adjacent villas with their semi-tropical gardens are all within easy reach . |
| 10 | The energy flux of PSR1718–19 at the surface of the companion is a few orders of magnitude below the critical flux necessary for substantial swelling of the companion due to irradiation . |
| 11 | The tiny seaside resort of Widemouth Bay is a few minutes walk from our entrance . |
| 12 | The call was a few minutes in coming through — probably they had to look for Seddon at the other end . |
| 13 | It 's become apparent that had the plane been a few feet higher it would have hill . |
| 14 | Whichever tree structure is chosen , the time taken to build the structure from an ASCII word list is a few minutes for approximately 70,000 words . |
| 15 | If your hairdryer is a few years old , you 'll be surprised to see how many different types are now available . |
| 16 | Her background was a few rungs up from the Jenkinses and that elementary social fact helped to give her a poise in the face of his ever-increasing sureness . |
| 17 | An identical table and matching vase was a few yards further on . |
| 18 | All of which pushed THe Smiths surprisingly above the more ‘ instant ’ Frankie Goes To Hollywood and implied that their following touched the size of The Jam 's a few years previously . |
| 19 | This should be resisted by the tenant as not only will the term be slightly diminished ( by almost three months where , for instance , the certificate date is a few days before a quarter day ) which could be relevant for a comparatively short term lease , but also the first and subsequent rent review dates will be that much sooner , which at a rent of , say , £100,000 per year , increasing to £140,000 per year ( in an inflationary market ) on the first rent review , would add £10,000 per quarter to the rent . |
| 20 | Nineteen sixty one , er , our anniversary was a few weeks ago , twenty one years we 've been married , but er |
| 21 | My most valuable experience was a few years ago when I was living in a dingy student room in Grenoble . |
| 22 | Davout 's tent was a few paces distant , lit by an enormous watchfire and guarded by a pair of sentries . |
| 23 | For the third successive year , Baileys Original Irish Cream is sponsoring Baileys SummerStage — a series of 18 concerts in the grounds of some of England 's most famous stately homes : Castle Howard , Longleat and Sudeley Castle are a few examples . |
| 24 | Kensington Palace is a few minutes walk through the park from Kensington High Street or Bayswater Road where buses and underground stations are located . |
| 25 | The Lloyd Baker estate is a few streets of plain Victorian houses reaching up a slope near King 's Cross . |
| 26 | On one occasion when the poor chap was a few minutes late , it was , ‘ He 's only ever on time when he wants to take me to church . ’ |
| 27 | What got in the press last week in fact was a few days late , it had all been sorted out . |