Example sentences of "[adv] a few [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scientists stressed that it was little more than a laboratory curiosity , the energy coming from the fusion of only a few hydrogen atoms and ‘ was scarcely enough to register on highly sensitive measuring instruments ’ ; although the process had no immediate commercial value it suggested ‘ possible industrial uses of immeasurable importance ’ . |
| 2 | Nowadays it is regarded very much as a ‘ party trick ’ and there are only a few helicopter radios which feature an ‘ invert ’ switch . |
| 3 | C. Today there are only a few cotton mills left but there are many firms making clothing and some making textile machinery . |
| 4 | But at the moment only a few treatment plants in Britain have the equipment to do this . |
| 5 | Skip could not speak Russian and only a few crew members could speak limited English . |
| 6 | With an equal number of doctors and town watchmen in the city , about 50 , no gas and only a few oil lamps illuminating the winding streets and alleys , the dark work of the Resurrectionists went ahead almost unhindered . |
| 7 | For the first time in weeks there was no mass of English soldiery on the terrace area , nor in the other visible encampments , although the tentage was still there , only a few enemy troops remaining between castle and town . |
| 8 | A flight crossing only a few time zones |
| 9 | Today most ports have only a few fishing boats but large fleets still work from three of the ports . |
| 10 | So volcanic rocks are composed of only a few mineral groups , each group having its own characteristic atomic structure . |
| 11 | Only a few charter companies reach this , and a visit to Cod Hole on Ribbon Reef Ten is pushed heavily as a selling point of any trip . |
| 12 | It needed only a few palm trees and sand to complete the conventional picture of a desert island . |
| 13 | Only a few city regions and industrial areas gained constantly throughout the period ( figure 2. 11 ) . |
| 14 | Only a few family farmers have had the opportunity , or the resources , to expand the size of the farm . |
| 15 | Regarding the type of development mentioned in ( b ) above , only a few planning authorities seem to consider odour emission to be a major factor when deciding whether or not to grant planning permission for development which would be sensitive to any existing odour emitting use . |
| 16 | ‘ Where will our exporters be if one day the foreign shipowners find it cheaper only to call in Rotterdam with just a few feeder services to this country ? ’ |
| 17 | In a nutshell , SAYE is a regular savings scheme offered by just a few building societies which can be opened by anyone aged 16 or over . |
| 18 | And just a few ledger lines above . |
| 19 | If America is to win in the new global competition , we need to begin telling one another a new story in which companies compete by drawing on the talent and creativity of all their employees , not just a few maverick inventors and dynamic CEOs . |
| 20 | Just a few throat bugs to deal with . ’ |
| 21 | The results of the survey are broadly consistent we found in similar sides , specific problems of traffic congestion in the town centre but elsewhere a few traffic problems . |
| 22 | There was another advantage late on a lunch-time in that there were always a few city slickers who had ventured north by north-west ( of the Barbican ) to try the Hoskin 's or the Holden 's bitter and found it had got the better of them , so needed a taxi back to civilization . |
| 23 | Earlier this afternoon , there were still a few teething problems … like plenty of signs … but no food … and a ticket machine … but no tickets . |
| 24 | There were still a few funeral directors within a thirty-mile radius I had not , as yet , contacted . |
| 25 | Depending upon the size of your holding , you will keep one or two house cows or goats , turning their milk into butter , cheese , and yoghurt , and possibly a few beef cattle as money-spinners . |
| 26 | There are also a few video loops showing the actual scenes to which the various drawings refer . |
| 27 | As well as the above scale type there are also a few arpeggio ideas employed . |
| 28 | As well as the above scale type there are also a few chordal/arpeggio ideas used . |
| 29 | Here a few chance changes in genetic structure , often quite minor in themselves , can result in a dramatic change in the phylogeny of a given species . |
| 30 | The hosiery industry was traditionally one consisting almost entirely of small family firms , but twenty years ago a few yarn suppliers and other major companies bought out large numbers of them . |