Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] a [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To begin with , consider just a simple series circuit embracing total inductance L and resistance R into which a steady e.m.f. is suddenly introduced at time . |
| 2 | space actually , I mean , you get about a hundred people on here , it 's , it 's , it 's alright . |
| 3 | I know quite a few people who would do that . |
| 4 | The Laboulbeniales demonstrate a high degree of host specificity , and by this criterion are highly advanced ; most infect only a single species of arthropod , or at most a small group of closely related host species , and only a few are known to occur on a variety of distantly related hosts . |
| 5 | I reckon they must 've nearly got enough for a ticket cos they ask quite a few people . |
| 6 | But I gather quite a few people in the industry have actually lost their jobs , have they not , and been laid off ? |
| 7 | I am more concerned about employers who employ only a few people and whose main criterion is the flexibility of being able to take on staff , to change their hours from time to time and , on occasions , to get them to work 60 or 70 hours a week when they are busy . |
| 8 | ‘ I think quite a few people will vote the same as their parents and this is Hummersknott , ’ she said . |
| 9 | Whereas tropical forests may contain hundreds of species of trees , temperate forests typically contain only a few species ( oak with ash , yew with beech ) or even only one ( as in the redwood or cedar forests of North America ) . |
| 10 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel is in a small room just inside the Presbytery door and to it come over a hundred people who give an hour of their time a week to ‘ watch ’ but there are countless others who come in just for a minute or two and there find a few minutes of silence and prayer . |
| 11 | It 's a good idea it 's a good idea in principle but , but it 's not a workable proposition when you 've over a hundred fish and there 's evening |
| 12 | We have only a small staff . |
| 13 | Beaked whales generally have only a single pair of teeth protruding from their lower jaw , and instead of teeth they use a ribbed palate to get a firm grasp on their prey . |