Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [prep] a few " in BNC.

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1 Most of these rural craftsmen were still part-time farmers or cottagers with a few acres of land and rights on the commons and wastes .
2 In cases around the room lie the collected fragmentary treasures of human ancestry , mostly skulls , jaws and teeth with a few partial limb bones .
3 There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings .
4 A walkway for the guards , and compartments to separate the convicts into manageable groups , each fitted with small hatches for the dropping of their black bread rations , and unmoveable benches and shelves for a few to sleep on .
5 Treatment is usually a lotion which kills the lice and nits in a few easy applications .
6 In the centre would be several lines of trestle tables carrying cages for chicken , ducks and geese with a few tame rabbits .
7 I was terrified of saying anything that the kidnappers would view as a coded message or as offensive in any way , in case John should suffer for it , but how was I to put a year 's worth of thoughts and feelings into a few lines ?
8 Comparisons with published data for central Atlantic islands are restricted to samples of common rock types , mainly transitional basalts , alkali basalts and basanites with a few nephelinites .
9 More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course .
10 The farms listed on p. 60 supply eggs and larvae of a few common species in season .
11 During the following months we started to distribute basic medical material to dispensaries , health centres , and hospitals in a few districts .
12 There are possible side effects such as nausea and headaches for a few days and extremely rarely there are other serious complications .
13 List all your outgoings and expenses over a few weeks .
14 As the large informal sector becomes more entrenched in Third World economies , the articulation between sectors becomes stronger , with resulting poverty for many , but opportunities for a few .
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