Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adv] a few " in BNC.

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1 Yeah I mean but on the other hand the there 's probably quite a few that did read it .
2 I do n't think that he could look after other countries , although the same sort of precedent could no doubt apply for example , the former French prime minister , there 's probably quite a few of them around , could be found to go
3 for people , kids being off , so it 's obvious the rest of the country 's off that week , and so it 's probably only a few limited schools
4 Obviously , I understand that this course is to be built mainly for the benefit of the people who 'll buy the new houses , but it seems a pity that natural unspoilt countryside should be bulldozed to make way for what 's really just a few rich people 's pastime . ’
5 This is not the case when the level is even just a few feet down .
6 If the battle in which Penda fought Cwichelm and Cynegils at Cirencester , dated to 628 in the Chronicle A ( s.a. 628 ) ( which is almost certainly a few years too early ) , can be safely placed before 633/4 , Penda was already a formidable force before Hatfield , but even if it were to date to a little after 633/4 it still reveals the wide-ranging character of Penda 's early activities .
7 Okay so there 's quite quite a few of these that you 're getting to know .
8 But still the habit of flying north for the summer persisted among the birds and it has remained to this day , even though the journey is no longer a few miles , but several hundred .
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