Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | there are several marked differences in the way that industrialisation has proceeded country-by-country ; that there is no single logic of industrialisation , though there may only be a few paths . |
| 2 | The idea of a rational democracy is , not that the people themselves govern , but that they have security for good government … the best government ( need it be said ? ) must be the government of the wisest , and these must always be a few . |
| 3 | Prices are also made a lot more volatile right simply because the world market becomes a residual market , instead of everybody buying and selling through the world market right , if virtually everybody becomes self sufficient , the world market becomes a bit of a misnomer right , there is n't such a thing as a world market in that in that particular case it it may just be a few very small countries trade on the world market , it becomes very small market and therefore prone to supply erm fluctuations in any one country and as we know , supply fluctuations on inelastic demand causes price volatility . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll only be a few weeks late . |
| 5 | ‘ She says she 'll only be a few minutes . ’ |
| 6 | I 'll only be a few minutes , then I 'll cook you some breakfast , ’ she said briskly . |
| 7 | There 'll still be a few showers around this evening , but they 'll die out later . |
| 8 | Today it is probably extinct , although there might still be a few around St Brieuc . |
| 9 | DEC , on the other hand , which has been having COSE talks at both the strategic and technical levels , feels there might still be a few loose ends to tie up , some of them perhaps circulating around the ‘ Process Paper ’ that is expected to be made public soon . |
| 10 | DEC , on the other hand , which has been having COSE talks at both the strategic and technical levels , feels there might still be a few loose ends to tie up , some of them perhaps circulating around the ‘ Process Paper ’ expected to be made public soon . |
| 11 | I ca n't believe it — there 'll probably be a few hundred there tonight though . |
| 12 | I decided that there might well be a few odd cancer cells lurking about that my immune system had n't spotted or had been too demoralized to deal with — and anyway , was n't I , like everyone else , making thousands of cancer cells every day ? |
| 13 | There may still be a few people in Islay who will remember , no doubt with appreciation , the Coats libraries , a source of firstly recreation and secondly instruction , when books were scarce in the island except in the houses of the proprietors , and to a lesser degree , the doctor , the ministers and the schoolmasters , long before popular newspapers , radio and television were easily available , |
| 14 | There may still be a few sticking points even at these late stages . |
| 15 | It need only be a few seconds of me singin' or something but you 'd be gettin' straight to a certain type of literate , intelligent audience . |
| 16 | Your letter need only be a few lines long , but use your own words to explain why you think time must be found for the Bill . |
| 17 | There may even be a few glimpses of the sun with the temperature up to 8 Celsius , 46 Fahrenheit and with very little wind . |
| 18 | While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window . |
| 19 | The return journey was supposed to start at half past three but there would always be a few people missing . |
| 20 | The introduction , in October of 1840 , of a Mine Club , was probably welcomed by the majority though there would always be a few who would begrudge the payments . |
| 21 | Goebbels instructed German press representatives on 19 October that ‘ it would still be a few days before the fall of Stalingrad ’ and recommended caution in reporting . |
| 22 | Sadly , however , there will always be people from disadvantaged backgrounds and there will always be a few people — many of them not from disadvantaged backgrounds — with strong and perverted personalities , who , through macho perversity , gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism . |
| 23 | The belay will probably be a few feet lower than it was and nearer to the exit from the groove . |
| 24 | The total value of a player 's army may be less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the few remaining points on . |
| 25 | The total value of a player 's army may be slightly less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the odd point on . |
| 26 | The total value of a player 's army may be less than the agreed value , and will often be a few points short simply because there is nothing left to spend the odd point on . |