Example sentences of "a few species " in BNC.
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| 31 | The fauna of these lakes is usually restricted to rotifers , tardigrades and other small detritus-feeding invertebrates , a few species of copepods and other crustaceans , enchytraeid worms and the larvae of chironomid flies . |
| 32 | A few species of pelagic fish feed on zooplankton , but the major predators in surface waters of either polar region are sea birds , mysticete whales and pelagic seals . |
| 33 | Special adaptation is required in a few species to fit breeding cycles into the polar year . |
| 34 | The ear tufts of a few species do not represent true ears . |
| 35 | Fifty years ago this was not the case ; there was then no apparent threat to any but a few species . |
| 36 | It is not possible at present to assess the taxonomic weight of the character of the arm spine articulation surface on the lateral arm plates , whether of familial or subfamilial worth as only a few species have yet been examined . |
| 37 | There are quite a few species where the sex roles have become reversed and where males behave like females and females behave like males . |
| 38 | The number of tree species with high proportions of ‘ barked ’ trees is low , but bark of a few species is pulled off in strips up to 10m long as seen in Bombax brevicuspe ( Bombacaceae ) and Lannea welwitschii ( Anacardiaceae ) . |
| 39 | Individuals of a few species like durians provide food for several orang-utan meals , but most are cleared by one animal in a single meal . |
| 40 | To compensate hunters , many of them peasants and Indians , for loss of income from the illegal trade , the government is allowing exports of a few species not in danger of extinction , such as the Teyu Guazu iguana , whose skin is used for handbags and belts . |