Example sentences of "a few [noun] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | TAXING TIME FOR JOB-SEEKERS A few taxation jobs are available for those with the right specialist skills and knowledge |
| 2 | When he arrived with his parents for the interview the headmaster took him to a field where a few golf holes were laid out , handed him a wedge and a bucket of balls , and told Jack to hit some shots at one of the greens while he organised some tea for his parents . |
| 3 | ‘ And here I was , thinking that a few hours leave was on the cards . ’ |
| 4 | But within a few hours Mal was suffering exhaustion and Bill had injured himself falling on diamond-hard green ice on the Lhotse Face . |
| 5 | Within a few hours Denwood was stripped of everything , there was not a soul or a vestige of its recent occupation to be seen in the place . |
| 6 | In all but a few cases interviews were taped . |
| 7 | In a few cases people are the target , usually the result of the horses not having being handled properly ; but mostly the aggression in horses is directed towards other horses . |
| 8 | In a few cases data were not available for some of the more minor roads entering a junction . |
| 9 | A few reference books were collected from the library , from people 's own shelves ; somebody found a couple of Leicester guide books in a Yorkshire second-hand shop . |
| 10 | One senses that a few bowling attacks are likely to feel the frustration of Smith as he works out his disappointment at missing the latter stages of the World Cup . |
| 11 | A few FGD schemes were installed : at North Wilford , Battersea , Bankside and Fulham . |
| 12 | Within a few minutes Elisa was on the settee in the sitting room where , at last , she regained consciousness . |
| 13 | And then in a few minutes Dennis is going to join with me in explaining to you how we are going to make the quality planning procedure work for you . |
| 14 | A few field trips are also arranged . |
| 15 | The fact that many people were buried without durable dress-fasteners may imply that organic materials were often used , either on their own or in conjunction with metal fasteners ; a few bone buttons are known . |
| 16 | A few late-Sunday diners were finishing their lime pie and coconut ice-cream as the small party walked past the vast open dining-room and onto the deep enclosed veranda which was used as a bar . |
| 17 | Amongst a few health books are J. McGregor-Robertson " The Household Physician , " Professor Kirk " Papers on Health , " Lyster " First Hygiene " and F. Phillips " Out of Darkness into Light . " |
| 18 | Quite a few membership forms were applied for , together with promises of photographs , information etc . |
| 19 | A few yards west is the dry entrance to the caves , which novices like myself can safely probe until confronted by difficulties ; daylight is admitted from manholes in the surface clints . |
| 20 | Oh you 're bound to get a few bum ones are n't you . |
| 21 | When I arrived , the village was deathly quiet ; a few fishing boats were pulled up on the shingly beach but there was no activity . |
| 22 | A few college teachers are undoubtedly brilliant exponents of their subject . |
| 23 | I bet they have a few Sony Walkman 's disappear . |
| 24 | Think the closing dates a few days time is n't it ? |
| 25 | Within a few days Caledonia was in complete agreement : the entire team should take up golf . |
| 26 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 27 | A quick spin of his ‘ Sweet Freedom — The Best Of ’ compilation album of a few years back is proof enough that he has had many hits in his home patch without making similar in-roads here . |
| 28 | Calcium ions turn on the zygote at fertilisation , and a few years back were named the ‘ final common pathway ’ in cell death . |
| 29 | One of the wonder boys we sold a few years back was Ian Snodin , to Everton . |
| 30 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |