Example sentences of "a few [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Golf is one of the fastest growing sports worldwide , and for many playing a few leisurely games is the top priority during a weekend . |
| 2 | A few outstanding bills were paid , and the application by the master and matron for a testimonial was granted . |
| 3 | A few million dollars were kept abroad to provide for the family 's regular needs from videos and colour television sets through to Nicolae Ceauşescu 's preferred Gillette razors . |
| 4 | At one time only a few selected diseases were thought to have links with the sufferer 's state of mind , but now it is recognized that a whole range — from cancer to heart attack — may be brought on by worry and strain . |
| 5 | Other settler papers and a few mission-sponsored papers were in existence , the latter providing almost the only significant opposition to white rule and UDI in 1965 . |
| 6 | However , a few essential oils are very strong and should never be used by anyone in concentrations above 1 to 1 ½ per cent ( see page 126 ) . |
| 7 | Fortunately , though , all but a few volcanic rocks are built up by various combinations of only seven different minerals , or rather mineral families . |
| 8 | A few Black Arks were left to patrol the stormy northern seas . |
| 9 | It is understood that only a few specialist posts are likely to be be transferred . |
| 10 | In these raids there were no human casualties in any of the deaf centres , although a few deaf families were made homeless when their homes were hit . |
| 11 | She would lie , steal , cheat for Oliver : burning a few hundred pounds was chicken feed . |
| 12 | A few hundred metres were overrun but at heavy cost in life . |
| 13 | But a few hundred enthusiasts were all that was needed to make these dirty little flying mice a protected species , free to flit and , well , leave droppings , wherever it takes their fancy under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act . |
| 14 | A few hundred Masai are gathered , the later arrivals dotting the savannah to the south , advancing in pairs or small knots of red and purple . |
| 15 | A few hundred quid was smashing . |
| 16 | Now that religious observance was officially discouraged only a few hundred worshippers were present . |
| 17 | A few hundred jobs are to go . |
| 18 | By March 1958 an array of groups mobilizing pieds noirs , army officers , right-wing politicians , and a few committed Gaullists were actively plotting insurrection against the Fourth Republic . |
| 19 | Er my final point sir is concern with perhaps a few emotional points being made to my right about the old and the infirm and the young not being able to afford houses . |
| 20 | A few scrawny chickens were busy searching for scraps , while half a dozen black pigs grunted among the roots of hedges of sago , or round the slim pawpaw trees bending under the weight of their fruit . |
| 21 | In fact , the themes are various and , despite rival 1492 celebrations , for Europeans the artistic creativity of Latin America apart from a few great names is still largely unexplored territory . |
| 22 | A few radical spirits were interested but most sympathized with Baldwin 's long-held view that Mosley was ‘ a cad and a wrong ‘ un ’ . |
| 23 | While a few professional eyebrows were raised , nevertheless , when the US Army Chief of Staff , General Colfins , visited Vietnam he was not only impressed by de Lattre 's ‘ Siegfried Line ’ but told the Joint Chiefs of Staff that unless the Chinese intervened the French and Vietnamese forces should be able to hold Indo-China indefinitely . |
| 24 | But a few rough edges are welcome in these days of vacuous , glossy musicals , and numbers like Over the Hills and Far Away and Macheath 's bitter hymn about Tyburn Tree to the tune of Greensleeves are beautifully performed . |
| 25 | Quite a few prominent people were to pay for that series defeat and it must have been a cruel disappointment for Mains that he was among those replaced . |
| 26 | When Carl Mathers 's car pulled up in view of the rose garden , just a few golden trails were left on the hard blue , a threadbare tapestry . |
| 27 | A few wintry showers are likely in eastern parts of England and Scotland , especially coastal counties . |
| 28 | Only a few simple cartridges are available , including Tennis , Baseball and Super Mario Land . |
| 29 | Management of cases with LM potencies is quite simple as long as patient compliance is good and if a few simple guide-lines are followed . |
| 30 | But wool is a marvellous rug-making material and , provided that a few simple precautions are taken , your oriental rug will last for many years . |