Example sentences of "a few [adj] [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make your new greenhouse a success by asking a few essential questions before you buy , says Jonathan Edwards |
| 2 | In 1979 he published a paper showing that the perception evoked by stimulating the skin or the neural pathway between the skin and the cortex was reported by the subject as occurring a few hundred milliseconds before the cortical ERP was sufficiently complete to generate that perception . |
| 3 | After a simple pre-take off litany ( minus the F for flaps ) which should be familiar to any Cessna 150 pilot , the Aircoupe accelerated down Halfpenny Green 's Runway 34 in a formation take-off , becoming airborne in a few hundred feet before I had to throttle back to keep in station with the hard-climbing 172 camera ship . |
| 4 | The smart metalled road which links the new colonies to Aurobindo Marg gives out a few hundred feet before you get to the village . |
| 5 | He described it as the ‘ old ’ fell race but it was started a few hundred years after the feast originated . |
| 6 | Sunday newspapers : Most Sunday newspapers in the UK have a national circulation , but there are a few regional ones as well as " national " Scottish and Northern Ireland Sundays . |
| 7 | N.B. : We have only listed a few Zionist atrocities as to list them all , as with the crimes of the IRA , would fill a book or two . |
| 8 | In Nunn 's way of orchestrating the scene , however , the forced merriment comes across like the willed time-killing in Three Sisters , less the whiling away of a few specific minutes than the attempt to shake off a pervasive ennui . |
| 9 | A distinguished backing band , including Dave Edmunds and Presley 's one-time guitarist , James Burton , knocked out a few appropriate standards while a video crew wandered about on the stage shining lights at an audience that had not paid to be treated as studio extras . |
| 10 | Though agreed between the parties , these proposals were bitterly attacked by some Conservatives as destroying the traditional upper House and by a few Labour members as creating a large new area of patronage for the Prime Minister . |
| 11 | Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) . |
| 12 | I had a few casual relationships after I left the Sorbonne . |
| 13 | ‘ He managed to give the authorities a few sketchy details before he died . |
| 14 | I earn my first of these by commenting that there were a few raised eyebrows when his peerage was announced last June . |
| 15 | Staggering And , after earning at the staggering rate of nearly $60 a second throughout this tournament , he said : ‘ I would rather win Wimbledon again and a few thousand pounds than this tournament and all this money . ’ |
| 16 | Indeed , behind the fears and accusations which surrounded the villainous working-class ‘ scorcher ’ , his emancipated female accomplice , and the unruly cyclist juror we can perhaps sense the vaguely incoherent feeling that the democratic bicycle — which was now only upsetting the respectable pleasures of a quiet Bank Holiday weekend in the countryside — was representative of a force that might be calculated to upset a few other things as well . |
| 17 | I have a neighbour with a toddler who was outgrowing several of the things I was looking for ; the pram came from her , and a few other things as well . |
| 18 | I think the conclusion coming out of that is that as a result of what I 've described and a few other things as well , not least the fact that the company has now capped its contribution rate to no more than ten per cent . |
| 19 | The winter sales may be coming to an end … but Gloucester 's rugby men are still looking for a few late bargains when they head north to Sale this weekend . |
| 20 | The linnet lifted its beak and uttered a few melancholy notes as she opened the cage door . |
| 21 | Perhaps for this reason above any other , aromatherapy has sometimes been dismissed out of hand by a few dyed-in-the-wool traditionalists because they believe a certain amount of discomfort must be felt if it 's to do us any good ! |
| 22 | A few extra minutes while he went up for his loser 's medal would n't have made much difference . |
| 23 | IN OUR household as in many others recently there were a few worrying days before the GCSE examination results were published . |
| 24 | IN OUR household as in many others recently there were a few worrying days before the GCSE examination results were published . |
| 25 | There were a few frantic seconds while the owl went berserk around my head before disappearing inside its box . |
| 26 | There were a few diplomatic handshakes as the players left the field at the end , but it seemed a relief that an extra week lay between this Test match and the next , and it could only be hoped that work would continue behind the scenes to impress upon these cricketers , especially the more excitable ones , that the game does not deserve to be abused . |
| 27 | His parents had neglected this aspect of his upbringing , having largely abandoned their religion but for a few outer forms before he was born . |
| 28 | The single , simple reason for the biography 's size is that , in the effort to come up with what , if only for the number of facts it contains , must rank as definitive , Ackroyd has scoured not just every imaginable source but also quite a few unimaginable ones as well . |
| 29 | Spectators were also treated to a display of sheepdog skills which saw & names , put their crafty canine sue through her paces , rounding up not only sheep but a few noisy geese as well . |
| 30 | Durham 's advent provides a new lease of life for a few senior pros whilst the local talent is gradually integrated . |