Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that is the case , the Home Secretary 's statement of a few moments ago is wrong . |
| 2 | Those industrial societies which were ( and in a few cases still are ) collectivist and centrally planned , have had to cope with different problems , although they too were affected by economic recession , and faced some of the same difficulties in maintaining economic growth . |
| 3 | A thing that I 've heard from a few directions recently is erm the thought of work shadowing . |
| 4 | The harvest I had seen gathered a few kilometres away was back on the stalk . |
| 5 | Even if the order to which the Minister referred a few minutes ago is introduced , what can the Minister tell us about the Government 's thinking on what the timetable will be ? |
| 6 | Well that was the question that Mr asked you a few minutes ago was n't it , er Mr ? |
| 7 | A few minutes away is the historic port of Bideford with a fascinating waterfront . |
| 8 | After all the ditches I 'd waded through I was n't going to be defeated now — and only a few yards ahead was the blessed sea . |
| 9 | The firehouse , a few yards away was intact , its crew away that day at a firefighting clinic . |
| 10 | A few yards away was a half-raised wall . |
| 11 | Just a few yards away were dunes spiked with palms . |
| 12 | A few examples only are offered here . |
| 13 | Their argument a few days ago was still hovering at the back of her mind , still had the power , in fact , to make her cringe with shame , and it lent an edge of petulance to all her answers to his questions . |
| 14 | ‘ The one which detonated at Lisnaskea in my constituency just a few days ago was one of many stolen in Dublin a few days previously , ’ said Mr Maginnis . |
| 15 | Here Blake left them , identified himself to the surprised border guards and a few days later was flown to Mosow for a triumphant reunion with the KGB . |
| 16 | John Coleridge , ‘ an Israelite without guile ’ , had probably died of a massive stroke , and a few days later was buried on the north side of the altar in the church he had served for twenty-one years . |
| 17 | Who spent 17 months on the sidelines , scored within 10 minutes of his comeback then a few days later was sidelined again ? |
| 18 | Losing most of the All Black team a few days later was even more embarrassing . |
| 19 | Components that were made in and shipped from Malaysia a few days earlier are then shipped back ’ . |
| 20 | Pages that had seemed worthless a few days before were now pored over , in the hope that they 'd yield some clue , encoded in the fanciful excesses of Chant 's idiosyncratic and ill-punctuated prose , that would lead him to some fresh comprehension of the times and their movers . |
| 21 | To make matters worse , practices that were valued at twice gross recurring fees a few years ago are now being sold for half recurring fees . |
| 22 | Machines that were seen to be at the forefront of technology just a few years ago are now readily replaced and cast-off with little or no second-hand value . |
| 23 | Properties they say a few years ago are down by 25 to 30% , that with lower mortgage rates gives them a tremendous boost . |
| 24 | The only difference between Tina Turner today and a few years ago is her material . |
| 25 | The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ . |
| 26 | There are many examples where what was ‘ academic ’ a few years ago is now very much applied . |
| 27 | On the other hand , there are certainly some Conservatives I could not bring myself to vote for — such as Mr Jack Aspinwall in my neighbouring seat of Wansdyke , who a few years ago was one of an all-party group of MPs who spoke far too warmly about the Ceausescu regime on a visit to Romania , and who lists as his only publication Kindly Sit Down ! , a collection of ‘ after-dinner stories from both Houses of Parliament ’ . |
| 28 | The media commentator Michael Leapman , writing in the Independent on Sunday , observed that ‘ she has not usually done well in other roles … her Panorama programme on TV violence a few years ago was not judged a critical success . ’ |
| 29 | Presenting art that reflects or comments on news events or , more broadly , on history , seems to be the new orientation of the Whitney Museum , which only a few years ago was more likely to devote Biennial space to the rising stars of New York 's booming gallery scene . |
| 30 | And the finding of the suit a few years ago was the start of the hunt that they now have every year , ’ she explained matter-of-factly as though it were the most usual thing in the world . |