Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [Wh adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a few areas where descriptions are skimped ( for instance of Doppler effect ) and I found a few small errors . |
| 2 | A few areas where people have just got to make sure that they do things , people are mostly clear about what they have to do , erm they seem very , very positive . |
| 3 | However , there are a few areas where confusion might arise . |
| 4 | Sure , there are a few areas where quality control could be bettered , but basically the instrument does not suffer in any way . |
| 5 | We still get an , er quite a few calls where fireworks have been pushed through letter boxes , in including pillar boxes , and they can cause all sorts of havoc although they 'll not do an awful lot of damage to individuals . |
| 6 | And then they 'd have a big auction for a few pounds where Dad used to do the auctioning and since he was a sergeant major one could hear his voice . |
| 7 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 8 | There will be definitional and ultimately theoretical problems in a few cases where land-use decisions are shared in a complex manner between a small group like a household , and a larger community . |
| 9 | There are of course a few cases where wives earn more than their husbands . |
| 10 | It is worth noting that there are not a few cases where constructions containing postverbal adjectives are equivalent to different structures having the same subject and the same adjectival and verbal properties , but with the former now in ordinary predicative position and the latter replaced by an adverb : ( 61 ) Mario seemed regretful Mario was apparently regretful ( 62 ) the sharks remain dangerous the sharks are still dangerous This is exactly what could have been expected , given structure ( 47 ) . |
| 11 | Innovating new products , developing existing ones and a progressive programme of improving quality and services — they 're just a few reasons why Veka , and the people who choose Veka , will never stand still . |
| 12 | So this statement could be him trying to play down the incident … remember there were a few incidents where cuntona was reported to have stormed off to france . |
| 13 | There are a few detectors where rechargeables are not recommended ; in such cases it is best to stick to alkalines . |
| 14 | Led by Major Ronnie Tod , 30 men went ashore and had hardly been gone a few minutes when Dudley Clarke and the commander saw the dark outline of a boat coming in from the sea . |
| 15 | There was a game they 'd played a few times when Edith was out of the house , a rough-and-tumble sort of thing , perfectly harmless . |
| 16 | These are a few examples where cost is an important reason for the under-use of services by the lower socio-economic groups . |
| 17 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 18 | No doubt there are a few places where Stornoway citizens get drunk at Sunday lunchtime , indeed , there are quite a few of them , but their doors are shut to the public ; sin goes private on the Sabbath for it is public morality which counts in Sabbath observance . |
| 19 | The beginnings were slow and limited to a few sectors where differences in labour costs were important . |
| 20 | In fact , at most matches , they do very little at all except set up a few chants when things are a bit quiet . |