Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , a few chairs on the market that improve posture while sitting . |
| 2 | ‘ So happy to gleet my good fliends here tonight ’ , he began , and spoke for a few moments on the glories of old Cathay . |
| 3 | As I said , Sunderland played well … and had a few chances on the break — only to be expected . |
| 4 | Sandison got up , put a few coins on the café table and set off to meet Maidstone . |
| 5 | Bicker sighed , and flipped a few coins on the bar . |
| 6 | The Clio reaches us in perfect condition , excepting a few scuffs on the steel wheel trims . |
| 7 | Leave a few marrows on the plants to ripen fully , raising them up through the foliage into the sun by resting on bricks . |
| 8 | It would have been easy to track down , as a somewhat acidulous correspondent explained during a few remarks on the shortcomings of journalists . |
| 9 | Before concluding this chapter a few remarks on the subject of doubling strings by wind may be useful . |
| 10 | The general theory of relativity links the gravitational force and the structure of space–time , and so we should begin with a few remarks on the gravitational force and then explain how it was that the classical or Newtonian view of gravitation came to be seen as unsatisfactory . |
| 11 | Yet , what , one might ask , is a tropical institute doing in central London in the 1980s when Britain 's influence and claims in those climes are largely reduced to a few dots on the global map ? |
| 12 | Visiting drivers to , after a few hours on the motorway , are hardly going to be looking for a zebra crossing on such a busy dual carriageway . |
| 13 | He led me to his booth and typed a few keys on the control panel . |
| 14 | Midway through 1906–07 Archie was deployed at right-back in the Palace line-ups , although he had a few outings on the right wing , and he played throughout our fabulous progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals . |
| 15 | There were shelves full of books and cassettes , a few water-colours on the walls , a model sailing-ship in a big glass bottle on a side-table . |
| 16 | They saw a warm , comfortable room with a good fire burning in the fireplace and a few papers on the big table . |
| 17 | This kind of thinking has n't featured in election campaigning , so though friends warn me that I 'll be submerged in a great placid pool of meditation , I 'm off to Dartington to gather a few hints on the ideas that ought to guide our future . |
| 18 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 19 | Diana not only ostentatiously wore outfits that she had been seen in before — to knock a few criticisms on the head about the money she spent on her wardrobe — but she also seized the opportunity to kill off a few more misconceptions . |
| 20 | There are , however , a few blots on the landscape such as the Centro Comercial do Infante Olimpa on Avenida do Infante and the Centro Comercial do Infante building which towers on one side of the roundabout at the end of Avenida Arriaga . |
| 21 | Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages . |
| 22 | A few observations on the conditions of the deep-water sediments are also relevant to some perennial theories explaining ‘ monster ’ sightings . |
| 23 | I 'll do just a few observations on the match . |
| 24 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 25 | Again , a few minutes on the personal computer is all that is required . |
| 26 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 27 | She was in food time this morning , and could spend a few minutes on the bridge , looking at the river . |
| 28 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 29 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 30 | We should have that in a few minutes on the , the quotes side , Mark 's gon na bring them in to me . |