Example sentences of "be [adv] a few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | C. Today there are only a few cotton mills left but there are many firms making clothing and some making textile machinery . |
| 2 | Nowadays it is regarded very much as a ‘ party trick ’ and there are only a few helicopter radios which feature an ‘ invert ’ switch . |
| 3 | Their fleet consists mainly of motor yachts and sport fishermen , including the 120ft ( 36.5m ) Obsession and Allegro , a 73ft ( 22m ) sport fisherman , although there are also a few sailing craft , some with bareboat options . |
| 4 | There are also a few video loops showing the actual scenes to which the various drawings refer . |
| 5 | As well as the above scale type there are also a few arpeggio ideas employed . |
| 6 | As well as the above scale type there are also a few chordal/arpeggio ideas used . |
| 7 | But it 's been an entertaining series , even though there must be quite a few Radio 4 listeners somewhat startled to hear the Fifties treated as risable history . |
| 8 | There are quite a few farm watch schemes around the county |
| 9 | Now erm there are quite a few sort of single parents on the , the flats , now erm are there any problems that you 've had which possibly other people have had , with living in the flats ? |
| 10 | There was another advantage late on a lunch-time in that there were always a few city slickers who had ventured north by north-west ( of the Barbican ) to try the Hoskin 's or the Holden 's bitter and found it had got the better of them , so needed a taxi back to civilization . |
| 11 | Earlier this afternoon , there were still a few teething problems … like plenty of signs … but no food … and a ticket machine … but no tickets . |
| 12 | There were still a few funeral directors within a thirty-mile radius I had not , as yet , contacted . |
| 13 | Erm I was just thinking erm er there 's quite a few field here . |
| 14 | ‘ I believe there 's quite a few village activities , ’ Celia had replied , hopefully . |
| 15 | The cage was now a few fe et off the ground and the noise , which sounded like metal being torn apart , was almost deafening . |
| 16 | And there was quite a few court cases . |