Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | To protect the spirit of demilitarisation , a convention has been followed that defence spending will not exceed 1 per cent of GNP , and although this ceiling has been broken on a few occasions , the 1 per cent target has a symbolic significance . |
| 2 | The initial long list should be based on a few key criteria . |
| 3 | The initial long list should be based on a few key criteria . |
| 4 | Modern British architects worth their salt , or future knighthoods , can be counted on a few colour spreads of the Prince of Wales 's bestselling book A Vision of Britain . |
| 5 | The government argued that ‘ if real progress is to be made in tackling some of the major concentrations of problems , special efforts must be focused on a few cities in the next few years ’ ( HMSO , 1977 , p. 16 ) . |
| 6 | In approaching the identification and management of child abuse cases as a journalist my attention would probably be focussed on a few ‘ sensational ’ cases , where something has gone dramatically ‘ wrong ’ and which are subject to an enquiry . |
| 7 | This may be confirmed on a few sites by the presence of a small cemetery over the site of the original house , after it had been thoroughly demolished , since some of the graves have been dug into the wall foundations , showing an ignorance of their existence . |
| 8 | The cleaner should be tested on a few pieces to ensure its suitability . |
| 9 | Our company is based on sound and we stand or fall on it ; since the introduction of Smooth Tubes we have never been busier and it is insulting and naive to suggest our success is based on a few LEDs . |
| 10 | A primitive shading is found on a few vases of the generation before , by the Brygos Painter for instance to indicate the roundness of shields ; and in this time it appears , very sparingly , both in red-figure and on another class of Attic vase which we have not yet considered , those with a white slip . |
| 11 | And , indeed , when Indian ink was daubed on a few minnows , which were then put among a school , the painted minnows were disproportionately taken by predators . |