Example sentences of "to [art] few [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 For common igneous minerals , critical concentrations are very small ( typically 0.002–0.03wt% ) and layers of the order of centimetres to a few metres thick will result .
2 The blastoids ( class Blastoidea ) had compact cups up to a few centimetres long , with five broad food grooves running down the sides ( lacking crinoid arms ) .
3 Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape .
4 Cut the rootstock back to a few inches high .
5 Also ‘ areas ’ may refer to a few kms 2 or to whole countries , so that areas or pockets of declining food production may coexist with , and have no social access to , other areas of increased food production .
6 In this situation , the duration time should be reduced to a few minutes greater than the current elapsed time .
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