Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [prep] a few " in BNC.

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1 The IMF is a quasi-academic and apolitical organisation and its advice is based on its assessment of a few key economic ratios .
2 Apart from the start state , which must be presented in full , any state can be described as its parent plus a few more details .
3 Occasionally the sun would appear from behind a roof-top , and she would feel its warmth for a few seconds .
4 The LEA 's detachment and its knowledge of a few dozen ( or even a few hundred ) other institutions could be of great value .
5 The emergence of the SCCs and the ASEA , for example , has been shown to have arisen from the work of the COS , and to have copied its basic committee structure , together with its use of a few paid organizers supervising a large number of volunteers .
6 In the meantime , archery had retained its appeal in a few places around the country , two of them being the neighbouring Ayrshire towns of Irvine and Kilwinning , in both of which contests were held annually .
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