Example sentences of "than a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The back-to-back pair of dessert spoons riffled through his fingers , producing an intricate , staccato percussion which he was , however , unable to keep up for more than a few minutes together ; then he would get his fingers tangled up and the spoons would clang to a halt and he would shake his head furiously and begin all over again . |
| 2 | There were times during the long hours of dark when he did drop into an uneasy doze , but never for more than a few minutes together . |
| 3 | She was n't more than a few minutes late , but P.C. Clifford kept his word . |
| 4 | A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) . |
| 5 | Thus the warming and the movement of water help to give rise to climate , which is immensely complex ; and the day-to-day fluctuations which are known as ‘ weather ’ are extraordinarily difficult to predict in detail , more than a few hours ahead . |
| 6 | The individual polja can be over 65 km ( 40 miles ) long , but are seldom more than a few kilometres across , their long axes conforming to the north-west to south-east direction of the Dinaric trend lines . |
| 7 | Or more than a few times actually . |
| 8 | Many great rivers — the Ganges and the Indus , the Amazon and the Yangtze — are so muddy that the animals swimming in them can not see more than a few inches ahead . |
| 9 | A shy doe stood stock-still , observing us from no more than a few feet away . |
| 10 | They hesitated among the thick heather , unable to see more than a few feet ahead . |
| 11 | To test whether recognising the land beneath is essential to them in finding the way , opaque contact lenses were fitted to their eyes which prevented them from seeing more than a few yards ahead . |
| 12 | Nobody there , but he could n't be more than a few yards away and Forester 's fingers would n't obey him enough to get the buckles properly secured . |
| 13 | And she died not more than a few months ago . |
| 14 | Sadleir arrived at Qatif on 21 June at a time when no European had been more than a few miles inland and no maps existed of the interior . |
| 15 | Few things are more poignant than a holiday romance , and we 're very happy to say that over the years we 've brought more than a few couples together who are now living happily every after . |
| 16 | A little while ago , not much more than a few days ago , I was a child who went about in a world of colours , of hard and tangible forms . |
| 17 | You could never expect things to last , after all , could not plan more than a few days ahead . |
| 18 | An argument by many atmospheric physicists , for example , is that shortcomings in the accuracy of weather prediction over periods of more than a few days largely results from the unsophisticated nature of existing models , the lack of suitable data and inadequate computer power ( see Fig. 9.3 , derived from Tyler 1989 ) . |
| 19 | The interior , although fairly basic in its design , is roomy and much better screwed together than a few years ago . |
| 20 | The theme for the ITV series ‘ Van Der Valk ’ , called Eye Level , which got to number one more than a few years ago , was from a production library disc . |
| 21 | He said it demonstrated how much more acceptable Northern Ireland now was as a business venue than a few years ago . |
| 22 | But cars , lorries and tractors are more effective so are used more than a few years ago . |
| 23 | Its a reunion of two men who last teamed up at Chelsea more than a few years ago . |
| 24 | Polls show American voters more willing to pay taxes than a few years ago . |
| 25 | There is a disarming lightness to the popular No. 7 ( its Mazurka affiliation charmingly highlighted ) , but No. 10 in C sharp minor is much less assured than a few years earlier ; No. 15 commences sadly off pitch and No. 16 is less ‘ driven ’ or trenchant than in the earlier and greatly celebrated account . |