Example sentences of "of [noun] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , Germany suffered a massive blow to its pride when the Hindenburg crashed in a ball of flames just a few miles from Nicholson 's home town , Neptune , New Jersey soon after he was born . |
| 2 | Signal averaging is a technique used to decrease random noise in the amplified ECG in order to enhance the detection of signals only a few microvolts in amplitude . |
| 3 | Of the many species of Dictyonema only a few have a colony as regular in shape as this one , which can grow to a length of more than 20 cm . |
| 4 | He informs his head of security only a few minutes before he wants to go somewhere , not trusting even him . |
| 5 | Within a couple of years only a few hundred of them survived . |
| 6 | It is perhaps ironic that , with such a volume of water just a few yards from the doors , it had to use steam . |
| 7 | A commuter on the M8 would encounter a series of messages on the speed of traffic just a few miles ahead and , if that slowed , or the road were blocked , information on the most suitable diversion could be given in plenty of time to allow a driver to leave the motorway and avoid the hold up . |
| 8 | But money and the recession were forgotten as I skied in the brilliant sunshine of Obergurgl just a few days before Christmas . |
| 9 | She died of cancer just a few days after Samuel George was born . |
| 10 | Machines that were seen to be at the forefront of technology just a few years ago are now readily replaced and cast-off with little or no second-hand value . |
| 11 | By contrast , the legends concerning Atlantis and the others refer to a period of time only a few thousand years ago . |
| 12 | The reason for all this is because carp are very hard fish to catch and carp fishermen fish for a long period of time often a few nights and days . |