Example sentences of "a few [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Left : Give homemade cushions a sumptuous , exotic look , with a few metres of piping , cord or fringing |
| 32 | At source , a basalt lava may be moving at twenty or more kilometres an hour ; at the far end it may be oozing forward like treacle at only a few metres per hour ; so the temperature of a magma will obviously affect the style of an eruption considerably . |
| 33 | This movement , perhaps only a few metres per hour , continues until the supply dies away at source , and the nose of the flow gradually slows down and stops , still and silent . |
| 34 | In this particular case , the porosity is present in basin plain sediments ( Clark and Tallbacka 1980 ) and therefore the potential pay is only a few metres in thickness . |
| 35 | Without going into calculations , virtually any realistic combination of antenna size and power at the feed will result in a power flux density a few metres in front of the dish of less than 10mW per square centimetre — the nationally accepted long-term human exposure level for electromagnetic radiation . |
| 36 | In general these rocks have been subjected to high grade metamorphism , have a variable grain size , and occur in north west-south east trending belts , although they have also been recognised as small discontinuous lenses , a few metres in length , intercalated with other gneissic rocks . |
| 37 | It had been announced earlier that Lilley would not take action against the national brewers if they still controlled a few pubs in excess of the number allowed under the Beer Orders legislation . |
| 38 | The timber lid is in two parts and could be easily made from a few lengths of timber stained or painted to match the surroundings . |
| 39 | Buy a few tankards of ale … or better still , buy yourself a place at the card table . ’ |
| 40 | They had stopped at an inn close to Minster Lovell to buy a grand meal and sup a few tankards of ale . |
| 41 | I have a few copies of quality magazines ; the girls are just gorgeous . |
| 42 | Those that have been analysed show traces of at least 20 amino acids , including glycine and yaminobutyric acid , in quantities of a few nanomoles per gram . |
| 43 | a few stems of escallonia |
| 44 | The tiniest corner can become a retreat from the day 's troubles , where a patch of raked sand — seen through the right eyes — is a rippled lake , or a few stems of bamboo a hillside thicket . |
| 45 | They wanted a few rupees as protection money — a common arrangement . |
| 46 | A few sections of rail were lying on the bottom , several more were scattered on the ground and one was propped against the end of the trailer as if whoever had been in the act of loading or unloading had abandoned it in a hurry . |
| 47 | Since formation in 1978 , ACAUS has sought reciprocity of accounting qualifications and have met with success in only a few states to date where foreign accountants are eligible to sit for the CPA examination ( examples include California and Illinois ) . |
| 48 | In the 20th century , following two world wars , the great depression , a few instances of genocide , and the prospect of the total destruction of world civilisation , that is the logical conclusion of the 19th century views , existence and evolution are seen as cooperative ventures , a matter of peaceful progress , balance , reciprocity . |
| 49 | Watering from below , by standing the pot in a few inches of water in the sink until the surface compost is damp , is generally the easiest method . |
| 50 | They were buried in mass graves , the corpses piled one on top of the other under a few inches of soil . |
| 51 | Grey breath in the air , snowmen on the heath , pub bores droning on about how typical it is that a few inches of snow throws the whole country into chaos when the Swiss handle metres of the stuff without missing a beat . |
| 52 | Although this was brought about by the Gulf War and the subsequent world recession , it is certainly now exacerbated by an unrestrained and reckless war of attrition in which dollars are hauled over the top of the grain of a few inches of market share . |
| 53 | They require fairly rich soil , and , after planting , all the branches will be cut back to within a few inches of ground level to encourage them to produce more branches for berry production next year . |
| 54 | The ‘ chute is then pulled into a sausage , with that extra line from the release pin passing through the vent and down the parachute , leaving a few inches of line to spare . |
| 55 | ‘ The flak seems to be less intense on this side of the target ’ said the bomb aimer in to the little microphone hovering a few inches in front of his mouth . |
| 56 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
| 57 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 58 | First , a few remarks about chemistry . |
| 59 | With only a few islands of relief the Government did very badly in by-elections front the autumn of 1933 to the spring of 1935 . |
| 60 | Seen from a hill , the dunes stretched as far as the deep blue of the horizon , above which were a few streaks of cirrus cloud . |