Example sentences of "to a few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And due to a few unforseen obstacles some did n't even manage that . |
| 2 | The coffee cups were all laid out on long white-napped tables , and waiters hovered over the silver urn , dispensing coffee to a few early arrivals . |
| 3 | These observations of distance and speed can be coupled with general knowledge of the way a small probe behaves in the gravitational fields of bodies in the Solar System to determine the spacecraft 's position with astonishing accuracy , typically to a few hundred metres at a range of hundreds of millions of kilometres . |
| 4 | Tyrone , up to a few hundred feet of reddish sandstones occur above a basal conglomerate , and are succeeded by a thin development of argillaceous dolomite , the Upper Permian Magnesian Limestone . |
| 5 | Diving down to a few hundred feet over Hal Far , Müncheberg then claimed another at 0754 as it was landing , but having no witness of this was credited only with a probable , although it was subsequently included in his score . |
| 6 | Their spectra show that the radiating gas is excited by hydrodynamical shock fronts and that shock velocities of up to a few hundred kilometres a second are involved . |
| 7 | This stands for Cooperative Awards in Science and Engineering and erm under this scheme , a company erm can have a problem tackled by a research student working in a university and erm a supervisor , and indeed in this case , the input , the financial input , by the company may be quite small , may only amount to a few hundred pounds . |
| 8 | The length of the repairs to be done with the flagstones will vary from several miles to a few hundred yards , and they will be laid with the help of local authorities , volunteers and environmental associations . |
| 9 | He wanted $4500 for the job — once he had seen what it entailed — whereas because of the limited budget everyone else was on scale , amounting to a few hundred dollars . |
| 10 | Some of them not as high as the non-metals but most of have got to get to a few hundred degrees C before they start . |
| 11 | It was a terrible journey reducing the Masai nation to a few hundred survivors . |
| 12 | We were ushered into the boardroom at the back of the building and were treated to a few welcoming remarks from Derek Jefferson , in his familiar , cheerful and very effective style . |
| 13 | But today , the flooding was limited to a few rural spots where roads were closed and even the main railway line between Swindon and Bristol was under water . |
| 14 | It will discourage the all too common , careless " triggering " of a response ( usually chronological and narrative ) to a few familiar words . |
| 15 | So she had jumped to a few incorrect conclusions about Piers . |
| 16 | Those scavengers living their entire lives in those caverns underneath Kefalov were merely an extreme example of segmented vision — their whole cosmos reduced to a few cubic kilometres of debris . |
| 17 | This would guarantee " the perfect security of all the principal statesmen in the House from the effects of local or individual prejudices or enmities … [ or ] some accidental offence to a few individual members of a constituency , or some petty and miserable pique " . |
| 18 | Due to a few simple changes on employment records , the cleaning income was tax-free . |
| 19 | And our optional Payment Protector plan covers you against loss of income in the event of sickness , accident or compulsory redundancy ( subject to a few simple conditions ) . |
| 20 | In the first two reports of the Commissioner , he drew attention to a few technical problems , such as wrong numbers being intercepted , and he did make recommendations as to how the procedures should be modified , describing these as being of ‘ no great importance ’ . |
| 21 | Well-dressed older men now pay the higher fare to travel through Beijing by minibus , avoiding the slow , jammed and steamy buses on which the youngest and strongest men fight their way to a few rickety seats . |
| 22 | I do n't remember ever being afraid , and I would boast of my nocturnal activities to a few close friends , who were duly impressed . |
| 23 | A further wave of activity occurs after the interviews have taken place , and then things should tail off as offers are made to a few selected individuals . |
| 24 | If we wanted an internal report er to go to a few selected clients that report would mainly be text . |
| 25 | Make no mistake , there are many who believe ( again not without considerable self-interest , that the serious business of running airlines should be left to a few major carriers — except , perhaps , for a few local services . |
| 26 | Throughout the lunar core samples , which extend well below a few millimetres , the exposure ages of the grains are similar at all depths and correspond to a few million years exposure to the cosmic-ray intensity in the present Solar System . |
| 27 | With support for the 88000 RISC as a system architecture dwindling to a few hardy companies , a core 88open unit will continue to service their requirements , testing and branding system software and applications . |
| 28 | With support for the 88000 as a system architecture dwindling to a few hardy companies , a core 88open unit will continue to service their requirements , testing and branding system software and applications . |
| 29 | For reasons principally of economy , most county councils have preferred to concentrate development on a few villages which can then conveniently be provided with the full range of public amenities — schools , shops , libraries , sewerage facilities and so on-This saves on the enormous cost of duplicating amenities in every village and helps to direct and contain population growth to a few well-chosen sites . |
| 30 | This and a similar arrangement by Kenneth II for lands in Lothian came to be regarded by the English as an admission that Scottish rulers were not equals but vassals in relation not merely to a few specific regions but to the whole of Scotland — which had never been contemplated by the Scottish signatories . |