Example sentences of "at a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attractive plants flower for one week in late June/early July and are found only at a few sites in the New Forest . |
| 2 | The winds at lower altitudes have been measured at a few locations by landers as they descended through the atmosphere . |
| 3 | Firstly , look at a few maps of zodiacs already published to get a feeling for them . |
| 4 | ‘ The shot that killed Garland was fired at a few minutes past ten . |
| 5 | Similarly , the clock on the front of the American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists stood at a few minutes to midnight , but the American government did not heed it . |
| 6 | Tomorrow , May 21 , at a few minutes before six in the evening it will be precisely half a century since Wellington DV841 came down over the County Durham village of Roddymoor . |
| 7 | Packed with meat ( 92% min ) , they are gutsy and flavourful and can be bought at a few outlets in London and Oxfordshire , or direct ( no mail order ) from Bangers Galore , |
| 8 | Our discussion this time will restrict itself much more to the two chosen passages , and will need only to take a brief look at a few details of the narratives leading up to them , and at the stories that immediately follow them . |
| 9 | In some regions , the cable is split into several parallel strands , and at a few points around the margin ( typically two or three ) the continuity of the cable is broken , the actin distribution appears disorderly , and the wound front is irregular rather than smoothly curved ; some of these discontinuities may represent sites of stronger attachment to the substratum . |
| 10 | The list of honorary and corresponding members included gentlemen living in 30 English counties , and at a few places in Scotland and Wales . |
| 11 | In the following sections , I shall look at a few examples of each type of problem with some illustrations from my own work . |
| 12 | The cyclists carried a letter of introduction from Bishop Brewer which helped them secure accommodation at a few churches along the way , including the Cathedrals at Assisi and Chartres . |
| 13 | We stopped off at a few cafes on the way so that we could stretch our legs . |