Example sentences of "they [am/are] [adv] a few " in BNC.

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1 The chick 's beaks are removed with a hot knife when they are just a few days old in order to prevent the savage pecking which often occurs in densely populated factory farming environments .
2 Ground-nests are so well concealed that predators can easily overlook them even when they are only a few feet away .
3 It is an inborn fear that develops when they are only a few months old , regardless of whether they have ever met an owl .
4 Even when they are only a few months old , they have claws and teeth quite long and sharp enough to damage one another .
5 But by their very nature they are only a few lines on a piece of paper at the moment .
6 Innovating new products , developing existing ones and a progressive programme of improving quality and services — they 're just a few reasons why Veka , and the people who choose Veka , will never stand still .
7 They 're just a few of the healthy pursuits on offer .
8 He says that although they 're just a few millimetres in size , in a year they 'll be as big as their mother .
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