Example sentences of "there be a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the place to explain logic , but there are a few bits of terminology which occur often in this subject which are not entirely standard . |
| 2 | Yes , there are a few laughs . |
| 3 | I do n't think it 's surprising that there are a few sceptics around . ’ |
| 4 | There are a few conditions ; you must have been sailing within the area or bands briefed by the flotilla skipper , timing starts when the lead boat acknowledges the failure , and you must return to UK with a report signed by the flotilla skipper detailing the circumstances . |
| 5 | So there are a few initiatives there , but I do n't think there 's been done anything on the music front though . |
| 6 | ‘ I know a lot of people from non-League who are going , and there are a few buses taking friends and relations , ’ he said . |
| 7 | There are a few others , but those records are the ones I enjoyed the most . ’ |
| 8 | I think there are a few others but not many . |
| 9 | Young Charles is one of several up and coming teenagers in the Halkyn team along with Gareth Jacobs and Gareth Thomas , while there are a few others in the second eleven hoping for a first team chance . |
| 10 | There are a few signs of that fierce screwing up of feudal payments characteristic of the later stages of the ancien régime in France ; in Catalonia , for instance , a steady increase in the price of the farms of feudal dues overtook the rise in agricultural prices . |
| 11 | Sorry , this show came up so suddenly , there are a few dates we 'll have to work round . ’ |
| 12 | If all these people are doing the same job officially in the real world we know that some people are more proficient than others that in some things or others , can you see how quickly go down that line and you say to yourself well Mr A you know he 's got all those there great but there are a few gaps . |
| 13 | There are a few gaps , with ground cover to stop the soil slipping . |
| 14 | It 's true that there are a few natives here ( known as ‘ Eyeties ’ to the British colonials ) , who are useful to serve as maids , waiters or ‘ chaps to look after the swimming-pool ’ . |
| 15 | In any case , the certainty one feels is normally misplaced , although there are a few instances when genuinely creative thinking has been documented as taking place during dreams . |
| 16 | There are a few instances , however , when even TNF needs further simplification , and these are looked at in Section 3.8 which may be skipped on first reading . |
| 17 | As we shall see in Section 3.8 , there are a few instances when even TNF needs further simplification , and Kent ( 1983 ) and Date ( 1990 ) describe these extensions . |
| 18 | There are a few copies remaining of newsletter . |
| 19 | Moreover , on the far side of the Moon there are a few basins that , if filled , would resemble mare . |
| 20 | There are a few discos , but if you fancy something more sophisticated , hop on a train for the short journey to Kitzbuhel . |
| 21 | Locals tend to stick to the pleasures of eating out in the evening , but there are a few spots in town for night revels . |
| 22 | Vacancies still exist for tenors and basses in particular and also there are a few spaces for contraltos . |
| 23 | Dark ages ; but there are a few performers who take these pieces seriously , and their beacons light the path for others to follow . |
| 24 | Finally , there are a few killers that have been able to develop a special tolerance for certain poisons , enabling them to eat the noxious prey without ill-effects . |
| 25 | They retired a fortnight ago , , called the oh aye there are a few nicknames for them , including the Sisters . |
| 26 | There are a few minutes , perhaps not more than three or four , when I exist in a bewildering storm of hope , joy , incomprehen-sion and dread , when they do n't find the body at the bottom of the shaft . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , there are a few paths , and I have found them . |
| 28 | The Inverness-Kyle railway still runs past and the train still halts if anyone requests it , but with the ferry gone and the road traffic diverted the place has gone to seed ; there are a few houses , a craft shop , the railway platform , a wharf and an abandoned compound owned by Marconi , and the hotel . |
| 29 | Many have good sight , but there are a few forms which have lost their eyes , some of them living in the lightless world of caves . |
| 30 | Needless to say , there are a few surprises in these performances : the Academy 's playing is a polished as ever , Marriner 's conducting urbane and refined . |