Example sentences of "a few [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only through the cavorting about but by excruciatingly pretentious rave-speak between songs , a few pointless samples , a few pointless keyboard squiggles and a bit of pointless scratching from the sadly redundant DJ . |
| 2 | So your ideal system would have been to have a few strategic Cabinet committees beneath the Cabinet that would have done all the most controversial business ? |
| 3 | A few remaining palm trees clad in white coral dust looked ghostly in the moonlight . |
| 4 | I fancied that except for a few corrugated iron roofs it still looked the same as when he had been here . |
| 5 | There is a single Shahjehani-style pavilion , a few dry water channels and fine surrounding wall . |
| 6 | So if you did a few chemical test on U two three five , U two three eight , you would n't be able to tell the difference . |
| 7 | Of the 84 cars in stock in 1919 , half comprised the Toastracks and Dreadnoughts and a few dated back to 1885 ! |
| 8 | There are also a few low-calorie convenience dinners that are allowed . |
| 9 | This had been talked about by a few experienced bomber squadron commanders , notably Wg Cdrs " Willie " Tait , Charles Whitworth , Syd Bufton and , of course , " Jimmy " Marks who , as bomber pilots . |
| 10 | So one day , say , do a few normal type products , next say , put some sines and coses and and gets |
| 11 | Perhaps she can sell them a few sleeping policeman , I ca n't remember her saying so as such . |
| 12 | A few private training establishments ( see pp. 207–10 ) run long and short courses specially designed for smallholders . |
| 13 | Or was he intending for his debut feature to have just a limited run in a few European art houses ? |
| 14 | Whether this moderate tower in St Enoch 's Square will do more than brighten up a few central shopping streets remains to be seen . |
| 15 | There is a sizeable iron water wheel still in situ although , with the exception of some iron framing and a few odd belt wheels , little else remains of its milling equipment . |
| 16 | I decided that there might well be a few odd cancer cells lurking about that my immune system had n't spotted or had been too demoralized to deal with — and anyway , was n't I , like everyone else , making thousands of cancer cells every day ? |
| 17 | Martin played in two Tests in India and one in Pakistan on the way home , in front of massive crowds , picking up eight further wickets and playing a few useful tailend innings ; but there was only one Test appearance to come , and that was at Port Elizabeth on the 1966–67 tour , the final Test , after Martin had taken 11 wickets in the Griqualand West match and six in the South African XI match at Pietermaritzburg preceding the Test . |
| 18 | ‘ Just because he won a few stupid car races , ’ she went on , ‘ he seems to think he rules the world ! |
| 19 | I also duped a few stupid coventry fans into thinking I was a new signing as i walked out of the officials entrance after the match … did about 8 or 9 autographs : - ) ) ) |
| 20 | And if you 're so inclined , there 's potential for ticking off a few classic rock climbs along the way . |
| 21 | The manager , symbolically , takes his or her ‘ tin cup ’ in hand and walks around the organization ‘ begging ’ for involvement , seeing who has a little bit to chip in , who has a few spare budget dollars to invest , who has a staff member to lend , who will be on the advisory committee , or who has key data . |
| 22 | The decision was made ‘ after giving serious thought to the rejection of myself by a few Labour Party activists , ’ said Mr Knight . |
| 23 | If the tapping of telephones of trade unionists in industrial disputes is difficult to justify , even less justifiable is the evidence of the routine and systematic interception of telephones of a few key union leaders . |
| 24 | The unguarded nature of the latter , which was never worked over by Thomas , provides occasional glimpses of the youth who left St. Paul 's after his seventeenth birthday in order to achieve a twofold purpose : ostensibly to please his father by attending a few practical evening classes and in the day by preparing himself for some form of Civil Service clerical post , while privately , he sought the freedom of a young nature-writer who was determined to collect his papers into a book . |
| 25 | I wandered round the spectacular mall , deserted except for a few armed security guards , paint-smart in peaked hats and short-sleeved shirts . |
| 26 | Meiosis can not normally occur unless the chromosomes form so-called homologous pairs ; despite this , meiosis did occasionally occur and a few normal-looking egg cells appeared . |
| 27 | A few sugar-free yoghurt drops or a Rite Weight diet meal will soon restore that missing frisk — and perhaps persuade a hound to turn VEGGIE . |
| 28 | There are a few prominent poll tax Welsh Members sitting on the Government Benches today . |
| 29 | Most of these thriving places had been old market centres ; only Oldham had grown from a few scattered moorland hamlets . |
| 30 | The suburban setting of my destination was unexceptional , simply a footbridge over tracks , a few solemn railway buildings , a row of villas , a couple of trees . |