Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] this " in BNC.

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1 Somebody once said that if angelism , sharing the gospel was one beggar telling another beggar about bread , where it could be found and undoubtedly when he was saying that he was thinking of that story that account that we had read to us earlier from the second book of kings , chapter seven , and I 'd like us to er turn back to us for a few moments this morning and perhaps draw some lessons for ourselves Sometimes as Christians its very easier for us to say what sins are , and we can see other people 's failings , you do n't have to be a Christian to do that of course , plenty of other people can do that , they see the failings of other people , they see the wrong doing they do , they see their wickedness their , their waywardness , whatever words we want to use to describe it , and we say well that is sin , perhaps for most of us this morning we could make er a list a , a , a tabulate a table of sins and we might say well they are worse sins and there are lesser sins and I would I suppose by and large there would be a fairly reasonable consensus of opinion regarding what was sins and what were not sins .
2 Well , let's look for a few moments this morning at one such incident when Jesus did do it and it 's in er , Mark chapter four , I want to read a few verses from there , Mark chapter four .
3 but when we 've read those we 've got to look up what else Jesus said , remember a few months ago the passage we read from Luke thirteen and they will come from the East and the West and from the North and the South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , they will come he says from all directions , we work and hold and these two scriptures intention , we 've got ta compare one with the other , then we 'll read also John in that tremendous vision in the book of revelation he would he says what he saw there , in chapter seven verse nine after these things I looked and behold a great multitude which no one could count from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the lamb , clothe in white robes and palm branches were in their hands and they cried out with a loud voice saying salvation to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb , a handful of people , tiny minority , John says it was a great number , a multitude which no one could count from every nation , from every ethnic group , from every tribe and , and , and , and race on the face of the earth there in God 's heaven how grateful you and I should be , if we are among that number , it 's God 's grace , it 's not that we 've deserved it , it 's not that we have been privileged by some genetic er process to have been born in a so called a nominally Christian country , it is all of God 's grace , it 's not what we have done or what we are , but we have been saved by his grace and just for a few moments this morning , I 'd like us to from this question that was put to Jesus to follow on and if you like get five propositions from it , it sounds complicated but it 's not .
4 All additions concentrated in a few areas This can occur when , for example , recruitment campaigns for customers have taken place in a limited area , or a competitor has gone out of business .
5 A winter-flowering cherry , planted in memory of someone in a place I can not visit to water regularly , bit the dust last spring , but a replacement seems to have become established and even had a few blossoms this winter .
6 JOE COONEY is determined to jog a few memories this afternoon at Croke Park .
7 This month has brought in another bumper crop of mail and , in an attempt to deal with as many of your queries as possible , I have tried to include quite a few topics this month .
8 The 28,000 mile race could be settled within the space of just a few hours this weekend .
9 In a few specimens this papillae may be partially divided giving the appearance of being two papillae .
10 that coming from that way you say and er , there 's normally a few spaces this time of day , well up the road there 's and I thought
11 ‘ It 's serious ! ’ said Robert , ‘ and Rafiq and his boys wo n't stop at a few groans this time .
12 ‘ It 's just that you 've been out a few times this morning . ’
13 Oxford United have come off the rails a few times this season .
14 rachel says she learnt to ski with Chantelle at Gloucester five years ago … she has been out to the snow a few times this season and to be good you have to be able to get out there but this slope is good … and almost like the real thing
15 Thornaby skipper Mike Priestley will be hoping he can repeat that feat for him a few times this season .
16 Well having seen Blackburn Rovers away from home a few times this season I I 've got ta say at half time I thought they 'd they 'd be comfortably in control .
17 I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game .
18 A few occassions this year he 's had a go at some defender who is twice as big as him .
19 Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew .
20 We have a few problems this year .
21 For those bogwarts who 're still stuck , I 've thrown in a few tips this month .
22 If I had not intervened on these pages to explain a few points this book ( or its opening section ) would be a gun aimed at my own temple .
23 And I did so want to dig up a few artichokes this evening .
24 It 's been going on a few days this game .
25 ‘ We have only observed a few patches this week , ’ Fakhro said , ‘ most of it is still in the war zone ’ .
26 A small drapers , ‘ Palmers ’ , was next door but after a few years this became a Baby Wear shop .
27 After a few years this scheme was pronounced a failure .
28 However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise .
29 in a few years this er , they 're not building houses so these houses are gon na go , rocket again
30 He then pointed out that the financial-management literature concentrated exclusively on stage 4 , and with a few exceptions this is still the situation today .
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