Example sentences of "a few in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fraud investigators say he posted hundreds of fake job applications last year , a few in Russian , a few in Turkish — anything to impress the big oil companies , some of which flew him to Riyadh and Aberdeen for interviews . |
| 2 | Unlike so many manufacturers who are inclined to say ‘ this is our aircraft , come and get it , ’ DHC wisely began their design process by polling over eighty bush operators throughout their diverse country , as well as a few in other climes , to see exactly what they wanted . |
| 3 | The peak of production was reached between 1850 and 1875 , during which period up to 200 men and women were employed in the trade , mainly in Mauchline but with a few in neighbouring villages . |
| 4 | Most of us are UK&Ireland based , but there 's a good few from the US , and others in Switzerland , Denmark , Canada , Germany , and ( I think ) Israel , as well as a few in exotic-looking places I ca n't identify . |
| 5 | At about the same period Youatt remarked that most of Somerset 's cattle were good red Devons but that a few in northern Somerset were particoloured Devons and some in the west of the county were yellowish rather than deep red or were sheeted ( that is to say , with broad white belts ) . |
| 6 | Fraud investigators say he posted hundreds of fake job applications last year , a few in Russian , a few in Turkish — anything to impress the big oil companies , some of which flew him to Riyadh and Aberdeen for interviews . |