Example sentences of "not [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scene was set for a confrontation which , because of the simultaneous peaking of unrest over the food question , threatened to bring not only a few militant engineers , but whole working-class communities into direct action against the continuation of the war . |
| 2 | The range of decorative techniques which have been at some time applied to metalwork is a subject for many books , not just a few pages . |
| 3 | This will ensure that the market-place of ideas , which politicians watch so closely , will have all , and not just a few , stall-holders of the truth . |
| 4 | It was obvious that not just a few houses , but whole districts including churches , monasteries , and other monuments to past glories would have to be swept aside to allow for the fill appreciation of the splendour of the glorious new order . |
| 5 | If America is to win in the new global competition , we need to begin telling one another a new story in which companies compete by drawing on the talent and creativity of all their employees , not just a few maverick inventors and dynamic CEOs . |
| 6 | I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’ |
| 7 | I nearly joined you , but when we do make love we 'll have all the time in the world , not just a few snatched minutes . ’ |
| 8 | I could have looked after her and been with her so much longer then , not just a few months , not just at the end ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But one must imagine the crowded churches in the East End of London , ’ said Everard , ‘ and the great processions — not just a few sophisticated Anglo-Catholic intellectuals pondering every word with critical detachment . ’ |
| 10 | Since we the taxpayers are having to pay for the programme , can the Minister at least listen to the taxpayers on this and spend these huge sums of money on all our children and not just a few ? |
| 11 | To achieve industrial competitiveness normally requires decades of persistent activity , not just a few years , but it can be thrown away very quickly and very easily . |
| 12 | He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country . |
| 13 | She had a thin , satisfied smile on her face , which not even a few smirks and elbow nudgings among those ladies who had been at the tea could banish . |
| 14 | And it was n't just a few people leading others whichever way they felt was necessary . |
| 15 | He 's lucky he was n't here a few years ago , when we really hated the Japanese . |