Example sentences of "than a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him . |
| 2 | First , at currents of more than a few amps , capacitors that can carry the current without suffering di/dt stress , heating stress , and MHz ringing tend to be physically large , and expensive compared with normal power supply capacitors . |
| 3 | Whereas touristy me — town-bred and with no more knowledge of nags than a few donkey-rides sixty years ago — I rode high and proud on Suzy , a two-year-old Arab who was full of wind and nervous at moving so slowly . |
| 4 | Anyone with a slightly cynical bent would have initial difficulty being convinced by the Inspirals ' contentment with their shrunken market — as someone who last saw the Inspirals dwarfed by a wealth of pyrotechnics and gargantuan lighting at Reading , your correspondent can only assert the view that their new scaled-down persona does them more than a few favours . |
| 5 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 6 | ‘ It takes more than a few bruises , and a few kicks , to make people like us talk , eh ? ’ |
| 7 | The group did little other than a few acts of minor sabotage , as they did n't have the arms to take on the Nazi army . |
| 8 | With little more than a few snorts and grunts , the lumbering animals were coaxed down the ramp . |
| 9 | Loverboy tries hard to be hilarious , but raises no more than a few laughs . |
| 10 | Saving on housing is more than often , very unwise , when depreciated over a period of 10 years , the extra cost may be no more than a few eggs per bird extra . |
| 11 | Her pleading frail voice went straight to my heart every time , and quite often I would crack her more than a few eggs to make up the dozen . |
| 12 | Lousy beer , but a good jacket with more than a few memories of a young lady from Boulder , Colorado , attached to it . |
| 13 | The worst case was in July 1989 when an alternator set fell off at around 100mph at Harrow on the main line into Euston and caused a major derailment , fortunately with no more than a few injuries . |
| 14 | Glenn Hoddle raised more than a few eyebrows when he took over at the County Ground last April . |
| 15 | You are advised to keep your answer to question 5 as concise as possible ( no more than a few sentences ) ; be sure that you know exactly what you want to say before you pick up the phone . |
| 16 | The Bible has more than a few things to say about astrology and fortune-telling . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , it seems to me that more than a few Frenchwomen are carrying powerful foglamps , and are doing a good job of raging against the dying light . |
| 18 | But Mr Carefull , 76 , of Helhoughton , Norfolk , used his cash to make more than a few prayers come true by helping others . |
| 19 | On the other hand , more than a few civilians were sloppy and needed to smarten up a bit . |
| 20 | In many cases git consists of no more than a few managers/supervisors . |
| 21 | Take special care with long quoted passages ( more than a couple of sentences or more than a few lines of a poem ) , as a lengthy quotation which is not then followed by detailed analysis and discussion is probably being used ( illegitimately ) as a way of replacing rather than supporting your argument ; you should guide your readers through the significance of what you have selected for their attention . |
| 22 | Although Frankie had been dozing , he was too hungry to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 23 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
| 24 | Go on ; but do n't stay more than a few minutes . ’ |
| 25 | No more than a few minutes , mind . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm never away more than a few minutes . |
| 27 | TOWARDS the end of her life my mother was in hospital , a victim of Alzheimer 's Disease , a severe diabetic , unable to walk and increasingly unable to remain conscious for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 28 | Hauser noticed again that Frank was very physical , could hardly keep still for more than a few minutes . |
| 29 | A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) . |
| 30 | I think you 've spoken more than a few minutes . |