Example sentences of "to a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | City teachers , even the most experienced , are so accustomed to mobility , access to transport and social competence in getting around that they are continually surprised to find that so many of the children they teach lead lives confined to a few streets . |
| 2 | Mr Heath was a directive leader of the Cabinet but confined , his interest to a few areas ( EEC , incomes policy , and Northern Ireland ) . |
| 3 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 4 | Once again they were relatively complex to use and whilst smaller and faster still restricted the user to a few faces and sizes at any one time . |
| 5 | Cannons are dangerous if sometimes unpredictable weapons whose manufacture is limited to a few groups of human and Dwarf experts . |
| 6 | For common igneous minerals , critical concentrations are very small ( typically 0.002–0.03wt% ) and layers of the order of centimetres to a few metres thick will result . |
| 7 | On moderately dry ground , for example along the coast of Antarctica , unsorted polygons are convex shapes in the ground up to a few metres across , ringed by a network of furrows that mark the positions of persistent cracks ( Figure 3.8 ) . |
| 8 | They succeed by a greater division of labour , with most volunteers carrying responsibility for generalist advice while referring complex work to a few specialists . |
| 9 | At around this time I began to give private lessons in Latin and mathematics to a few boys who were in their first and second years of school in Parma or who had to take an entrance examination . |
| 10 | Your answers to a few questions — in exchange for my silence . ’ |
| 11 | Members of the GWR Preservation Society will learn with particular interest that w.e.f. 21st October the world-famous Torbsy Express will be making a nostalgic return visit to a few stretches of its old track , and will first be housed for three weeks in Railway Shed 4 at Plymouth . |
| 12 | The entire coastal fringe from Chilaw south to a few kilometres into Hambantota district was the most densely populated part of the island . |
| 13 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 14 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
| 15 | One possibility is to choose two or three at a time , as above , and then go on to a few others . |
| 16 | One of the serious limitations is the total interaction time with the microwaves , limited to a few milliseconds by the speed of the atomic beam and by the separation of the two Ramsey regions . |
| 17 | The windscreen wipers trudge sluggishly and ineffectively through the water , bringing visibility down to a few feet . |
| 18 | We draw attention in the appropriate chapters to a few differences between our analysis and recommendations and those of the Kingman Committee . |
| 19 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 20 | Currency : Spanish pesetas Best buys : ceramics , baskets , guitars Sports : surfing , windsurfing , scuba diving , snorkelling , sailing , walking Nightclubs : limited to a few discos Season : from May until late October . |
| 21 | Syndicated euro-credits also enable banks to spread or diversify their risks by having a wide loan portfolio rather than being over-committed to a few customers . |
| 22 | The blastoids ( class Blastoidea ) had compact cups up to a few centimetres long , with five broad food grooves running down the sides ( lacking crinoid arms ) . |
| 23 | And once they 've been picked , cut the foliage back hard to a few centimetres from the crowns to stimulate new growth . |
| 24 | The level of the solution is then adjusted to a few centimetres above the level of solvent in s by means of a levelling rod 1 . |
| 25 | Cut the rootstock back to a few inches high . |
| 26 | Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape . |
| 27 | As we drove up the lime tree avenue , a traditional feature of Irish country houses , the rain was reducing visibility to a few inches . |
| 28 | Also ‘ areas ’ may refer to a few kms 2 or to whole countries , so that areas or pockets of declining food production may coexist with , and have no social access to , other areas of increased food production . |
| 29 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
| 30 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |