Example sentences of "a few [noun] which " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than focusing on a few substances which are painted in lurid colours , the specialists say , the goal should be a workplace free of compulsive chemical use of all kinds . |
| 2 | After a few moments which allowed her to gather her thoughts , she replied in a quiet , even voice : |
| 3 | It is delivered in the form of a few coins which bear the likeness of the last president , a pleasant utopian who retired of his own free will . |
| 4 | I want to dwell on this subject a little while , to look at a few areas which are important and necessary and have their foundations in team spirit . |
| 5 | There are quite a few hymns which take up this notion of Jesus bearing my sin as a substitute . |
| 6 | But for the English the system of requisitioning , together with a few ships which might be built in both inland and seaside ports , and those constructed at Bayonne , were sufficient to meet most of their needs . |
| 7 | In fact , at each stage of the criminal justice process , there are only a few cases which get both widespread and sustained coverage in both the national and local press . |
| 8 | I have discovered those which for various reasons I did not feel comfortable with ; on the other hand , there have been a few works which I could as my personal luxury ! |
| 9 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 10 | The Royal children might even pass a few exams which is more than their expensively educated Mummies and Daddies managed . |
| 11 | The leader let off a few rounds which went bellowing over our heads . |
| 12 | As they descend , the female extrudes a few eggs which are immediately fertilised by the male 's sperms that have been discharged into the water at the same time . |
| 13 | He spoke of the need to ‘ discern the signs of the times ’ : ‘ We should make our own Jesus ’ advice that we should know how to discern ‘ the signs of the times ’ ( Matthew 16.4 ) , and we seem to see now , in the midst of so much darkness , a few hints which augur well for the fate of the Church and humanity' ( Abbott , p. 704 ) . |
| 14 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 15 | All he owned were the clothes on his back and a few cassettes which I 'd partly paid for anyway . |
| 16 | Even among a superb selection of hotels we do of course have a few favourites which we think are exceptional , and merit extra consideration . |
| 17 | It is impossible to detail every virtue or fault you should look for when making your choice , but here I list a few pointers which may help . |
| 18 | On the other hand , notes can be extremely useful for radio , particularly for long phone-ins where there may be quite a few questions which require detailed instructions in the answer . |
| 19 | Many have good sight , but there are a few forms which have lost their eyes , some of them living in the lightless world of caves . |
| 20 | A survey of the biota of the river between 1979 and 1981 revealed that the macroinvertebrate fauna had been adversely affected , involving loss of diversity and the proliferation of a few species which are tolerant of high levels of pollution . |
| 21 | He subdivided this very large genus into several ‘ sections ’ , each of which contained species which were similar to each other and probably closely related — though there are a few species which , in typical cichlid fashion , do n't seem to fit properly anywhere . |
| 22 | For reasons principally of economy , most county councils have preferred to concentrate development on a few villages which can then conveniently be provided with the full range of public amenities — schools , shops , libraries , sewerage facilities and so on-This saves on the enormous cost of duplicating amenities in every village and helps to direct and contain population growth to a few well-chosen sites . |
| 23 | There are only a few passes which remain open all year , although many smaller routes can be traversed freely throughout the summer months . |
| 24 | But there are quite a few contracts which are still temporary , most of them go to the end of June . |
| 25 | Third , there are a few sources which fire repeatedly : these lie at depths between about 300 km and 800 km and may be the result of tidal stresses produced in the Moon by the Earth . |
| 26 | The examples of ( 32 ) are simply associatives , as treated above in Chapter 2 : ( 32 ) a criminal lawyer subterranean explorer electrical worker 6.6 This leaves us with a small number of other phrases such as those in ( 33 ) , which turn out to be worth further investigation : ( 33 ) a true poet our late president a sheer fraud a real friend the future king my old school We certainly agree that there is an intuitively different " feel " to these , and a few others which can be found in the corps of English adjectives , and we would agree also that this has something to do with the distinction between referent ( or entity ) and sense ; however , we can not agree with Bolinger 's verdict that they are adjectives which qualify sense only . |
| 27 | However , it puts well , I think , the case that the real basis of any public relations solution should be able to be captured in a few words which reflect the concept involved . |
| 28 | These contrast with a few words which suggest a faint potential disturbance of the underlying calmness : animated , glitter , gleams , ripple . |
| 29 | He said a few words which Zelah translated as : ‘ This is the holy flame which shall consume our wickedness and purge our people of evil for the year to come . ’ |
| 30 | When the hon. Gentleman stoops to taking a few words which are in headlong collision with the view of an entire article , and tries to convey the impression that the article said what he says it said , it is very sad . |