Example sentences of "a few [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few of its witticisms are unnecessarily provocative and should be censored . |
| 2 | There were advantages for the Board in deploying all but a few of its full-time teachers as subject-specialist staff tutors based in Cambridge — notably the fact that there would be little problem in constructing a viable programme for each one , with the whole of the Board 's area to cover . |
| 3 | The basin is linked to three thousand miles of inland waterways , and so had a busy commercial life at one time , and a few of its old warehouses remain . |
| 4 | The consensus has it that economics will be the key stick with which the CEGB 's opponents , and perhaps even a few of its friends , will beat the board . |
| 5 | A visit to Salcey is all the more rewarding and exciting if you manage to see even a few of its shy inhabitants . |
| 6 | Mutigny 's considerably smaller hectarage is located largely on the upper slopes of Avenay , while a few of its vineyards grow on slopes high above Mareuil . |
| 7 | It extended a few of its probes , which swung around slowly for a while and then pointed towards the going-up jet . |
| 8 | A few of its members may already have persuaded themselves that a protector was the most reliable counterweight to Woodville influence . |
| 9 | Make your visit a chance to sample just a few of its many varied and exciting cultures by taking advantage of one our Far East multi centre holidays featured on pages 26 and 27 . |
| 10 | Make your visit a chance to sample just a few of its many varied and exciting cultures by taking advantage of one of our Far East multi centre holidays featured on pages 26 and 27 . |
| 11 | A few of its members may already have persuaded themselves that a protector was the most reliable counterweight to Woodville influence . |
| 12 | I have listened to a few of her tracks since and I like them . |
| 13 | Those outside the card-playing school viewed her suspiciously because she seemed to get embarrassing crushes on a few of her colleagues . |
| 14 | Afterwards some of the people concerned , their family doctor , the solicitor , a few of her mother 's friends , came back and there was a curious tea party with sandwiches and home-made fruitcake . |
| 15 | Leopards might never be able to change their spots completely , but she was willing to try to get rid of a few of her more unattractive ones . |
| 16 | Sue also has a few of her own knitting machines on the premises and makes garments to order as well as to sell to the tourists ! |
| 17 | He 's not above stealing a few of her mature cheeses and selling them . |
| 18 | Only a few of her friends had been active in the Resistance , but it was clear that neither they nor anyone else much wanted to talk about the choices they had all had to make . |
| 19 | ‘ A few of her offspring have won , and at present I have her son Comiskey Park in training . |
| 20 | To buy back a few of her father 's paintings she would be glad to sell the house and move into a rented flat . |
| 21 | A chauffeur driven limosine was waiting at her home near Banbury to whisk Betty , her new outfit , and just a few of her many nearest and dearest to the Palace for the big day . |
| 22 | With on-site inspections , seals , analysis of materials , electronic surveillance and satellite links they cover some 95 per cent of the world 's nuclear installations outside the five nuclear weapon states — Britain , France , the Soviet Union and the United States , which all allow safeguards monitoring in a few of their civil installations , and China , which has signed a safeguards agreement but has not yet had a single inspection . |
| 23 | Politicians , uncomfortable in the spotlight , publicly back some sort of reform package that might take away a few of their perks . |
| 24 | The Russians even sacrificed a few of their less important informers in the West so that Blake could claim further success . |
| 25 | It gave Molly great pleasure to bake for Paul and his young friends , and these are a few of their favourites . |
| 26 | D. Each year the farmers plough only a few of their fields , but they do this in a slow rotation , leaving the sown grass for several years , as a long ley . |
| 27 | We 've sent them tapes to see if there 's a chance of opening for them , which would be great , because you get to do a thirty-five minute set , really powerhouse it , then watch a few of their numbers , get on the bus and go . ’ |
| 28 | We asked the Tony & Guy team to share a few of their style secrets with us . |
| 29 | The number of flowers that can be used for the golden theme is quite large : you could choose something very simple , such as a small spray of yellow roses with a few of their own leaves and buds , or something more complicated , such as a mixture of yellow roses , mimosa , potentillas and narcissi , with a few primroses and primulas to give extra detail . |
| 30 | Their primary audiences may differ , as may some of their aims and , in consequence , their modes of analysis and communication , but quite a few of their findings and methods are the same , a fact which is all too often ignored , at least by ourselves — the consumers of our wares often make far less of a distinction . |