Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , a few chairs on the market that improve posture while sitting . |
| 2 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 3 | As the music begins , concentrate for a few moments on relaxing your body in the usual way . |
| 4 | ‘ So happy to gleet my good fliends here tonight ’ , he began , and spoke for a few moments on the glories of old Cathay . |
| 5 | Browse in the gift shop or enjoy refreshment in the restaurant , and you can reflect for a few moments on how different things might have been without the events of 1066 . |
| 6 | Dwell for a few moments on these words of Paul , and when you have a moment of quiet use the prayer that follows , either in your own words or as it stands , as a way of bringing to God your thoughts and feelings both on what you have discovered through these pages , and any particular concerns you may have at this present moment . |
| 7 | At this point , it might be appropriate to spend a few moments on a specifically Scottish aspect of the Bill . |
| 8 | As I said , Sunderland played well … and had a few chances on the break — only to be expected . |
| 9 | Sandison got up , put a few coins on the café table and set off to meet Maidstone . |
| 10 | Bicker sighed , and flipped a few coins on the bar . |
| 11 | He 's doing quite a few weekends on duty , to earn a bit of money . |
| 12 | He came out of the bedclothes and said , ‘ While I 'm laid up like this , why do n't you do a few concerts on your own ? ’ |
| 13 | The Clio reaches us in perfect condition , excepting a few scuffs on the steel wheel trims . |
| 14 | Leave a few marrows on the plants to ripen fully , raising them up through the foliage into the sun by resting on bricks . |
| 15 | To pull back just a few metres on an Alpine climb is a dozen times harder than on the flat . |
| 16 | Er , we 're getting quite a few calls on that subject now , John from Erith , good morning to you John . |
| 17 | She spun a few yarns on that count , as well . ’ |
| 18 | Cheedale , as ever , still yields a few goodies on its more open crags . |
| 19 | It would have been easy to track down , as a somewhat acidulous correspondent explained during a few remarks on the shortcomings of journalists . |
| 20 | The accompanying catalogue ( Richter Verlag , 64 colour and 70 black and white illustrations , DM39 ) contains essays by Anette Kruszynski on ‘ Pierre Bonnard : a painter for the Isle of the Blessed ’ ; by Joachim Kaak ‘ On painters ’ promises : a few remarks on ‘ La Terrasse de Vernon ’ of 1928 ’ ; and Jens-Peter Munk on ‘ The round table — the open door : a motif in the work of Bonnard ’ . |
| 21 | Before concluding this chapter a few remarks on the subject of doubling strings by wind may be useful . |
| 22 | The general theory of relativity links the gravitational force and the structure of space–time , and so we should begin with a few remarks on the gravitational force and then explain how it was that the classical or Newtonian view of gravitation came to be seen as unsatisfactory . |
| 23 | Sir , — I congratulate you on the information you have been good enough to send me of your intention to publish a journal for Bishop 's Castle , and I beg leave to offer for your insertion a few remarks on what I think ought to interest your readers — the present position of the question of the extension of the line to your town . |
| 24 | Fergie would probably spend a few pounds on it — if he could find it . |
| 25 | He had been Sam 's best customer during his vacation , had spent a few pounds on skates and cycles , and had in fact hired these for days at a time . |
| 26 | Yet , what , one might ask , is a tropical institute doing in central London in the 1980s when Britain 's influence and claims in those climes are largely reduced to a few dots on the global map ? |
| 27 | Occasionally , when she came over from England with Neil , they 'd go out and take a few pigeons on a Sunday morning , but his heart was n't in it . |
| 28 | And again , when reporting on the A & B Foursomes in January 1969 , he started as follows : ‘ There must be an increased number of wives who are convinced that there is a special weather dispensation for Harpsden , or it may be , of course , that many of them are only too glad to get the old man out of the house for a few hours on a wet Sunday . ’ |
| 29 | The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day . |
| 30 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |