Example sentences of "from a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from a few species of northern waders which regularly spend the winter in the islands , the rest of the birds recorded are wind-blown vagrants from South America . |
| 2 | The train brought one or two doubtful comments from a few WSR enginemen about 3822 's abilities with such a heavy train on the line 's hard gradients . |
| 3 | Apart from a few critics ' reservations about the strength of the show 's songs , the reviews saluted Crawford as the West End 's newest star . |
| 4 | Apart from a few rings like those recovered from the megalithic passage-grave at Mané-er-Hroek in Brittany , the jade artefacts circulating in Neolithic Europe consisted entirely of flat celts with pointed butts . |
| 5 | This is because they can include additional short irradiations for elements with isotopes of very short half-lives , from a few minutes to a few hours , although this increases the analyst 's work . |
| 6 | The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 7 | So apart from a few minutes to snatch a bite to eat , he was seldom off the helm . |
| 8 | For stable samples we rarely need to obtain spectra in a hurry , and commercial spectrometers generally operate on timescales ranging from a few minutes to several hours . |
| 9 | The results can take from a few hours to over a week , depending on where you go to be tested . |
| 10 | It did look terribly empty , such a change from a few hours ago when music had filled the air and swaying bodies had danced and laughed and fooled about . |
| 11 | Market loans consist of a variety of different loans from a few hours to a few weeks , mainly to other banks or to financial institutions such as the discount houses which specialize in short-term lending and borrowing . |
| 12 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 13 | Thaw says the new Morse series he has just finished filming will be his last apart from a few specials . |
| 14 | Nolan , glowering routinely at Sam from a few feet away , switched his ill-humour to me . |
| 15 | It is easy to spot from a few feet away . |
| 16 | Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away . |
| 17 | As they move forward , Tepilit , without warning , hurls his spear at the district officer from a few feet away . |
| 18 | From a few feet away , I hear a doctor speaking . |
| 19 | This morning , most areas had a bright start — apart from a few showers in the east . |
| 20 | Apart from a few scabs here and there and other tell-tale marks around my body my exuberance for life , living and loving , had returned . |
| 21 | Apart from a few pickpockets in Rangoon , street crime does not exist . |
| 22 | A thing that I 've heard from a few directions recently is erm the thought of work shadowing . |
| 23 | The day progressed and I had searched a reasonably large expanse of foreshore without much to show by way of finds apart from a few pennies and halfpennies . |
| 24 | You will then still have enough material with which to create an attractive picture , rather than try to make a suitable design from a few odds and ends . |
| 25 | In many cases , as illustrated by examples from a few industries , the issue of the advantages of scale has shifted from the level of the factory to the firm as a whole . |
| 26 | It can accommodate simulations of drainage-basins ranging in size from a few hectares to 40 000 square kilometres . |
| 27 | The continental shelf and deeper sea-bed beyond , to a distance of 300–600km from the shore , have a covering of fine grey glacial mud , forming a layer that varies in thickness from a few metres over active areas of sea-floor spreading to 200km or more in older , more stable regions . |
| 28 | Azerbaijan has about a third of the world population of mud volcanoes , which range in size from a few metres to several kilometres across the base . |
| 29 | Apart from a few bit parts , the rest would be real people . |
| 30 | If the marriage between small businesses and financiers is to have a happy ending , the couple need more than a guiding hand from a few enthusiasts dedicated to their cause . |