Example sentences of "where a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the top of the pass there is a long descent through plantations and along a hillside into the fertile valley of Glen More , a quiet cultivated strath where a few farms keep their pastures in good heart , contrasting with the shaggy heights around . |
| 2 | There are the rare cases , as with the bronze and brass Etruscan statuettes described above , where a few moments spent performing a surface analysis can unequivocally solve a problem , which might have remained a stylistic conundrum for ever . |
| 3 | We would go down to the Seine and speak of water , boats and fish ; or we would go to the public park , where a few birds languished in an ancient aviary and the old mynah bird entertained us with a lavish range of endearments . |
| 4 | A hardy annual , it can be grown in any garden where a few patches here and there can be a delight . |
| 5 | Benson 's first workshop opened in 1880 at North End Road , Fulham , where a few men operated foot-powered lathes for turning metal . |
| 6 | As she grew older , she looked upon herself , tragically , defiantly , with all the hopelessness of fourteen years , as a plant trying to root itself upon the solid rock , without water , without earth , without shade : and then , when a little older yet , when conscious of some growth , she had to concede that she must have fallen happily upon some small dry sandy fissure , where a few grains of sand , a few drops of moisture , had been enough to support her trembling and tenacious life . |