Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The geography of fifteenth-century palaces had been relatively simple : there was a Great Hall , where ceremonious and public appearances were made , and the Chamber where the King withdrew and where only a few could follow him . |
| 2 | One hears odd whispers to the effect that the production of seed is limited , and that only a few growers are allowed to handle them . |
| 3 | We may argue that temperate animals and plants must ‘ concentrate ’ on coping with winter , and that only a few manage to do so ; or that because life is so seasonal , temperate animals and plants are thrown into greater competition at specific times of year , than in the tropics . |
| 4 | As the pressures mounted , Lenin was forced to admit that ‘ an unskilled labourer or a cook can not immediately get on with the job of state administration ’ and that only a few thousand workers throughout Russia had any experience of work in government . |
| 5 | And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through . |
| 6 | And after just a few sessions of treatment his parents were overjoyed to be told their son could be walking by the time they leave the Capital in April . |
| 7 | On their first meal of monarch the jays were violently sick ; but after only a few trials they had learned not to eat monarchs , though they continued to eat other , tasty food . |