The phrase "a few delicate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small number of items or aspects that are fragile, sensitive, or require careful handling.
Example: "She arranged a few delicate flowers in the vase to brighten up the room."
Alternatives: "a handful of fragile" or "several sensitive".
Nearby, at Penine Hart Antiques and Art, she found wobbly ceramic vases by Devin Dougherty that she thought would be good for holding a few delicate stems.
Museums at Harvard and Yale will be taking in a few delicate artifacts, like taxidermied birds and a mummy of an Egyptian woman who died of periodontal infections.
Surely that was enough time in which to hand-wash a few delicate scraps of lace and satin, and dry them on the radiator?
In recent months, the eurozone crisis has gone into another of its periodic remissions, as government borrowing costs have tracked lower and the continent shows a few delicate signs of economic recovery.
During a few delicate passages in the final movement, Ms. Argerich's pianissimo was so clear that it came across as almost booming — a display of both grace and power.
Working tenderly and cautiously around my self-esteem, as if it were convalescent, I cleared up — stacked most of the dishes and pans in the machine, rinsed a few delicate things, wiped down the surfaces and the cooker and the table, put the leftover food in the fridge.
He tore through decades of neglect, removing all but a few details: delicate plaster cornices, dramatic guillotine windows and an original marble fireplace the shade of mint-chip ice cream — one of the few shots of color in the whitewashed space.
Do they show off the few delicate daisies who happen to meet our societal standards as sex symbols, or do they promote those who can really play, the smashmouth golfers who have little regard for glamour, sex symbolism or anything else on their way to the winner's circle?
Of course, it is good to throw the thugs into perspective by having a few diaphanous delicates around.
First, he dispatches a few of the delicate little sandwiches.
A few seconds later this delicate emergence is replaced on screen by the escaped convict Magwitch (Ray Winstone) erupting from the stagnant waters of the Essex marshes.
