The phrase "a few small settlements" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a limited number of minor or lesser-known communities or towns.
Example: "The region is home to a few small settlements that are often overlooked by tourists."
Alternatives: "several minor communities" or "a handful of tiny towns".
There are a few small settlements and trading posts on the principal rivers and tributaries, and there are also plantations and small, scattered groups of Indians.
The basin is mostly rural, with only a few small settlements.
A few small settlements and paddocks with livestock (sheep, goats and deer) are still present on the slopes between the South Eastern Freeway and the Long Ridge Track.
For the first two years, the few small settlements were governed by a general court of magistrates, headed by Haynes, and were likely preoccupied with the ongoing conflict with the Pequots.
Under the plan, Israel would relinquish Gaza and a few small, isolated settlements in the West Bank, while working to consolidate Israel's hold on the larger West Bank settlements.
Ferlo is a dry, featureless expanse of savanna with only a few small scattered settlements.
In the 6th century CE, a special coastal route by boat was established from the Jaffna peninsula southwards to Saivite religious centres in Trincomalee (Koneswaram) and further south to Batticaloa (Thirukkovil), passed a few small Tamil trading settlements in Mullaitivu on the north coast.
Early in September, he agreed to make restitution for the 122 by planting a larger number of replacement shrubs, and perhaps a few small trees, under a settlement with the city yet to be finalized.
Spectral confusion in a few small areas also contributed to potential settlement mapping errors, where what appeared to be non-settlement land cover had an almost identical spectral and radar response to settlements identified using Africover polygons.
From 1763 the French establishments in India, which were under the authority of the king after the abolition of the company in 1769, comprised apart from a few small posts (loges)—no more than five settlements of moderate size: Chandernagore in Bengal, Yanam at the mouth of the Godavara River, Pondicherry and Karaikal on the Coromandel Coast, and Mahe on the Malabar Coast.
No full settlement is in prospect, but a few small measures could still usefully be taken.Earlier in the summer, when it seemed that the islanders might soon start on long-promised talks to join the European Union, some small hope flickered.
