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The phrase "a handful of extra" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small, additional quantity of something, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "I brought a handful of extra cookies to share with everyone at the meeting."
Alternatives: "a few extra" or "a small number of extra".
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A handful of extra days off is not likely to restore Jeter's production.
A handful of extra servants are there to hold his noble toilet tissue, air freshener and tabloid magazine.
If a TV, with a handful of extra chips, can provide an experience as satisfying as the Netflix Player can, why do we need any other form of video distribution?
Mr Blair helped that process along: in almost his last act in office he secured a handful of extra concessions tailored to allow him to say that his government was no longer bound by a promise to put the treaty to a referendum.Britain has also secured an exemption, or thinks it has, from the charter of fundamental rights.
But while there may be room for a handful of extra games, the Premier League is mindful that without eating into the Saturday 2.45pm to 5.15pm blackout period there are not many other suitable slots given pressure from fans, police and transport companies.
Instead, the deserters would flock to the Liberal Democrats – who would pick up a point – and to assorted minor parties, with Ukip, the Greens and the Scottish Nationalists each picking up a handful of extra voters, such that the combined total of these smaller outfits also inches up by one.
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Caesar is in danger of seeming a cipher, the mob is often just a handful of extras and the action loses momentum after the Forum scene.
These involved only Foxworth, Graham and Rubinstein as well as a handful of extras.
[Former chief executive Philip] Clarke used to talk of a handful of problem Extras and Lewis has said that two thirds of the [247-strong] Extra estate is high quality".
In Hollywood's version, there are more than three times the number of male roles than female ones, but a cartoon of my own hive would have thousands of leading ladies and only a handful of male extras.
That is, until you get to the window sticker: the rear-drive Sorento LX starts at $19,995, including the destination charge; the EX is $24,595 with part-time four-wheel drive and can be equipped with antilock brakes ($520) and a luxury package that includes leather upholstery and an automatic slip-sensing four-wheel-drive system, as well as a handful of other extra-cost items.
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