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The phrase "approved a few" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be used in contexts where you want to indicate that a limited number of items or requests have been approved, but it needs additional context for clarity.
Example: "The committee approved a few of the proposals submitted for the new project."
Alternatives: "approved several" or "authorized a few".
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It was approved a few days later.
The ministry has approved a few dozen purchases, and hundreds more are still waiting, operators in India say.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a few export terminals in 2013, and has 13 proposals currently pending, with total export capacity exceeding 18 billion cubic feet of gas per day.
"The spirit of this constitution will provide an opportunity for the country to move on the path of democracy," said Interior Minister Ahmed Ali Jalali after the draft was put before the interim cabinet and approved a few weeks ago.
Vigo approved a few cuts suggested by Nounez, but he was too ill to protest the gutting of the film by its distributor and died just days after it left Parisian theaters.
On June 1, Ms. Heath submitted an application for a $1,500-a-month one-bedroom in Mott Haven in the South Bronx, which was approved a few days later.
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NEW DELHI After its monsoon session collapsed without a single law being passed, India's Parliament managed to approve a few landmark bills in its just-concluded winter session, but not without wasting most of its time.
In effect, Mr. Smith was willing to consider approving a few thousand STEM visas only as long as the net effect on immigration was zero, or less than zero.
The deal requires regulatory approval, and China has approved only a few joint ventures involving foreign banks operating in its domestic banking and financial services market.
For years the I.R.S. approved only a few of these insurers, but in the last few years it has approved as many as a dozen in a single week.
"We get people approved within a few hours.
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