Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except for the few slats supporting the tank , all the shelves in the cupboard can be removed in a moment , making access really easy . |
| 2 | For the few considered politically reliable enough to get a closer look , there can be no mistake . |
| 3 | Speaking the day after Neil Kinnock depicted education and training as the commanding heights of every modern economy , Mr Straw insisted : ‘ We do not believe in the best for the few , but the best for all . |
| 4 | The holiday camps are held separately for the different sexes , mirroring the gender segregation that occurs in the majority of Northern Ireland 's schools , but another form of segregation in schooling which is not reproduced is that of religion , for the few Catholic schools that exist in the Easton area nominate participants . |
| 5 | For the few brief minutes when the shelling ceased the scene before us looked very peaceful . |
| 6 | Aircraft for the Few . |
| 7 | Hence TL is normally used in the following situations : beyond the range of radiocarbon : when no organic material has been preserved on the site : when the association between the event to be dated and the radiocarbon content of the organic samples is poor ; or for the few periods where the age range on a calibrated radiocarbon age is larger than the corresponding TL error term . |
| 8 | Yes , most people pay to come to NCT classes , and excellent value they are too , for the few thousand parents we manage to teach each year . |
| 9 | The legislation protects their consciences , and in charity makes financial provision for the few priests who will feel that they must leave . |
| 10 | Don Cameron was Head of Talks , and I was usually in charge of his visit , which kept me busy for the few days he would be with us , twice a year . |
| 11 | If this means returning to hanging for theft ; workhouses for the deserving poor and the streets for the undeserving ; the exploitation of the poor by the wealthy ; overcrowded , insanitary housing for the majority and opulence for the few ; of course we would reject it . |
| 12 | For the few unreconstructed opponents of any sort of National Curriculum , still less one which is legislated , there have been two principal objections . |
| 13 | The law demanded that they attend school for the few hours they were not in the theatre , but time spent on education was minimal as the pantomime was so popular that there were matinées most days . |
| 14 | For the few that returned to Britain , life would never be the same |
| 15 | He eventually got the girl to agree to a date and walked around with an idiot smile on his face for the few weeks beforehand . |
| 16 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 17 | For the few people on low incomes who do have credit , paying it off tends to soak up more of their budget than for people with higher incomes . |
| 18 | ‘ Until we can get enough food through to stop people starving to death , you wo n't be able to stop those who are prepared to kill for the few precious supplies , ’ said Julian . |
| 19 | Typescripts photocopied and distributed that carried the rivulet of dissent from eye to eye for the few who trusted in a future of change and the ultimate destruction of the monolith that controlled their lives . |
| 20 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE FEW by Michael Bowyer is probably one of the most comprehensive accounts yet published of all the operational types to see RAF service during the Battle of Britain . |
| 21 | The ideal of providing an adequate and satisfying secondary education for all ( and not just for the few who were fortunate enough to be able to pass a selection test at 11 ) seemed close to realisation . |
| 22 | There is also some evidence of increased levels of representation for the few women employed in the highest paid jobs ( Labour Research , Jan 1987 ) . |
| 23 | Near nightfall he saw his younger sister Katya come out of the kitchens into the yard , saw her empty some slops for the few chickens who scuttled about . |
| 24 | Success for the few who achieved it was often bought at the cost of Korean ties and identity . |
| 25 | But such privileged access was for the few : most men had to relay their desires through the elite which manned the doors of power . |
| 26 | In the eighties , the prime reason is that there are no jobs , and for the few available , single mothers are n't equal competitors in the jobs market . |
| 27 | Surprisingly , that is , for mainstream economists , who had assumed that Keynesian economic management would abolish such crashes , but without surprise for the few who had remembered Kondratiev 's ideas . |
| 28 | Even within these areas , there is smaller-scale , shorter-distance commuting for the few jobs in the larger villages and the smaller towns . |
| 29 | The crucial social question raised by the zombies , relevant to all societies , capitalist or communist , is ‘ Why should the many work for the few ? ’ |
| 30 | In fact , even the Japanese language version of these is worth a look , if only for the few English words that remain obstinately untranslatable and stick out glaringly among the elegant Japanese characters . |