Example sentences of "[prep] the few " in BNC.
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| 31 | For the few hours , the day or few days ' duration of the " event " , their labour force at the location in question increases many times in size . |
| 32 | A single national centre is appropriate only for the few services which involve delivery to all addresses in Britain ( e.g. mail order ) , very occasional visits ( e.g. specialized medical advice ) or a particular type of service or activity with a client group that lives close to it and is not represented elsewhere in the country ( e. g. certain elements of central government , the national media and business services ) . |
| 33 | She also sewed clothes for toys and puppets , tiny dresses and jackets for anthropomorphic bears and monkeys and robes and mantles in silks and velvets for the few puppets they sold in the shop and gowns and breeches for the tall puppets who performed in the theatre . |
| 34 | There 's no supplement for the few single rooms available in some resorts , but they are soon filled . |
| 35 | For the few months before the Gulf crisis , the political world dissolved and what existed had no clear shape ; its familiar forms — the nations and empires — had no clear trajectory . |
| 36 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 37 | Except for the few who tended , from time to time , to inconvenience the landlord by dying there , passing so imperceptibly that it sometimes went unnoticed for an hour or two , from a state which had not really been living at all . |
| 38 | The county members and those who sat for the few boroughs in which the franchise was reasonably wide were normally the most independent of eighteenth-century MPs ; but they were in a minority . |
| 39 | The French Corps des Galères was suppressed in 1748 ; and by the time of the French Revolution , except for the few maintained by the Spanish fleet and one or two in the navies of the small Italian States , galleys had disappeared from the sea which they had so long dominated . |
| 40 | A burst of frequency between 10 and 10 4 Hz is expected with a duration of several cycles and an energy release of between and in gravitational waves from a star core of mass M. The mass M is expected to be similar to that of the pulsars , which average around for the few cases where measurements have been made . |
| 41 | We used to do any typing that was needed for the Aurae Phiala publications , and for the few little books and articles Stephen occasionally produced . |
| 42 | Athelstan promptly refused , for the few mouthfuls of ale he had already drunk bit at his stomach . |
| 43 | ‘ Well , it wo n't matter for the few yards back to the cottage … ’ |
| 44 | There was a spaciousness and simplicity of line that made a perfect foil for the few touches of vibrant colour that drew the eye , and yet the whole effect was completely uncontrived , as if it had all come together naturally . |
| 45 | Afterwards Martha provided ham and a salad with hard-boiled eggs like gleaming bald heads sticking out from limp lettuce leaves for the few people who turned up . |
| 46 | There is no such thing , mind you , as private property for nine tenths of the population : its existence for the few is solely due to its non-existence for those nine tenths . |
| 47 | Even so , she had tied her hair back and simply slammed it on top of her head , If it had n't been for the few feminine wisps that escaped to frame that beautiful face she would have looked forbidding . |
| 48 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 49 | Well , keep awake for the few minutes and you might derive a little comfort from knowing what scientists can and ( more important ) can not do . |
| 50 | ‘ And I hope we 're both mature enough to treat each other with civility and respect for the few remaining days we 're forced to spend together . ’ |
| 51 | They can not then use that small amount for the few personal items that they may want to buy when they are in residential homes . |
| 52 | Her slogan is : ‘ we aim to create the arts as a service for the many as opposed to a luxury for the few ’ . |
| 53 | for the few still burning , six months later . |
| 54 | Competition for the few places available is keen and a high academic standard is required . |
| 55 | it is useless having the grand manner reserved for the few . |
| 56 | Beeney was well positioned for the few shots he had to take . |
| 57 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 58 | undermined by those who see them as an alternative channel for immigration , the many spoiling it for the few yet again . |
| 59 | The many spoiling it for the few yet again . |
| 60 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |