Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Plus a few sketches he left behind , ’ added Reid . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've run up a few debts myself , you know ! |
| 3 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 4 | The few states which actually measured what was happening to landfill capacity reported that it was increasing , in some cases because more waste was being diverted to recycling or waste-to-energy plants . |
| 5 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 6 | I piled the kids and what few possessions we had into the pram and , balancing the baby bath on the hood , walked the few miles back to my Pop 's house . |
| 7 | I am left to live out my life with only the few possessions I have managed to buy from my pension , because of Gary . |
| 8 | He unzipped his bag and took out what few possessions he 'd been allowed to bring in to the cell : a small cassette-radio and a few tapes . |
| 9 | For anyone with few possessions who chose to contract a variety of debts , said Lord Althorp in a Commons debate in February 1820 on a Bill that would refine the 1813 legislation , it would only be ‘ a slight visitation ’ to have to surrender them to his creditors . |
| 10 | But there are quite a few contracts which are still temporary , most of them go to the end of June . |
| 11 | Hence if you have a few shapers you might have noticed the tendencies in the group group discussion that we had because there 'll be people digging in and saying no this is the right way to do it . |
| 12 | Those few authorities which do not at present have a policy on health education might care to consider the influence which this has on the development of school policy . |
| 13 | For them this meeting may be one of the few contacts they have with the Church . |
| 14 | Write a short essay on reciprocal dumping because define what reciprocal dumping is you 've also got to give at least one example of reciprocal dumping , right , so you do n't have to give any detailed examples just erm E E C waste er food policy in these days reciprocal dumping would be subsidized after exports in order for America to sell its few exports it has to so it is best subsidised definition define what it is give application of concept erm if the concept involves measurement , say how it , how it can be measured say an effective protection trade , er say how it could , how it could be measured |
| 15 | There were a few houses whose wrought-iron balconies were crammed with plants : great pots of geraniums , full and dark , the flowers looking down at me like tiny faces , intently . |
| 16 | But the few houses they passed seemed to have their doors locked and bolted and their windows shuttered . |
| 17 | The last few houses there are derelict and due for demolition . |
| 18 | Many have good sight , but there are a few forms which have lost their eyes , some of them living in the lightless world of caves . |
| 19 | next few programmes we 're going to take a look at trends in science and engineering , particularly in the way that the subjects are taught and opportunities for employment . |
| 20 | " Dr Dunstaple , please ! " protested the Magistrate , who was one of the few cantonment-dwellers who had never experienced any affection for Dr Dunstaple . |
| 21 | I saw quite a few artists whom I wanted to represent on the trip . |
| 22 | There are very few artists whose genuine records attract prices which justify forgeries . |
| 23 | As early as 1910 , Mercereau had sent to Russia an exhibition of works by Gleizes , Metzinger and Le Fauconnier , and a few artists whose aims he felt to be similar . |
| 24 | The founder of Serbian expressionism was one of the few artists who worked and thought alongside the European art movements of the beginning of the century . |
| 25 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
| 26 | So I bought her some fruit pastilles again just while we were waiting for the train , but funnily enough , the last few times we 've been at the station , Bobby |
| 27 | I do yeah absolutely as as as the first few times we did it you know . |
| 28 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 29 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 30 | A few times she shouted at them , saying that they were disturbing the peace of the neighbourhood , but this did not discourage them ; a few evenings later they would come back with new songs . |