Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pressure of population caused much less concern in the Welsh Border counties where there was still sufficient land available to allow poor immigrants to erect cottages on the wastes and to claim common rights to go with the few acres that they had cleared from the woods or the moors . |
| 2 | At first the Orcs looted and pillaged through Ostermark , feasting upon the few beasts that the people had carefully nurtured through the winter and driving the impoverished population westwards through the snow . |
| 3 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 4 | These sources include articles and official statements published in ACCOUNTANCY , course and conference notes from the few delegates that still attend external training , and letters and reports already produced within the firm as part of normal client service work . |
| 5 | Little has been written on the subject since then , but one may infer from the few remarks that are made on it that psychologists are no longer so impressed by ‘ the insuperable logical difficulty ’ James believed there to be in the way of saying that the difference between sensations may be one of ‘ place pure and simple ’ . |
| 6 | I 'd like to start before I explain that , just to refer to a few comments that Mr made . |
| 7 | As I looked at the few stones that remained of the castle , I learned from the magazine that the Irish-built castle of the local kings , the O'Rourkes , had once towered over the local countryside . |
| 8 | And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television . |
| 9 | So let's have about six different characters , before we do it I 'd like you need drafting books , just to think of a few questions that you would ask the characters . |
| 10 | Neil Anderson from Ireland wants to get into the few rooms that the bunch of keys and big iron key wo n't open . |
| 11 | The plan is to grow the lawnmower business over the next couple of years and then float the shares to raise cash to add in a few operations that are less seasonal , and less weather-dependent . |
| 12 | But I think in the few months that this administration has er , has been in office , it is encouraging to see that the county council is operating inside the budget , er , which I believe was actually set by the previous administration , erm , er over which we had no influence whatsoever . |
| 13 | ‘ The next day she would always phone to say that she had been in and she 'd pick on a few things that she was n't quite happy with . ’ |
| 14 | Vegetation is composed of the few plants that survive and grow : to explain that vegetation it may be more important to study the many that die . |
| 15 | Most of the houses were well maintained with the few rooms that were still lit disclosing the appurtenances of middle-class living : paintings and prints , a piano , a music-stand , crammed bookshelves . |