Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] the few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These reasons may not be entirely true , but since formal advice on radon exposure was first issued in 1987 by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) great concern has arisen in the few areas of the country that have high radon levels . |
| 2 | He himself was only a little shy — and obviously very proud of the English words he 'd acquired in the few months since his arrival . |
| 3 | If the spontaneous origin of life turned out to be a probable enough event to have occurred during the few man-decades in which chemists have done their experiments , then life should have arisen many times on Earth , and many times on planets within radio range of Earth . |
| 4 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 5 | Her lovely face came before his eyes and he thought how beautifully she had played on the few occasions she had come down here with him . |
| 6 | Molly spoke with quiet confidence as though she had become in the few hours since their arrival the owner of ‘ La Felicità ’ and the organizer of life in the house . |
| 7 | Her world had shrunk to the few things which still had interest for her . |
| 8 | He smiled and she pulled her robe tightly round her ; the bathroom that had seemed quite large had shrunk to the few feet between them . |