Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was entirely comfortable with the predictable opinion of the Senior Chief Inspector of Schools who confessed that ‘ I am not much moved by what appears to sacrifice the interests of the few in favour of the many when one result is certain to be that the quality of the person required to fill posts of great importance and of a highly specialized nature is likely to be degraded . ’ |
| 2 | They went to Zliten and spent the night in a guestroom ; in the morning the Zliten boy asked to borrow the vehicle for a few moments , drove it away , smashed it and abandoned both the vehicle and his Zuwayi friend who had to find other means to get back to Benghazi . |
| 3 | Some were parents enjoying the luxury of a few hours away from their children , who were fully occupied with games and competitions at the miniclub . |
| 4 | ‘ A whole nation does not have to carry the guilt of a few wrong-doers into perpetuity , ’ she said . |
| 5 | From whatever source knowledge comes , the notes must be brief and must cover the essentials in a few words . |
| 6 | It is easy to estimate the worths of a few significant nodes : fa(N) fb(N) |
| 7 | The occasional guard braved the discomfort for a few minutes before retiring to the cool of the corridors . |
| 8 | He admitted the murder in the few words he spoke to the people . |
| 9 | The American cruised the Solent for a few days while Mark was tying up the loose ends , and returned to the States without paying another visit to his office . |
| 10 | Cavan 's biggest problem is tradition according to Reilly , so much so that if a manager does n't deliver the goods within a few years he 's gone and a new one comes along . |
| 11 | Whether any of this espionage achieves much is a matter of opinion but West Germany is never slow to publicise the capture of a few spies as being a serious breach of national security . |
| 12 | We will know the details in a few weeks ’ time . |
| 13 | It obviously took the photographer , Arthur Richardson , some time to set up his equipment as he has attracted the attention of a few of the locals . |
| 14 | He had gone there expecting ‘ to suffer the tedium of a few years living in the backveld , in order to make some very necessary repairs to the fortunes of myself and my small family ’ but found that ‘ against all expectations I had wandered into a bewilderingly interesting , exciting and varied World ’ . |
| 15 | CAP has so far failed to tackle the disadvantages or to help to secure the benefits of the few comparative advantages of the DRAs . |
| 16 | Carl Watson seems to have misread the bulletin in a few places . |
| 17 | They mentioned the names of a few judges who they did not think highly of . |
| 18 | Can I then introduce to you I 'll introduce the speaker in a few moments , quite formally , but Michael who 's the guest of Roy . |
| 19 | He said the resident , who is in her late 70s , had been very confused about what had happened and had not reported the matter until a few days afterwards . |
| 20 | If I chose not to reap the benefits of this scheme then I might consider the fate of a few ungrateful citizens who had thought likewise and then seen their homes repossessed , had been inflicted with uncanny storms that ripped tiles from roof and threw chimney stacks into the street , had undergone torment at the hands of timeshare salespeople , had been billed for new and exorbitant taxes and had been struck off their doctors ' registers . |
| 21 | It is always tempting to push on , but why not consider the pleasures of a few hours snoozing in the sun followed by a swift descent on hardening snow ? |
| 22 | The Prime Minister changed the subject for a few minutes and then agreed . |
| 23 | What I must do is get to know the people over a few hours or days and find out what they 're trying to do , what their activities are , whether they have children or pets . |
| 24 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 25 | If you ca n't see through the glass because of condensation , remove the lid for a few days . |
| 26 | The first exercise can now be taken further : establishing the figure in a few choice lines . |
| 27 | The first exercise can now be taken further : establishing the figure in a few choice lines . |
| 28 | Do you consider that the inspector is right to assess emoluments on the director , and if so is it correct to charge emoluments for the whole year when the director only uses the property for a few weekends in each year ? |
| 29 | She had promised to take me sailing , and Paula had let her borrow the boat for a few hours , as she had often done before . |
| 30 | ‘ Two members of staff were invited by personal acquaintances in the Republican Party to visit the US for a few days to talk about the British general election . |