Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand , production was modernized in ever larger factories and ownership was concentrated in a network of trusts , cartels and syndicates increasingly dominated by a few major banks . |
| 2 | However , until quite recently , the possibility of making recordings in Britain was dominated by a few large companies involved in manufacturing and distributing records as well as originating them . |
| 3 | But the same writer also showed his affinity with the notions of contemporary Christendom by observing that battles were won by a few renowned knights , and the army which had ‘ even one more famous warrior than its enemy must … win ’ . |
| 4 | Murtach had learned of a great wolf pack that seemed to roam west of the Skriaig and had been seen by a few desperate hunters seeking deer beyond Ralarth 's borders . |
| 5 | She was bought by a few enterprising Port Ellen gentlemen for £22/23 . |
| 6 | Any of these difficulties can be avoided by a few patient moments of study with the clear and concise instructions that come with the Diamond stunters . |
| 7 | After she had gone Paul made himself known to Dr Heatherton , to whom he had not previously addressed himself ; was rewarded by a few courteous words and good wishes for his progress ; and then went home . |
| 8 | Kislev was already defended by the few remaining Kislevites and a large Dwarf army which had marched northwards once the fall of Praag became known in Karaz a Karak . |
| 9 | He was said to be level-headed and unlikely to be affected by a few fancy words . |
| 10 | Bassett , who yesterday put midfielder Mike Lake on the transfer list , said : ‘ We have allowed our confidence to be affected by a few bad results . |
| 11 | There is still a handful of tiny fishing villages with idyllic beaches fronted by a few discreet villas — Salema , for instance , at the very west of the Algarve , and around Tavira , the prettiest town on the Algarve , east of Faro . |
| 12 | At £5 per quarter , this rarity is not exactly a budget snack , but with a focaccia still warm from the oven and accompanied by a few herb-steeped olives , it could be the most extraordinary sandwich you ever eat . |
| 13 | They were the weavers followed by a few tottering sailors who had just come out of another tavern . |
| 14 | Just time for a quick honeymoon followed by a few fond farewells , and the intrepid sailor was off again on board his old ship on 17 February , leaving his second wife to look after her newly-acquired stepchildren , Elizabeth Eliza and Robert Edward , in his absence . |
| 15 | His closed fist shot to his mouth from time to time , followed by a few slow chews . |
| 16 | Carrick has long stopped hoping , calculating that age and immobility caused by a few excess pounds count against him . |
| 17 | ‘ Hard to believe that this much litter could be caused by a few inebriated louts . ’ |
| 18 | They came to a halt at a barrier , assuming it was manned by a few nervous Italians . |
| 19 | The open left issues from the wraps at waist-level , close vertical folds hanging from the wrist , while over the rest the stuff lies in broad , smooth areas cut by a few sharp folds determined by the left knee . |
| 20 | The sequence of production of the dies suggest that three ‘ generations ’ of dies are represented , each generation represented by a few new designs and the abandonment of some of the original ones |
| 21 | Another treats the upheaval as a crusade for liberty led by a few heroic dissidents . |
| 22 | Regression techniques , because they set out to make the squared distances of the residuals from the line as small as possible , can be unduly influenced by a few exceptional data points . |
| 23 | He championed the ‘ flap ’ technique , which had recently been revived by a few English surgeons . |
| 24 | The businesses are village based , and guided by a few extraordinary enablers , one of whom I met in Aspen . |
| 25 | They 're tempted by a few hundred pounds to go to places such as Amsterdam where cheap and plentiful crugs can be bought and brought back to Britain . |
| 26 | Their room at school , within a few weeks of Katherine arrival , had by a few deft touches and additions acquired a new look . |
| 27 | Again in Capital Marx set out to demonstrate that the workings of an entire economic system could be logically derived from and explained by a few materialist premises and the theory of class struggle . |
| 28 | The evolution of fluctuations with specified magnitude and spectrum is controlled by a few fundamental parameters : the cosmic density , the cosmological constant , and the relative contributions of radiation and of dark and visible matter to the density of the Universe . |
| 29 | A theory was evolved by a few influential educationalists that if a child is given a basic training in Laban skills then he will have the essential grounding for any future specialisation he may care to follow in gymnastics , dance or drama . |
| 30 | Topped by a few sprouting leaves the poles were festooned to the ground with garlands of paper-wrapped firecrackers , which were all now detonating deafeningly . |