Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] in [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | One senses a rush of creative warmth as this lonely rapt figure is conjured in a few sentences . |
2 | The evidence for arguing that newspaper — and media — ownership is concentrated in a few hands is fairly abundant ( see Table 4.2 ) but this does not , of itself , provide material for analysing the extent to which ‘ this potential for control is actually realized in practice , how exactly it operates and in whose ultimate interest ( it is ) … ’ . |
3 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
4 | Wooden cocktail sticks and skewers are used in a few of the cakes in this book for propping up , for securing and also for decorative items such as flagpoles . |
5 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
6 | In the same year 20 per cent of the population was concentrated in a few metropolitan areas each with a population of over half a million . |
7 | Obviously Duncan was calling in a few debts . |
8 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
9 | Special adaptation is required in a few species to fit breeding cycles into the polar year . |
10 | ONE of County Durham 's longest-serving police officers is to retire in a few days . |
11 | Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks . |
12 | Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks . |
13 | It was strongly hinted that " a dividend is expected in a few weeks time " which is equivalent to " a discount on the purchase price . " |
14 | Moreover , whereas America has a substantial history of the employment of professionals trained for their role ( most states lay down a minimum requirement of so many credit hours in education and library science at undergraduate and postgraduate levels ) , by far the majority of secondary school libraries in Britain are run in a few supposedly " free " periods during a week , by classroom teachers with little or no librarianship training . |
15 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
16 | The book was a success : 500,000 copies were sold in a few years , and it was translated into all the major European languages . |
17 | The elections were deemed by foreign observers to have been held without widescale irregularities , although cases were reported in a few localities . |
18 | Depression and a diminution in self care were noted in the few cases identified in the Kent Community Care project ( Davies and Challis , 1986 ) . |
19 | But there are some entertaining ideas there too , like a near-irreverent sequence about David Icke phoning heaven , or Margi 's contemplation of her TV success with The Good Sex Guide … she imagines millions of babies being born in a few month 's time all called Margi . |
20 | The most OBSTINATE obstruction , Irregularities , etc. of the female system are removed in a few doses . |
21 | etc. /of the female system are removed in a few doses . |
22 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |
23 | As explained earlier , it is therefore important to avoid the use of independent overflow areas except as a safety precaution ; the one exception to this is when updates are grouped in a few areas . |