Example sentences of "[noun] on [art] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In both cases the composition and osmolarity are crucial to success and it is advisable to test any new batch on a few embryos before committing the entire culture to the treatment .
2 ) Not wanting to be away from Previn for long periods , Mia crossed the Atlantic on a few weekends during the shooting .
3 Gordon Callander : Much too junior to have responsibilty for planning , but it ‘ came to rest on his desk ’ ; nobody more senior ever reviewed plan he set out ‘ in handwriting on a few sheets of paper ’ .
4 But the CTCs have been criticised by opponents who say the Government has lavished money on a few pupils at the expense of others throughout the country .
5 ( The previous premier , General Azhari , had suffered a heart attack on a few weeks in office ) .
6 The Great Powers thus pressed their territorial control outwards to encompass for the first time virtually the whole surface of the globe , to centralize the world on a few centres of power .
7 THE generally held belief that the marriage of Diana and Charles has broken down seems to depend on photographs of the couple on the few occasions on which they appear together in public .
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