Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [adj] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the City Council has behaved in what can only be described as a lax , sluggish and offhand manner towards one of the few private initiatives at the very centre of Dutch cultural life . |
| 2 | One of the few British medals at the last Olympics was in the Star two-man keelboat class , and our line-up for the 1992 Games in Barcelona is looking very strong in many of the ten different classes . |
| 3 | One of the few bright spots at Daimler is DEBIS , the financial-services operation which has turned in a modest profit on sales of DM3.8 billion since being set up last year . |
| 4 | Mrs Chalker , who was Britain 's governor at the 55-nation bank , was replaced by senior civil servant Timothy Lankester , but her sudden departure left Britain with one of the few non-political delegations at this meeting which starts here on Monday . |
| 5 | A Major or a Kinnock may work for decades in the hope of a few short years at the pinnacle of our political system . |
| 6 | It was a terrace of three stone cottages , with a cobbled clearing at the front and a common area with a few small outbuildings at the back . |
| 7 | Whether or not this small-scale self-publication works in terms of sales is less important than the extraordinary experience it can provide : that of working hard with a few other writers at making something , putting something into print . |
| 8 | He remained loyal to Harley until the bitter end , though his own influence in the administration was dwindling , lost all offices except a few local honours at the Hanoverian succession , and more or less retired from active politics to follow his mild interest in antiquarian matters and his somewhat keener passion for the refinement and embellishment of his country seat at Margam . |