Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana is expected to leave Wood Farm after a few days to spend the rest of the Christmas holiday with her brother Earl Spencer . |
| 2 | She was also one of the few Salvationists to see the need and value of the media . |
| 3 | Welsh House was one of the few buildings to survive the Great Fire . |
| 4 | Not only will he be one of the few Democrats to win the presidency in the past 50 years but he will have humiliated an incumbent President in the process . |
| 5 | This is one of the few constellations to resemble the object after which it is named . |
| 6 | One of the few animals to defeat the Himalayas — the bar-headed goose ( left ) is thought to cross the peak of Everest on migration . |
| 7 | The wrenching cry at the start of the Finale claps a vice on the emotions that is sustained through to the ambivalent release provided by the Epilogue , and Barbirolli is one of the few conductors to prolong the agony of the climax by observing VW 's protracted emphasis on the grinding trombone and tube underpinning . |
| 8 | It was also humbling to know her as she was one of the few colleagues to combine the life of a successful international singer with an equally successful marriage ( to the music teacher Paul Blissett ) . |
| 9 | We were billeted in the Grand Hotel , the massive Victorian pile which dominated Scarborough in turreted splendour from its eminence above the sea , and the big dining room was packed with several hundred shouting airmen , The iron discipline was relaxed for a few hours to let the Yuletide spirit run free . |
| 10 | To the Frenchmen behind , they must look like a couple of young lovers — youngish , anyway — who had stepped outside for a few minutes to admire the sights . |
| 11 | If the ingredients are still hot just place under a hot grill for a few minutes to brown the top . |
| 12 | Dr McNab had Come to the door of his ward for a few moments to watch the heating of the bath-water ; then with a sigh and a shake of his head he had retired inside again . |
| 13 | There is also the safety aspect : if you have bad lighting or dangerously worn carpet on part of the staircase , waiting for a few years to tackle the problem because it is all part of the grand plan could prove very false economy indeed . |
| 14 | If so , store in a warm ( airing ) cupboard for a few days to allow the new neck position to settle . |
| 15 | The first Leopold heard of it was when his son coolly informed him that he was accompanying Aloysia and her father for a few days to visit the Princess of Orange at Kircheim-Bolanden , where Aloysia was to sing several arias that Wolfgang had written for her . |
| 16 | If the nose is dropping in spite of pulling back and hitting the back stop , this is a clear indication that the glider is stalled , and a forward movement is needed for a few seconds to let the wing unstall . |
| 17 | We hope within a few weeks to move the pair of south bound stops on Clerk Street a little to the north . |
| 18 | This range , although covered by many hundreds of metres of water for most of its length , breaks surface in a few places to form the chain of apparently unconnected volcanic islands . |