Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [adj] [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to do any typing that was needed for the Aurae Phiala publications , and for the few little books and articles Stephen occasionally produced . |
| 2 | Park after a few hundred metres and don your mountain boots for the approach — and all of two minutes . |
| 3 | A secondary stage follows after a few more months and manifests itself by a rash on the face and body . |
| 4 | The relationship between staff and students of University College , apart from the pastoral care of the few Anglican students and staff , involved me increasingly in a study of the history and culture of Burma . |
| 5 | This might consist of a few simple rules and procedure to control decision-making and conflict , for example . |
| 6 | A new generation of middle level developing countries is facing the difficult transition from being exporters of a few traditional commodities and receiving most external finance in the form of official aid to a varied pattern of trade and production , combined with use of more commerical loans or investment . |
| 7 | The real power lay outside the House of Commons , in the hands of a few rich magnates and aristocratic landowners . |
| 8 | These changes have , of course , encouraged non-Marxists to argue that Marxist theory is now invalid because power is no longer concentrated in the hands of a few economic owners and their friends . |
| 9 | These have radii of a few thousand miles and densities of hundreds of tons per cubic inch . |
| 10 | If a star 's mass is less than the Chandrasekhar limit , it can eventually stop contracting and settle down to a possible final state as a " white dwarf " with a radius of a few thousand miles and a density of hundreds of tons per cubic inch . |
| 11 | They protested vigorously when in the mid nineties the revolutionaries abandoned the thorough education of a few hand-picked pupils and turned to mass agitation and manipulation . |
| 12 | Another map showed contour lines , the positions of a few prominent objects and the heights of one or two locations . |
| 13 | Remember the fighting qualities of the Maccabeans ; think of the Warsaw ghetto and the amazing resistance therein of a few ordinary men and women who fought a whole battalion of Nazi storm-troopers , while Polish people stood by and wondered at such bravery . |
| 14 | He was able to assure her that in spite of a few twisted ankles and bruised limbs , those same Jocks were skiing not half badly by the time that strange wartime holiday was over . |
| 15 | ‘ In the majority of the villages occupied during the sieges of Newark , there are traces of the earthworks thrown up by the besiegers , most consisting of a few eroded banks or ditches . ’ |
| 16 | The work of a few farsighted publishers and booksellers was responsible for the formulation of an agreement to protect book prices . |
| 17 | The ground became firm for a few hundred yards and I ran , my eyes taking in every dot on the horizon , looking for that familiar yellow speck , but I missed seeing a sandy hollow right under my nose . |
| 18 | They went there in the middle of that morning , passing through the gate in the garden wall and along the cliff-path for a few hundred yards and then on to the golf-course . |
| 19 | We started off just looking for a few cuddly toys and a few pounds to send them across to the folk in Roumania because we were all very touched by the need of the children there . |
| 20 | Europe has been around for a few thousand years and to be the first European under ten seconds … well ! |
| 21 | How long before ample-bottomed builders find themselves behind bars for a few ill-chosen words or a misplaced calendar ? |
| 22 | This is a no-fuss back-up system for a few individual users or for smallish networks . |
| 23 | Four boys had beaten him up , forced him into a laundry basket and left him helpless under a cold shower , and all for a few ill-judged words and a bar of soap . |
| 24 | Once assured of their willingness to adopt the patriot cause the ‘ people ’ turned to their natural , local leaders and disappeared from the stage except for a few significant reappearances and a few protests against ‘ the rich ’ . |
| 25 | The other groups had set up camp on the far side , waiting for a few clear days and the worst of the snow to melt . |
| 26 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 27 | ‘ Dr Strangelove ’ was not to be imagined for a few more years but it was n t reassuring to learn that nuclear submarine crews were supplied with pistols with which to shoot any shipmate who showed signs of wanting to fire an unauthorized missile . |
| 28 | But officials insist that Poland 's national telephone company , PTTP , will be protected only for a few more years and will then be left to go bankrupt if it can not compete against privately owned network operators . |
| 29 | We do n't want to have every last stop pulled out on our behalves in a last , heroic effort to extend our lives for a few more days or weeks or months . |
| 30 | He stared for a few more seconds and let his head fall back . |