Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except for the few slats supporting the tank , all the shelves in the cupboard can be removed in a moment , making access really easy . |
| 2 | Diana is expected to leave Wood Farm after a few days to spend the rest of the Christmas holiday with her brother Earl Spencer . |
| 3 | After a few seconds silence a jingle cut in and a record was played before replacement DJ Brian Moore took over . |
| 4 | Stoddard Templeton is one of the few companies to become a Registered Firm under this scheme . |
| 5 | He is one of the few artists to make a successful transition from music to movies . |
| 6 | She was also one of the few Salvationists to see the need and value of the media . |
| 7 | Welsh House was one of the few buildings to survive the Great Fire . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This is one of the few constellations to resemble the object after which it is named . |
| 10 | BLCMP is one of the few OPACs to offer a classmark pivot . |
| 11 | One of the few animals to defeat the Himalayas — the bar-headed goose ( left ) is thought to cross the peak of Everest on migration . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | According to figures made public in 1990 , it was one of the few republics to run a positive balance in its trade with other republics . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | Later on you can turn the small pit into a muddy puddle for the odd water lily , and contemplate , while scratching mosquito bites , whether the building of a few sandcastles justified a hole in the patio or the loss of a dream border to that safe , but monotonous , area of lawn . |
| 16 | From Glen Spean in the north , however , the full range is splendidly in view , the distance of a few miles revealing the individual summits in true perspective . |
| 17 | ‘ The pretense that the constant repetition of a few words constitutes a story becomes an insult to the child 's intelligence ’ ( ibid , p.221 ) . |
| 18 | In a complex web of mystifying deals , Hibs were held together by a financial structure which in the space of a few years involved a local bookmaker , an English based company with extensive leisure interests in the west country and a company registered in Panama called Charcoal Holdings . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Leave the instrument in a greenhouse containing well-watered plants on a sunny day for a few hours to get an idea of maximum deflection . |
| 21 | In July 1980 , AMES staged its first public demonstration , when the El Calvario church was occupied for a few hours to demand a reduction in the price of basic food stuffs . |
| 22 | I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack . |
| 23 | A murder trial jury has been told that a teenager who was left in charge of a baby girl for a few minutes killed the child by picking her up and smashing her head against a wall . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If the ingredients are still hot just place under a hot grill for a few minutes to brown the top . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He sat there for a few moments inhaling the smoke . |
| 28 | We sat in the jeep for a few moments watching the column as it disappeared along the very dusty road , and was soon out of sight , after passing Sulnier 's farm . |
| 29 | She lay for a few moments watching the patterns it made on the ceiling . |
| 30 | Vic swings on to the motorway , going north-west , and for a few miles gives the Jaguar its head , moving smoothly up the outside lane at 90 , keeping a watchful eye on the rear-view mirror , though the police rarely bother you in the rush hour , they are as eager as anyone to keep the traffic flowing . |