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

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1 He sometimes wondered if it was not Blanche 's ability to daydream like this for a few seconds a day , the power to see beauty in apparent ugliness , that was the key to her resilience .
2 It 's one of the few crops the European Community is n't growing enough of .
3 One thing , thought Sally-Anne , looking around her , after Ma Bailey had set her down in one of the few chairs the room possessed , was that no one here had ever done any summer cleaning , nor spring , autumn nor winter cleaning either .
4 When all else fails , disciplinary procedures instigated properly and fairly are one of the few protections the public has .
5 HIGHER taxes on multinational companies is one of the few revenue-raisers an electioneering politician can propose without instantly becoming an also-ran .
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