Example sentences of "[prep] the few [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The holiday camps are held separately for the different sexes , mirroring the gender segregation that occurs in the majority of Northern Ireland 's schools , but another form of segregation in schooling which is not reproduced is that of religion , for the few Catholic schools that exist in the Easton area nominate participants . |
| 2 | They can not then use that small amount for the few personal items that they may want to buy when they are in residential homes . |
| 3 | In fact , even the Japanese language version of these is worth a look , if only for the few English words that remain obstinately untranslatable and stick out glaringly among the elegant Japanese characters . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Even so , she had tied her hair back and simply slammed it on top of her head , If it had n't been for the few feminine wisps that escaped to frame that beautiful face she would have looked forbidding . |
| 6 | Still if you already have a spreadsheet machine adding a coprocessor is one of the few easy things that you can do to speed it up . |
| 7 | The infrared region of the spectrum is used to determine molecular structures via their vibrational modes , and this is one of the few surface-sensitive techniques that does not need an ultra-high vacuum . |
| 8 | Asthma is an increasing worry because it 's one of the few Western diseases that is becoming more frequent and severe . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is fair to point our that training and education were one of the few positive points that the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) made . |
| 11 | The original Peninsular Steam Navigation Company was founded in 1837 with the award of an Admiralty contract to carry mails to the Iberian Peninsula ; it is one of the few British companies that operate under a Royal Charter — granted in 1840 . |
| 12 | In the midst of the political , and often violent , turmoil experienced in Sri Lanka in recent years , the Lanka Guardian is one of the few independent newspapers that have consistently taken an ethical , non-partisan stand on national and international issues . |
| 13 | The Bank of Italy is one of the few public bodies that commands respect . |
| 14 | Thus , they remain one of the few fungal orders that have not had at least one member grown from spore to spore in artificial culture , a prerequisite for any sort of genetic , physiological or biochemical research . |
| 15 | The Juventus player 's display was one of the few bright spots as England made heavy work of beating a San Marino side made up mainly of part-time players , including postmen , bus drivers and newsagents . |
| 16 | In the secondary modern schools , though in principle it was pursued as a primary goal , as it was in the few technical schools that survived , yet because of the increasing aspiration within the schools themselves that their pupils should be seen to do as well as grammar school pupils , the practical gradually came to be despised there as well . |
| 17 | In the few short years since AIDS came to dominate our lives , we have created a network of caring , service-providing charities , pioneered imaginative public health campaigns and pushed the government and medical profession to take the threat of AIDS seriously . |
| 18 | If you are among the few unlucky ones and would like to try an alternative attack — please get in touch with me . |
| 19 | EL AL was among the few international airlines that managed to show a net profit last year : a respectable $11.5m on sales of $138m . |
| 20 | Kislev was already defended by the few remaining Kislevites and a large Dwarf army which had marched northwards once the fall of Praag became known in Karaz a Karak . |