Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be remembered , however , that among the few hundred pulsars detected only a few are binary pulsars ; binary black holes may therefore form a comparably small proportion of all black holes . |
| 2 | 13–1–1877 Christmas passed off here very quietly , little notice being taken of it except by the few English residents amongst us . |
| 3 | In ( 79 ) it is not just the action itself which is asserted : ( 79 ) He had a singular red cap on — not like a sailor 's cap , but of a finer colour ; and as the few yielding planks between him and destruction rolled and bulged , and his anticipative death-knell rung , he was seen by all of us to wave it . |
| 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 | What we do find , as with the few collective farms in Roslavl' , is an obsession with possible growth-points admired by the Bolsheviks . |
| 6 | Gustave used to look back on his summer holidays at Trouville — spent between Captain Barbey 's parrot and Mme Schlesinger 's dog — as among the few tranquil times of his life . |