Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An occasion marked by a speech from the president himself , Peter Mead of Abbot Mead Vickers , which was noticeably defensive although a few of the jokes might have been considered mildly offensive by one or two sections of society ( indicating that the IPA , like kindred bodies , is still predominantly white , male and middle-class ) . |
| 2 | Some of the less professional search firms have been known to treat candidates shoddily , and even the leading firms would admit that a few of the candidates they had encountered would be justified in feeling hard-done-by . |
| 3 | The former are bounded by the main stems of the principal Veins , and the latter by the branches of the forked veins . |
| 4 | Yeah and the same for the bases . |
| 5 | ‘ Ray Wilkins is still a tremendous influence in midfield , and a few of the players Gerry has introduced have really blossomed . |
| 6 | Accordingly , accompanied by Emil and a few of the others , I carried my bags to the coffee shop where everyone immediately ordered huge carrot cakes , the speciality of the house , as if they were in fear of famine . |
| 7 | In the course of ten years , some fifty students were trained , about half of whom went on to ordination and a few of the others were ordained after my time . |
| 8 | On top of it there were all the fruits of the forest , the animals of the plain , and a few of the beasts of the sea for good measure . |
| 9 | Over by the birch trees , Mervyn Finch had started to play his squeezebox to Vera ‘ Got All the Things There ’ Loomis , and a few of the adults were dancing the old dances that have been passed down for nearly 200 years . |
| 10 | A number of us went to that presentation the minister , the church secretary , myself , and the treasurer at the time and a few of the elders . |
| 11 | Many of the articles bore hand-painted scenes and a few of the painters became famous later as artists . |
| 12 | Even if a few of the resistors are never used , this still represents a very cheap and easy way to buy resistors . |
| 13 | I do not think that that point was in the mind of either Lord Greene or Scrutton L.J. , but the former in the words above quoted , expressed something with which I respectfully agree , and which seems plain , namely , that an absolute order for possession made against a tenant fundamentally alters the position . |
| 14 | I also found it hard to deal with the petty bourgeois outlook of all but a few of the girls at that private school . |
| 15 | These are but a few of the variables . |
| 16 | I would remind those who yearn for their bloodlust to be perpetuated that , in their day , so also were public executions , the burning of witches and ritual disembowelling to mention but a few of the highlights of our glorious heritage . |
| 17 | Master administrator , father figure , the last hope for flared trousers , these are but a few of the attributes a manager must posses . |
| 18 | These are but a few of the hazards that can wreck the look and expression of the choreographic design . |
| 19 | The problem was that equal pay was entangled with a restructuring of the work process in the Edinburgh printing trade : increasingly there was a division of labour , with certain men , and almost all the women , directed to straight typesetting , while a few of the men concentrated on the finishing processes . |
| 20 | The stand we were in was wooden and when a few of the fans tried to light up their cigs. they were immediately pounced upon by the attendants to cordially desist . |