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

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1 The 10 trillion cells that make up each one of us are the product of a few dozens of generations of cell doublings .
2 Apparently they 're the offspring of a few cabbage white butterflies which were blown across the channel , have hatched , and are currently munching their way through the garden of England .
3 By the time I had been an intern for a few more months , doing my rounds in my white coat with stethoscope dangling round my neck ( and feeling very important ) , Father had had to close down the second branch , leaving — for the time being — only the original shop which he had opened near the Market Place where the annual Goose Fair was held .
4 ‘ My life can only be a question of a few weeks .
5 Acne may be a case of a few spots and blackheads , or it can be a highly distressing skin disease with redness , inflammation , pimples and even scarring .
6 ‘ Probably we did n't realise it would be a problem until a few days before , but why did n't the managers come to us and ask about it ?
7 There may sometimes be a tendency for a few of the structures to occur in a group or with a temporary periodicity , but , in general , the random aspect of turbulence is manifested in when and where coherent structures are to be found .
8 There may then be a break of a few days while participants work to devise a training session .
9 These organisations are rare , although an example might be a partnership of a few individuals who do all the work of the organisation themselves ( with perhaps a little administrative assistance ) .
10 He explains : ‘ I 'm a really big Liverpool fan and used to be a Kopite until a few years ago .
11 On the other hand , except for eurodollars , most currency sectors were the preserve of a few domestic institutions owing to regulatory barriers and cartels .
12 Being a man of a few select words , Scott McNealy claims it ‘ works good and runs fast . ’
13 Being a man of a few select words , Scott McNealy claims it ‘ works good and runs fast . ’
14 This is the habit of a few of the gall-causing insects .
15 As always , we have to be prepared beforehand , and as we can not start the job without tools , this is the place for a few dos and don'ts .
16 Cos as I say it 's a mixture of a few you see .
17 If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks .
18 However , if there is no improvement within a few weeks an appropriate referral should be made .
19 If there is no improvement after a few days then it is either not the appropriate remedy or there are some environmental maintaining causes blocking the remedy action §252 .
20 ‘ All I want is a bed for a few days . ’
21 In a cleft in the escarpment beside a stream is a camp of a few tents .
22 What follows is a consideration of a few vital food elements outlining their importance to the health of older people , and looking at the effect that dietary deficiency might have on what have hitherto been considered normal factors in the ageing process .
23 It is a matter of a few years .
24 There 's no supplement for the few single rooms available in some resorts , but they are soon filled .
25 ‘ Maybe in the short term it is an advantage to a few people working in the car industry but it only encourages more people to generate more pollution . ’
26 It was the work of a few minutes .
27 Full-contact , as it is.generally known , was the brainchild of a few martial artists who were tired of the controlled sparring methods allowed in karate and taekwondo .
28 One unexpected spin-off was the growth of a few genuine friendships .
29 However , there was a delay of a few minutes from the start of the experiment before the chicks ate their first camouflaged rice grains .
30 I knew the paths well and it was a journey of a few kilometres as the crow flies or , as they say in Italy , a volo d'uccello .
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