Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To set laws by the few jaws — |
| 2 | Election poster campaigns by the main political parties customarily occupy sites previously booked by others — by clients of the party 's agency who can be persuaded to postpone campaigns for a few weeks , by the Central Office of Information ( whose government advertising goes on hold once an election is called ) or reputedly ( in the case of the Tories ) by the big brewers and tobacco companies . |
| 3 | can the children go to foster parents for a few hours , a longer period , or indefinitely ? ( see page 14 ) |
| 4 | He used to deliver messages for a few club owners on this patch , ’ Culley said . |
| 5 | ‘ I am not persuaded that the use of the personal pronoun ‘ him ’ in the phrase ‘ sustained by him ’ was intended by parliament to have the bizarre result that there was no-one to injure or to sustain injuries in the few days before the child was born . |
| 6 | Put 10 cl of water and the same amount of white wine vinegar into a bowl or glass — along with three sprigs of rosemary , a sage leaf or two and three cloves of crushed garlic — and leave them all to exchange flavours for a few hours . |
| 7 | Therefore the few staff sit up late at night to prepare lectures on a few things they know about and a lot of things they know not much about , and spend their time keeping one page ahead of the class and depending on the textbook . |