Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The county members and those who sat for the few boroughs in which the franchise was reasonably wide were normally the most independent of eighteenth-century MPs ; but they were in a minority . |
| 2 | If the spontaneous origin of life turned out to be a probable enough event to have occurred during the few man-decades in which chemists have done their experiments , then life should have arisen many times on Earth , and many times on planets within radio range of Earth . |
| 3 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
| 4 | In any case , it does not detract from my central theme that ‘ traditional ’ chemistry is brought alive by anecdotes and can be great fun , a feat that modern chemistry simply can not match except perhaps in the case of hydroxyethane ( ethanol ) , after a few glasses of which , who cares anyway ? |
| 5 | Nicky Ryan can be a defensive man in the wrong company , but after a few minutes in my presence he seems to know I have ‘ felt ’ Enya 's music , and he relaxes considerably . |
| 6 | ‘ After a few days with me he starts to calm down and see things in perspective again , ’ she reveals . |
| 7 | After a few days in his efficient hotel bedroom , the rage and shame of having any connection with West Berlin passed into glassy remorse . |
| 8 | After a few drinks with my friend , I felt better . |
| 9 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 10 | ‘ Cut it out , Maria , ’ he ordered her curtly after a few seconds in which he seemed to hold his breath . |
| 11 | After a few weeks of our secret meetings , I thought that Sarah had discovered the fact that we were both , in our different ways , being unfaithful to her . |
| 12 | These were probably one of the few things of mine not due to be on show at the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist later this morning . |
| 13 | ‘ It is one of the few things in which I excel , ’ Ratagan said . |
| 14 | He walks to the crease with a swagger , totally confident , undoubtedly one of the few batsmen to whom the word ‘ Unforgettable ’ could be applied without risk of hyperbole . |
| 15 | Stylistic analysis was one of the few tasks for which such statistical information was deemed appropriate [ Ellegard , 1962 ] . |
| 16 | She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her . |
| 17 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
| 18 | Edward sat frozen , one of the few times in his life he had been genuinely frightened . |
| 19 | It was one of the few times in my life when I actually spoke the truth . |
| 20 | This is perhaps one of the few areas in which more research may provide genuinely useful insights for more realistic conservation programmes . |
| 21 | I was lucky to have chosen to work in theoretical physics because that was one of the few areas in which my condition would not be a serious handicap . |
| 22 | It is after all one of the few areas in our lives over which we have control . |
| 23 | The Secretary of State is one of the few Ministers for whom I have any respect . |
| 24 | Franco Zeffirelli , one of the few directors with whom Karajan collaborated , recalled : ‘ Karajan did n't even try to direct . |
| 25 | England is one of the few countries in which the legal tradition provides a test which can distinguish between the natural and the unnatural , the civilised and the barbarous . |
| 26 | But Bolivia is one of the few countries in which hyperinflation has had a happy outcome . |
| 27 | In one of the few misjudgements of his brilliant career Cockroft said that he was ‘ 90 per cent certain ’ that thermonuclear fusion was occurring . |
| 28 | One of the few luxuries within their reach is ceviche , a delicious mess of chopped raw fish with onions and lemon ; since fish feed near sewers , and are caught by people who wash ( if at all ) in sewer-water , they are perfect for spreading infection . |
| 29 | Since non-acceptance on the basis of length of residence is one of the few ways in which local workers can retain any of their old status in the village , they restrict their social contacts to those who share these judgements with them . |
| 30 | Should anyone be interested , I would gladly co-ordinate their efforts — one of the few ways in which I might be able to help the Society from this distance ’ . |