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

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1 In short the pictures in an art museum have been closely monitored , often through decades and in a few cases for centuries , so full descriptions that appear in the catalogues have a thorough-paced authority .
2 Even the most purely agricultural villages had a handful of craftsmen and in a few parishes , notably Spratton , Moulton and Hardingstone , between 40 and 60 per cent of those liable for duty were employed in non-agricultural pursuits for the major part of their time .
3 A lovely path goes up alongside amongst trees and in a few minutes leads to the open corrie and an impressive mountain scene : directly ahead is Beinn Dearg , the high mass on the left is Beinn Alligin and on the right is the last satellite of the Liathach range .
4 In the villages without supplies water for all domestic purposes is fetched from springs , from wells and in a few cases from streams .
5 Only in towns and at a few other places could trains going in opposite directions pass .
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