Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] of a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , similarly , often argued that the racism manifested by the central institutions of British society is actually due to the activities of a few individuals — the rotten apples . |
| 2 | If you like I 'll give you the addresses of a few girlfriends . |
| 3 | That way they can make sure that the host fees benefit the whole country , rather than slipping into the pockets of a few crooks . |
| 4 | This will not only destabilise the Government and get the IRA maximum publicity , it will also save the lives of a few innocents out buying walnuts and tangerines . |
| 5 | The age of the organisation : many businesses and other organisations begin to grow through the efforts of a few individuals ( eg. owner-directors , or the founder of a political pressure group ) and tend to be highly centralised ( power culture ) . |
| 6 | It is always tempting to push on , but why not consider the pleasures of a few hours snoozing in the sun followed by a swift descent on hardening snow ? |
| 7 | These days he had trouble recalling the troublesome fragments of his education he had bothered to memorize in the first place ; the names of a few acquaintances were jumbled together with old verb forms and things he thought were childhood haunts turned out to be places he had only just discovered . |
| 8 | There are exceptions , of course ; anyone can quote the names of a few specialists who have attained local or even national eminence . |
| 9 | They mentioned the names of a few judges who they did not think highly of . |
| 10 | And it is no defence of restrictive trade to argue , in effect , that it taxes the Top-40 masses to satisfy the cravings of a few sophisticates . |
| 11 | I append the headings of a few subjects to which I have given some attention , and which I could write a readable article upon . |
| 12 | I say this in the context of a situation which should have your whole nation incensed ; because of a terrible insult which is to be perpetrated by the Westminster Government for a further 30 years in the interests of a few Englishmen . |
| 13 | This means that the State helps the community in resisting the amassing of wealth in the hands of a few members , because of the disruptive implication of such a process . |
| 14 | Similarly , in the case of a local authority , formal authority to make decisions will rest with the full council ; but in reality it may well be that power is in the hands of a few councillors and chief officers such that the locus of decision making may be far removed from the full council meeting . |
| 15 | British industry is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few producers , and oligopoly seems to be the commonest market |
| 16 | The Labour im ownership of the mass media tends to be concentrated in the hands of a few companies . |
| 17 | The remains of a few victims were taken to a makeshift mortuary in a hangar at Schiphol . |
| 18 | The deaths of a few remedials wo n't shake him . ’ |