Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] of [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The few genera of veterinary interest are considered in order of importance . |
| 2 | For the men , work means construction or security — one of the few areas of economic expansion . |
| 3 | One of the few areas of common ground which both Keynes and Friedman occupy centres on the definition of a state of overall full employment : full employment prevails when the aggregate supply of labour , L s , equals the aggregate demand for labour , L d , at a unique , market clearing real wage rate , w * ; . |
| 4 | No , each hitch was only temporary — and the few minutes of unplanned stillness was welcomed by photographers . |
| 5 | There was a spaciousness and simplicity of line that made a perfect foil for the few touches of vibrant colour that drew the eye , and yet the whole effect was completely uncontrived , as if it had all come together naturally . |
| 6 | Judging by the way he has padded out his script with old theatrical chestnuts , this is the stage Chaplin himself has reached : the few passages of real insight are surrounded by yards of whiskery patter , strained attempts at sophisticated wit and specious topical references . |
| 7 | As Tim Whittome of the Cairngorm Chairlift Company points out , skiing represents one of the few forms of sustainable development in these thinly-populated and sometimes remote areas . |
| 8 | Shelford , with Iro , is one of the few players of undoubted world class the tourists presently possess , and his absence would seriously dent New Zealand 's Test hopes . |
| 9 | The few moments of past closeness which they had shared had always left her emotionally upside-down and , inevitably , angry . |
| 10 | The few percent of solar energy that filters down is just one of these sources — I shall discuss the other sources in section 9.3.3 . |
| 11 | It 's one of the few privileges of old age . |
| 12 | It is one of the few examples of mobiliary art of the period from Britain . |
| 13 | Used for centuries as a symbol of hospitality and welcome , it is also one of the few rays of culinary delight at this dreariest time of the year . |
| 14 | It is one of the few gestures of real friendship encountered by this lonely man in his long and tormented odyssey . |
| 15 | Profoundly subordinate , and remote from the few voices of intellectual protest , trade unions could provide no effective challenge to bourgeois hegemony ; rather they were firmly embedded in the mystical pragmatism , rationalism , evolutionism and nationalism of the Victorian epoch . |
| 16 | Sotheby 's open the Impressionist season with Matisse 's ‘ Fatma , la mulatresse ’ painted in 1912 and one of the few pictures of this period likely to come on the market . |
| 17 | It is now possible , however , to see the few remains of this enigma more clearly , and perhaps to appreciate more easily the impressive scale of the machinery that once was there . |
| 18 | Beetles , wasps , squirrels etc feed upon the leaves and acorns of the oak ; but a tree that weighs 100 tonnes may produce only a few tonnes of such provender each year . |
| 19 | After a few moments of uncomfortable silence , she said stubbornly , ‘ If you denigrate my life 's work , you shall not profit by it unless you apologize to me , Clare . ’ |
| 20 | Sometimes we need to reflect publicly , sometimes to provide space for a few moments of private reflection — this might mean the children sit quietly alone while the teacher asks questions which they respond to in their thoughts , or the reflection might take the form of a diary , or perhaps an " emotional map " charting the highs and lows of a journey/adventure/exploration . |
| 21 | The sound system 's speakers were like upended steamer trunks , one on top of another ; standing so close , the volume gave her a sensation in her ears like that of tearing paper and she experienced a few moments of sensory overload before she recognised the tune as New York , New York . |
| 22 | What makes them wait in seedy side rooms for a few moments of dangerous pleasure ? |
| 23 | After a few moments of apparent concentration , she handed the sticks to Lucien . |
| 24 | After a few moments of frozen hesitation , she realised that to refuse his offer would only reinforce his current impression that she was a frigid little puritan with hang-ups about physical contact . |
| 25 | Suffice it , that I had a few moments of fanciful pleasure . |
| 26 | After a few moments of confused reflection , he realized Tess had left the room . |
| 27 | He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand . |
| 28 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |
| 29 | A few areas of early industrialization also suffered losses , in north-east Lancashire and West Yorkshire , where cramped sites based on water power were no longer economic . |
| 30 | There were a few areas of welcome grassland like the one that rose ahead of him almost as soon as he left the Park behind . |