Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one would predict , the few experiments on auditory deprivation confirm that there may be extensive loss of functioning . |
| 2 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
| 3 | Beyond the few meadows on this apron of land that girdled the house on the lochside , the hills rose again , hills as individual and familiar to her as people , whose slopes and habits she knew intimately , walking them year in , year out with her father , the gun he had taught her to use broken carefully in the crook of her arm . |
| 4 | When the idea of a Royal Commission was in circulation , lawyers within the ranks of the Government , notably Sam Silkin , the Attorney General and one of the few front-benchers on either side to have taken a close interest in penal reform , and Alex Lyon , a Minister of State at the Home Office , pressed for the opportunity to be grasped to make an authoritative assessment of the arguments for a public prosecution service independent of the police . |
| 5 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 6 | Er , we 're getting quite a few calls on that subject now , John from Erith , good morning to you John . |
| 7 | She spun a few yarns on that count , as well . ’ |
| 8 | The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day . |
| 9 | A few cases on legal aid , a sub to the Fabians , maybe a sub to the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign . |
| 10 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |
| 11 | Just a few lines on this page : ‘ I am distressed for you , my dear . |
| 12 | I cite G.M. Musgrave , sketcher , traveller , memoirist , and vicar of Borden , Kent : author of The Parson , Pen and Pencil , or , Reminiscences and Illustrations of an Excursion to Paris , Tours , and Rouen , in the Summer of 1847 ; with a few Memoranda on French Farming ( Richard Bentley , London , 1848 ) and of A Ramble Through Normandy , or , Scenes , Characters and Incidents in a Sketching Excursion Through Calvados ( David Bogue , London , 1855 ) . |
| 13 | A few thoughts on French underwear . |
| 14 | A few evenings on this field , which had previously seemed barren , produced : crotal and rumbler bones ; medieval and Georgian buckles ; fifty copper coins ( 17th to 19th century ) ; buttons , a 17th century spoon ; a piece of 18th century watch fob ; and the smallest barrel lock that I have ever seen . |
| 15 | The three piece leather does make for a lot of stitching at the sides and this suffered quite badly after a few days on rough moraine . |
| 16 | Cambois North Hole for cod to 6 lb and a few coalfish on frozen crab . |
| 17 | You can have a much longer list if you feel you require it , or spend a few weeks on each goal before adding another goal . |
| 18 | Add chicken portions and cook over a high heat for a few mins on each side until brown . |
| 19 | A few comments on this table are necessary , especially in the light of more recent embryological work ( e.g. Bruckmoser , 1965 ; Wada , 1966 ; Ullmann , 1964 , 1967 ; Malzacher , 1968 ; Rohrschneider , 1968 ; Rempel and Church , 1969 ; Rempel , 1975 ; Scholl , 1969 and Larink , 1970 ) . |
| 20 | A few comments on this background study will show how the legends are being put into perspective . |