Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] [prep] [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 few genera of veterinary interest are considered in order of importance . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | For the men , work means construction or security — one of the few areas of economic expansion . |
| 5 | 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 * ; . |
| 6 | No , each hitch was only temporary — and the few minutes of unplanned stillness was welcomed by photographers . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ That is one of the exceptions , made by one of the few directors in this country who has huge energy , a great deal of talent and knows how to address an audience . |
| 11 | In 1835 , as one of the few surveyors with geological knowledge , he was seconded to work with ( Sir ) Henry de la Beche [ q.v. ] to add geological data to the Cornish OS sheets . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The few moments of past closeness which they had shared had always left her emotionally upside-down and , inevitably , angry . |
| 14 | It 's one of the few privileges of old age . |
| 15 | It is one of the few examples of mobiliary art of the period from Britain . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is one of the few gestures of real friendship encountered by this lonely man in his long and tormented odyssey . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Samuel is one of the few informants in this study who was actually born in Jamaica and spent several years there . |
| 20 | As one of the few insurgents with military experience he was a valuable recruit . |
| 21 | Dinner is available all nights ( this is one of the few places in this guide where no prior notice is necessary ) . |
| 22 | It is very well served for public transport and is one of the few places in this book where a private car is not essential . |
| 23 | It was built in 876 , and those ancient parts of the church that remain are among the few fragments from that time that still exist , not only in Milan , but also in Lombardy . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Gary arranged for the well-known warbird pilot John Crocker to ferry the aircraft across the Atlantic for me , John being one of the few pilots at that time who could be insured to undertake such a flight . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 30 | 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 . |