Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | With her grace , and a few prayers the rest of us may find for you , you can hardly go unblessed . ’ |
| 2 | In a few instances the loss of someone close can propel the survivor into an overwhelming emotional whirlpool that can not be contained without expert help or hospitalization or treatment or a combination of all of these . |
| 3 | After a few hours the speed of change slowed . |
| 4 | In a few cases the obligations of the local authorities will be quite clear . |
| 5 | This may take the form of requirements for reports , returns and information or the holding of enquiries , or in a few cases the issuing of directions , e.g. by the Secretary of State for Education to a local education authority . |
| 6 | Once again Campana saw the Germans line up ; ‘ In a few minutes the slopes of Hill 265 were covered with enemy advancing on us . |
| 7 | In a few days the effects of the anaesthetic will diminish and you will feel better . |
| 8 | But , as Action on Smoking and Health predicted that within a few years the majority of companies will have smoking policies , Roger Stubbs , deputy managing director of MORI , warned a confrontation is looming between ‘ green consumers ’ and ‘ smoking civil libertarians ’ who insist aggressively on their right to smoke in public places or at work . |
| 9 | In a few years the number of BSE infected cattle is expected to drastically fall . |
| 10 | Bad today , the situation will get worse when in a few years the number of potential recruits begins to decline . |
| 11 | Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry . |
| 12 | He could hear the car , distantly , and after a few seconds the sound of its motor faded away . |
| 13 | In 1939 history intervened and in the space of a few months the work of a lifetime was in ruins . |
| 14 | Within a few paces the loom of the Tower was lost and the glint of light from the arrow-slit disappeared behind the curtains of rain . |
| 15 | Every few seconds the sounds of shots and explosions broke the fragile silence . |