Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This jerk kept the pram moving over the few inches between the foot of the gentle slope and the beginning of the steep grassy bank that ended up at the road . |
| 2 | So I rung them again and said it was dangerous and they came out more or less straight away and did the few holes at the top . |
| 3 | The few parents in the study had had children relatively late , when they had established reputations which would bridge a career break . |
| 4 | It has hardly been recognised that India is among the few countries in the world that has a proven capability to undertake orbital missions or detonate a nuclear device . |
| 5 | This disillusionment among the young must be worrying for the Iranian regime , which is one of the few countries in the world with a minimum voting age of only 15 . |
| 6 | South Africa is one of the few countries in the world where people drive on the left , so that most motorcars have a right-hand drive . |
| 7 | Britain is currently one of the few countries in the world where so-called " gene food " is already on sale . |
| 8 | Now she thought that if she had to clear the table once more , put the few plates in the dish-washer , put the cereal packet away , brush the crumbs from the table top , she would scream and go on screaming : scream until the plaster started to crack from the walls and the neighbours gathered to stand whispering outside the window and the cat fled in terror . |
| 9 | These reasons may not be entirely true , but since formal advice on radon exposure was first issued in 1987 by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) great concern has arisen in the few areas of the country that have high radon levels . |
| 10 | We are one of the few companies in the pet food industry not to have seen a decline in sales during this period as wholesalers and retailers reduce stocks to compensate for the high interest rates . |
| 11 | So that few minutes at the end is important for picking up these extra marks you 've been trying to throw away , okay , where you can do it , and the few minutes at the beginning is to look through and find that question wherever it was , that one on the last page . |
| 12 | Asthma is one of the few diseases on the increase in Britain said Simon Hughes , the party 's environment spokesman . |
| 13 | One of the few agencies in the survey to use discount schemes that include the acceptance of low deposits and the offer of free travel insurance . |
| 14 | Imbalances in the ecology of the reefs has been put forward as a reason for these plagues caused by commercial fishing of the large predatory gastropod the triton ( Charonia tritonis ) one of the few predators of the Crown of Thorns . |
| 15 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 16 | Concede goals on the break and seem incapable of surviving the few moments in a match that we are under pressure . |
| 17 | He guessed a lot of young people had : the few faces on the street seemed of retirement age . |
| 18 | They are one of the few reactors in the country which , if anything went wrong with the core in any way , could not be shut down . |
| 19 | Elisabeth walked the few metres down the path to the round dolmen . |
| 20 | And when he died , he left the few bits in the cottage to Billy . |
| 21 | Moreover , because of the first-past-the-post electoral system and the predominantly two-party system , it has been one of the few parties of the left able to form a government on its own . |
| 22 | I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track . |
| 23 | He punted the few yards to the shore . |
| 24 | PC Golby , still in a state of shock and incredulity , ran the few yards to the turnpike cottage . |
| 25 | It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit . |
| 26 | He ran the few yards to the fence . |
| 27 | This is one of the few occasions in the House when I can say that many hon. Members on both sides of the House told the Government that that would happen if the Government allowed the policy to develop in the way it has . |
| 28 | And despite their higher incomes , they rarely become rich because their activities are limited to the few months during the year when the climate is favourable for construction work . |
| 29 | Walking the few steps to the dressing table , she picked it up . |
| 30 | His eyes never left Lamarr Dean , but his right hand closed on the Spencer and it was down at his side as he walked over the few steps to the bar . |