Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The V&A , we are told , set aside 50 per cent of its objects are required within a few years of their manufacture . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 4 | Despite many brands and designs , skiing hardware companies are owned by a few umbrella companies . |
| 5 | Sands and gravels deposited by water flowing from the melting glaciers are restricted to a few localities and there are no major raised beach deposits resulting from sea level changes relative to the land surface . |
| 6 | Wooden cocktail sticks and skewers are used in a few of the cakes in this book for propping up , for securing and also for decorative items such as flagpoles . |
| 7 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
| 8 | The wood was added to the aquarium and a few strategically placed plastic plants were added with a few well-rounded , safe , large pebbles . |
| 9 | In the past , the young store cattle were sold after a few months to farmers on the UK mainland but recently the EEC has guaranteed high prices for beef and so many farmers have fattened their calves on their own farms . |
| 10 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
| 11 | ONE of County Durham 's longest-serving police officers is to retire in a few days . |
| 12 | The possibility of a title going ‘ out of print ’ if selection decisions are delayed must also be considered — though this is unlikely if orders are placed within a few months of publication . |
| 13 | Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks . |
| 14 | Other ITV stations will closely scrutinise the small print when further details are released in a few weeks . |
| 15 | In Britain , at least , communications are dominated by a few millionaire proprietors and a few large conglomerate companies . |
| 16 | To avoid excessive changes in the sample cross section , elongations are limited to a few per cent and are followed over approximately three decades of time . |
| 17 | A clear run of four hundred yards was obtained after a few holes had been filled in . |
| 18 | A further wave of activity occurs after the interviews have taken place , and then things should tail off as offers are made to a few selected individuals . |
| 19 | It covers about two thousand years of history , but most the miracles are clustered round a few persons and events : |
| 20 | These are approximations in which the very large number of particles are replaced by a few quantities . |
| 21 | Thee buses were photographed with a few surprised giraffes looking in the windows . |
| 22 | The book was a success : 500,000 copies were sold in a few years , and it was translated into all the major European languages . |
| 23 | The elections were deemed by foreign observers to have been held without widescale irregularities , although cases were reported in a few localities . |
| 24 | The four have undergone doping tests and the results are expected within a few days . |
| 25 | And the results are expected within a few weeks . |
| 26 | Frantic consultations were held between the few surviving princes , the Chief Priest of the Shrine of Asuryan and the Captain of the Phoenix Guard . |
| 27 | But there are some entertaining ideas there too , like a near-irreverent sequence about David Icke phoning heaven , or Margi 's contemplation of her TV success with The Good Sex Guide … she imagines millions of babies being born in a few month 's time all called Margi . |
| 28 | As explained earlier , it is therefore important to avoid the use of independent overflow areas except as a safety precaution ; the one exception to this is when updates are grouped in a few areas . |
| 29 | But the same writer also showed his affinity with the notions of contemporary Christendom by observing that battles were won by a few renowned knights , and the army which had ‘ even one more famous warrior than its enemy must … win ’ . |
| 30 | At Rosemarkie in the Black Isle , north-east of Inverness , a remarkable number of stones were found within a few hundred yards of the present Groam House museum , indicating past importance as a tribal and then a religious centre . |