Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , even the Japanese language version of these is worth a look , if only for the few English words that remain obstinately untranslatable and stick out glaringly among the elegant Japanese characters . |
| 2 | As David Shulman , equity strategist at Salomon Brothers , was the first to point out , the danger for investors these days lies less with the few hot shares whose rise he misses than with the many dubious ones already in his portfolio . |
| 3 | Slowly constrained by muscles mostly in the grip of rigor mortis , the zombies advanced inexorably on the few remaining Marines . |
| 4 | Young lovers strolled quietly beneath the trees , or sat together on the few wooden benches , daring to snatch the odd , discreet kiss or embrace . |
| 5 | Some way past the hotel , still on the few hundred yards of concrete ‘ promenade ’ , I saw a very tall elderly man standing and bending in the middle of the road , apparently looking for something . |
| 6 | At 6mA or 7mA the l.e.d.s were far brighter than standard types , and well worth the few extra pence each . |
| 7 | Even with the few remaining assets , there is very little margin to work on . |
| 8 | The site of this unsuccessful venture in the black arts is marked today by the few stony fragments of St Andrew 's twelfth-century church above the harbour . |
| 9 | Nothing moved there except the few blackheaded gulls wheeling and crying above the river . |
| 10 | International conferences could provide the vehicle for international co-operation and co-ordination , but apart from the few international conferences organized by the British Library and by the International Association of Technological University Libraries ( IATUL ) there have not been many more than a dozen , and none of these has focused on the need for international co-ordination ; although they have kindled a certain amount of international co.operation . |
| 11 | Apart from the few ornamental buildings , it was an unattractive little town , built from mud . |
| 12 | He has planted himself and his small company betimes ; indeed , apart from the few native people as I say , there is no one here to give us hindrance in our enterprise . |
| 13 | In a country the size of Zambia , with few telephones in rural areas and few reporters based anywhere outside the few major towns , it is impossible to check such a story speedily . |