Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The principles of stressing and testing aircraft have remained much the same from the days of wooden biplanes down to supersonic fighters although there are many differences in practice . |
2 | The sauropods instead had teeth in the front with only a few at the sides . |
3 | These are only a few of the choices before them , but even these are very difficult to prioritize and at times some of them must be sacrificed at the expense of others in this play . |
4 | Although only a few of the sources of political controversy of the time have been touched upon , enough has been said to demonstrate that people could not be immune from the implications of political decisions taken at Westminster or St James 's . |
5 | This book has discussed only a few of the innovations we shall have to assess in the next five years or so . |
6 | Only a few of the particles fed into the SPS actually collide ; the remainder just fly past each other . |
7 | This morphology does not lend itself to analysis after conventional staining since only a few of the autosomes show distinguishing features in the form of secondary constrictions ( Figure 3a ) and , of the sex chromosomes , only the Y of some strains can be recognized by virtue of occasionally visible unique features ( Figure 3a ) . |
8 | Only a few of the errors are of the same kind as spelling or typing errors . |
9 | Again , as one member of staff said , ‘ only a few of the girls complain in any one class ’ . |
10 | This section covers only a few of the documents published over the past hundred years on the geology of the Channel bed , including a few relating to the 1970s project which seems particularly relevant today . |
11 | Only a few of the surveys of homeless mentally ill people have inquired about any history of psychiatric treatment . |
12 | And that 's only a few of the things that 'll be making their Megatape debuts on the front cover of COMMODORE FORCE ! |
13 | Only a few of the diplodocuses survived . |
14 | Small parties seem to serve their members better when food patches are found for in larger units only a few of the animals present could then be fed ( Dunbar 1977 ) . |
15 | Over the years ‘ Mods and Rockers ’ , ‘ Hell 's Angels ’ , ‘ Skinheads ’ , ‘ Rude Boys ’ , ‘ Romantics ’ , ‘ Neo-Romantics ’ and ‘ Punks ’ were only a few of the pieces in an ever-changing cultural jig-saw . |
16 | These were only a few of the paradoxes of Baldwin 's life and character . |
17 | Only a few of the rabbits remained above ground . |
18 | Job costing , fee assessment , cash-flow forecasting and staff motivation are only a few of the requirements of a successful practice manager . |
19 | A limitation of our study is that we had baseline data on smoking for only a few of the subjects and could not completely control for the potentially confounding effects of cigarette smoking . |
20 | In other words , life would be just the same for the inhabitants of another planet who were both mirror images of us and who were made of antimatter , rather than matter . |
21 | They 're just the same with the police force , there could be er , er , an increase in police pay , or there could be any , a very large incident which would require planning , if these happen then it has always been the case , if there was n't the money available then a precept could be put upon us as a local authorities to er , cover that erm , directly . |
22 | But we get killed just the same by the Provies . |
23 | ‘ I 've seen just the same in the police , ’ murmured Blanche . |
24 | They would pay exactly the same under the rents-to-mortgages scheme as they currently pay in rent — but they would be acquiring their homes , rather than simply being tenants . |
25 | Here are just a few of the projects , large and small , which are reducing the Cost of Quality in C&P . |
26 | Money is needed , for playing fields , swimming pools , tennis courts , sports halls , coaching and international competition , to name just a few of the calls on far too limited resources . |
27 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
28 | Call for details of treatments , long hair dressing , wedding preparation and image consultancy — just a few of the services on offer . |
29 | Loneliness , fragile health and homelessness are just a few of the problems they face without our help . |
30 | When you 're decorating , these are just a few of the problems you 're likely to face — and that 's when professional advice comes in useful . |