Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was either recovery or recession , modernising the health service or commercialising it , investing in all children or preserving opportunity for a few , said Mr Kinnock . |
| 2 | Though it may be possible to get professional or voluntary back-up for a few hours a day or a few days a week , an old or very sick and disabled person needs constant nursing and supervision round the clock . |
| 3 | I have found Roman , medieval and Georgian losses within a few yards when working suburban grass verges . |
| 4 | The defence is solid … remember we were playing Wimbledon … the last thing they do is give the defence an easy time — I thought they coped well and limited Wimbledon to a few shot from the edge of the box — which beeney coped with admirably . |
| 5 | Yet the reality is starkly different , with loss-making occupancy levels and recession-restrained spending by the few business and leisure tourists that can be attracted now , at little more than cost , due to the fierce competition in this thin market . |
| 6 | The great majority of revolutionary populists resolutely rejected the deception and unprincipled adventurism of a few untypical deviants like Nechaev . |
| 7 | Food importers said supermarkets were stockpiling tinned supplies and gave warning that there would be shortages of pilchards and corned beef within a few weeks . |
| 8 | In some cases long-term relationships grow up between casual workers and particular organizations In a few cases , Particularly In the banqueting establishments of a few large London hotels , where there is at least one " event " on most days of the week and most weeks of the year , there are some casuals who work effectively full-time for the organization concerned . |
| 9 | Secondly , is a group of predominantly geometric pavements possessing linear , banded arrangements , little ( if any ) figural detail , ! and deliberate placement of a few , plain motifs . |