Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The algorithm begins with a few small clusters , and it enlarges them and creates new clusters as it is presented with more data . |
| 2 | Business as usual The election led to a few significant changes in Northern Ireland , but mostly it 's more of the same , says Robin Wilson |
| 3 | The first group of paintings in which this new development is clearly visible are the canvases executed during the few weeks spent at La Rue-des-Bois in the autumn and in Paris during the succeeding months . |
| 4 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 5 | The light changed for a few minutes and a watery sun hit the flanks of Lovely Seat . |
| 6 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 7 | The tape crackled for a few seconds and then hummed as he replaced the receiver . |
| 8 | The effect began within a few minutes but took an hour or more to reach a maximum . |
| 9 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 10 | The reluctance to invest in a few good demonstration videos may stem not only from the fact that there are indeed some very poor , amateurish productions around , but also , compared with most books , videos are still comparatively expensive . |
| 11 | Some of the stories will now appear dated , and as the years ticked by a few of his novels did tend to veer on to the wrong side of the far-fetched . |
| 12 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 13 | The match finished with a few variations on ‘ Boring Boring Ipswich ’ and ‘ I ca n't read and I ca n't write but I can drive a tractor/taxi ’ . |
| 14 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
| 15 | Leave the rabbit to set for a few moments . |
| 16 | But now they 're having a heated debate about script changes , so I grabbed the chance to escape for a few minutes . ’ |
| 17 | In the final phase of the experiment , the buzzer ( a conditioned stimulus ) sounded and the dog salivated after a few seconds without the presence of any meat powder ( conditioned response ) . |
| 18 | It should also help if you leave the paper to rest for a few minutes before stretching with gum strip . |
| 19 | The creature staggered for a few seconds and turned to scream . |
| 20 | The wireless crackled for a few moments until , after much jiggling with the knobs , the voice of Mr Chamberlain became clear . |
| 21 | The artist thought for a few moments . |
| 22 | We are then off into the players lounge for a few beers beforehand , then a few more after . |
| 23 | The curtains bowed in a few yards away , almost touching the window-sill , the movement like a wave . |
| 24 | The calling continued for a few moments and then , with a cry of ‘ bitch ’ , to her horror , Nicky Scott Wilson began to make the most blood-curdling noise as he bayed her name to the night sky , like a wolf . |
| 25 | The foreigner stumbled on a few steps , his brains leaking out around his earphones , and collapsed in a heap . |
| 26 | There was another knock on the door ; a signal that the T'ang acknowledged with a few words of Mandarin . |
| 27 | Let the print drain for a few seconds and place it on your flash enlarger ( that 's why the bin liner ) and now run your flash test across the print . |
| 28 | Let the print drain for a few seconds and place it on your flash enlarger ( that 's why the bin liner ) and now run your flash test across the print Exposure times should exceed your previously established ‘ max.flash ’ . |
| 29 | Innsbruck , the famous Olympic ski resort is another excursion where you have a fascinating guided coach tour of the city followed by a few hours to explore for yourselves . |
| 30 | If the symptoms disappear in a few days no more medicine is needed , but if the symptoms persist dosing continues as before to complete the cure §281 . |