Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [conj] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Long before dawn , I was propped on an elbow , with a warming mug of tea and a few verses of Romans .
2 The best decor for this type of tank consists of wood and a few rocks .
3 The aeroelastic engineer will usually be interested only in the fundamental mode of vibration and a few overtones , say 10 in all ; in the usual model this implies the dominant and the 9 immediately subdominant eigenvalues and vectors .
4 The meagre rations — two lumps of meat and a few strands of pasta in thin soup — were to last them both for the whole day .
5 Two basins were provided , with jugs of water and a few towels .
6 Turning to give his wife a look of gentleness and a few words of encouragement , he opened the door , his men fell in behind him and they left .
7 ‘ A little spartan , ’ he ran his finger along the nearest buttress and examined the dust it collected , ‘ probably seen better days , but nothing a good lick of paint and a few ornaments would n't help to brighten up .
8 He could see a tiny backyard with a scrap of lawn and a few flowers .
9 But in the potato channel are lumps of earth and a few stones masquerading as vegetable , and in the stone channel a few potatoes pretending to be mineral .
10 If you do not like a coffee house you have lost only the price of a cup of coffee and a few minutes of your time .
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