Example sentences of "few [noun] in [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few hours in Richard 's company was just the antidote she needed to Luke 's volatility . |
| 2 | I do n't care what you say , they really are marvellous creatures and one of the few animals in God 's world that do absolutely nothing but good . |
| 3 | There are still a few speeches in Greenaway 's house-style of inert paradox and cod worldliness — notably a digression by the Cook ( Richard Bohringer ) about black food and the price structure of restaurant meals — but the story , for better or worse , stands relatively clear of verbiage . |
| 4 | Japan 's Matsushita and Sony have each invested more than $5 billion over the past few years in America 's entertainment business , while Time and Warner have merged in the belief that big companies can best exploit a proliferating array of new media . |
| 5 | Dad also told Ted that meaning could take years to emerge , but in the meantime he should live in the present , enjoy the sky , trees , flowers and the taste of good food , and perhaps fix a few things in Eva 's house — maybe Dad 's bedside light and tape-recorder — if he needed any practical therapy . |
| 6 | Fiat , which has lost a few employees in Italy 's corruption scandals , issued a ‘ code of business ethics ’ . |
| 7 | The sudden death of Philip in the novel is one of the few references in Thomas 's work traceable to the impact of the elder critic 's death upon him and the Part it played in hardening his determination to become a writer . |