Example sentences of "few [noun pl] of [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In b and c , the local times of each point were within a few hours of local noon and so the ClO values may be taken as qualitatively representative of the day maximum , which in run 4 reached 1.1p.p.b.v. at this level . |
| 2 | In Nick Darke 's Kissing the Pope , however , the Sandinistas are given unequivocal white-hat status : a visit to Nicaragua apparently convinced him and his director Roger Michell that that unhappy land was ‘ one of the world 's few areas of moral black and white ’ . |
| 3 | An effective way to introduce a delightful perfume throughout your home is simply to place a few drops of essential oil or pot-pourri revitaliser into the water of a room humidifier . |
| 4 | Brush with a little oil mixed with honey , a few drops of soy sauce and some cumin seeds . |
| 5 | Hard boil your eggs with a few drops of pink dye or coffee grains to make them skin-coloured . |
| 6 | Willie had scraped the potatoes , chopped up carrots and turnips , buttered a few slices of oddly-cut bread and filled Sammy 's bowls with fresh water and scraps . |
| 7 | ‘ This is not a proper conversation , ’ Miss Phoebe murmured , and more loudly : ‘ A few slices of thin bread and butter as well , Jess . ’ |
| 8 | All I glimpsed were a few strands of grey hair and a white , neatly barbered beard . ’ |
| 9 | Touching to think that as we did so , the reality was probably a few bits of orange peel and a walker in a woollen hat eating a cheese sandwich . |
| 10 | A few instances of forged documentation and fraud have subsequently occurred , but only to a limited extent . |
| 11 | Knit a few rows of plain knitting and prepare to try Card No. 18 . |
| 12 | Steel shutters barricaded most of the shops and those that were open displayed only a few boxes of tired vegetables and strings of plastic toys . |
| 13 | By the time Folly opened her eyes , Luke 's lips were on hers , and all she could see was a few inches of gold-shadowed cheek and an ear . |
| 14 | When the winding extends around approximately half of the core cut off the end , leaving a few inches of spare wire and tape the wire down temporarily . |
| 15 | The historical record over a few cycles of objective setting and reviewing is a means of evaluating the progress of the follower on the sound basis of how he thinks about his job and how he carries it out . |