Example sentences of "with [art] few [adj] [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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1 | While the criteria apply to around 260 companies throughout Europe , Jeffrey Knight , special adviser to the Federation , says that it hopes to start the Eurolist early next year with a few major companies and then expand it rapidly . |
2 | The taproom of the Sea Barque was cool although musty , its tables nothing but barrels , with a few rickety stools and benches round the walls . |
3 | ‘ Before that , they had just sent them into a studio with a few hundred pounds and the records were almost souvenirs of the live side . |
4 | The bones consist of lagomorph remains for the most part with a few small lizards and rodents . |
5 | But amazingly , 17-stone Alan escaped with a few small cuts and bruises — and a little lost dignity . |
6 | With a few well-chosen words and a quick sketch or two , Bryan sorted them out for us . |
7 | Gary felt it was right to pray about this and share his thoughts not only with God but with a few close brothers and sisters in Christ . |
8 | She looked young and pretty and relaxed for the first part of the evening until a ghastly sense of anti-climax set in when she realized that many of the young English guests had arrived well watered and rowdy after their coach trip , soon to become hideously drunk on the Ashley 's generous provision of champagne and wine , with a few dainty canapés and other elegant nibbles . |
9 | The kingdom of Italy , the second big new state to emerge from the wars of the mid-century , had only to deal with a few French-speaking communities and some Germans in Venetia ; it did not yet have to face a minorities problem . |
10 | This situation would be one humdinger of a funny story to tell his city friends over a drink or two — and perhaps to boast to Corosini that he 'd wrapped her around his little finger with a few husky phrases and a glimpse of his superlative body . |
11 | If you have an unusual story to tell , whether it 's funny , happy or sad , send it to us at Today 's Horse , 89 East Hill , Colchester , Essex CO1 2QN , with a few clear photographs and who knows , you may star in Today 's Horse ! |
12 | The open shingle beaches also support a small winter population of waders , mainly Turnstone , with a few Purple Sandpipers and numbers may increase in really cold weather . |
13 | The furniture of the room was very homely , of course — a few rough chairs and a table , a comer cupboard with their little stock of crockery and delf , a gaudy tea tray , representing a lady in bright red , walking out with a very blue parasol , a few common , coloured Scripture subjects in frames upon the wall and chimney , an old dwarf clothes-press and an eight-day clock , with a few bright saucepans and a kettle , comprised the whole . |
14 | The second session begins with a few limbering-up exercises and then goes immediately to the selection . |
15 | The night raids with a few sporadic bangs and our own guns , and twice a silver Zeppelin picked out by a search light , seemed fun — because we all came downstairs and stayed up late and were n't expected to be bright at school next morning . |
16 | What it was was a dirty patch of fenced-off sand with a few straggly trees and occasional tufts of scrawny grass . |
17 | This gives an image far removed from those bleak , concrete areas with a few hard benches and overflowing litter bins that they will hopefully replace . |
18 | In the white pubs are mainly young kids , with a few old men and just one or two middle-aged . |
19 | If so , then decorating a sheet of mirrored glass with a few pressed flowers and framing the result can transform a useful household item into a unique and extremely attractive decorative feature . |
20 | When she enters her bedroom , Perk discovers she does not have lovely dark curly hair , but is bald with a few grey wisps and because this woman is so vain and ca n't bear her god child seeing her without her wig , she ends up pushing her so hard that Perk falls , hits her head and dies . |
21 | The ghost plot — Swayze gets killed , and before he can go off to heaven he has to save his girlfriend Demi Moore from the bad guys — is really just a gimmick , there to dress up the standard Swayze package with a few special effects and an impossibly sentimental ending . |
22 | The spontaneity of watercolour painting is , I believe , most conducive to recording this type of scene , where fleeting effects of moving light can be captured with a few quick washes and blots , and is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century . |
23 | FLEETING EFFECTS OF MOVING LIGHT CAN BE CAPTURED WITH A FEW QUICK WASHES AND BLOTS . |
24 | The spontaneity of watercolour painting is , I believe , most conducive to recording this type of scene , where fleeting effects of moving light can be captured with a few quick washes and blots , and is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century . |
25 | FLEETING EFFECTS OF MOVING LIGHT CAN BE CAPTURED WITH A FEW QUICK WASHES AND BLOTS . |
26 | ‘ With a few mod cons and … well , amenities … ’ |
27 | It 's the same with Prince — it 's great having a bit of rumpy pumpy on the TV with a few cheeky videos and lots of naughty bits , but it 's becoming a little standard . |