Example sentences of "from [art] few [noun pl] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Profoundly subordinate , and remote from the few voices of intellectual protest , trade unions could provide no effective challenge to bourgeois hegemony ; rather they were firmly embedded in the mystical pragmatism , rationalism , evolutionism and nationalism of the Victorian epoch . |
2 | Apart from a few rings like those recovered from the megalithic passage-grave at Mané-er-Hroek in Brittany , the jade artefacts circulating in Neolithic Europe consisted entirely of flat celts with pointed butts . |
3 | The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours . |
4 | For stable samples we rarely need to obtain spectra in a hurry , and commercial spectrometers generally operate on timescales ranging from a few minutes to several hours . |
5 | It can accommodate simulations of drainage-basins ranging in size from a few hectares to 40 000 square kilometres . |
6 | Azerbaijan has about a third of the world population of mud volcanoes , which range in size from a few metres to several kilometres across the base . |
7 | The continental shelf and deeper sea-bed beyond , to a distance of 300–600km from the shore , have a covering of fine grey glacial mud , forming a layer that varies in thickness from a few metres over active areas of sea-floor spreading to 200km or more in older , more stable regions . |
8 | Shetland has no biting insects apart from a few midges in late summer , and I had n't realised just how much of a problem these Arctic mosquitoes could be . |
9 | It varies in height from a few inches to two feet depending on the habitat . |
10 | Faulting takes place through sudden , rapid movements over distances ranging from a few centimetres to several metres . |
11 | The hostile groups outside Fascist meetings increased from a few protesters to thousands of demonstrators on certain widely reported occasions . |
12 | The Buchs site offers large scale production facilities , now approved to GMP standard , manufacturing over 4,000 products in quantities from a few grammes to small tonnage . |
13 | It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution . |
14 | Courses can last from a few weeks to several months depending on what you want to achieve . |
15 | The duration of obstructive symptoms varied widely with a range from a few weeks to several years . |
16 | The administration of the Famine was remarkable for the absence of nearly all leading Bolsheviks , apart from a few speeches from one or two of them . |
17 | Throughout the three month test I did n't have any trouble with my feet apart from a few blisters after first wearing them . |
18 | The estates varied in size from a few units in piecemeal developments to 30 or 40 plots on well serviced , carefully planned schemes . |
19 | The mothers talking in this book are mainly in their mid to late teens , with children whose ages range from a few months to four years . |
20 | The length of single eruptive episode , which can range from a few days to several years , will depend on the eruptive energy available once the ground surface is broken . |