Example sentences of "of [noun] [coord] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | Even the most purely agricultural villages had a handful of craftsmen and in a few parishes , notably Spratton , Moulton and Hardingstone , between 40 and 60 per cent of those liable for duty were employed in non-agricultural pursuits for the major part of their time . |
2 | He repudiated the oath by which he had restored to the Holy See the ecclesiastical rights and privileges enjoyed by the emperors and the kings of Sicily and within a few months of his coronation he began to progress down into Italy . |
3 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
4 | Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess . |
5 | The Committee recognised that the greatest public concern had arisen as a consequence of the ‘ presence and the visible and obvious presence of prostitutes in considerable numbers in the public streets of some parts of London and of a few provincial towns ’ . |
6 | The A850 , having come north from Broadford , leaves Portree for the north-west of Skye and after a few miles , just beyond the standing stones by Borve , splits into the A856 . |