Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Because of the fact that code switching , when it occurs , is pervasive in bilinguals ' speech , and defies analysis on any one level , individual researchers have tended to focus on just those few aspects of code switching which are of particular relevance to them . |
2 | There remain a few kinds of crime fiction we have yet to look at . |
3 | One of the features of that day will be a series of mini- lecturers on just about every conceivable subject , and during the next few Ideas In Action programmes I shall be talking to some of the lecturers about their topics , hopefully whetting your appetites sufficiently to want to join us on that day to hear more . |
4 | Or — like a few men of Sparrow Force whom Corporal Palmer had found near the coast living off the Company 's abandoned-in-transit Christmas parcels — they wandered aimlessly until captured , or killed by native factions . |
5 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
6 | In the next few issues of Wood News we will focus on different regions of the world , starting in this issue with the Middle East . |
7 | The few examples of state formation which have been studied in detail are all significantly different in important respects . |
8 | I was disappointed that the Home Secretary spent so much of his time this afternoon outlining a few examples of asylum seekers who have been proved to be lying . |
9 | Nor were the comparatively few letters of Walter Machin himself much more revealing . |
10 | There are very few fathers of kidnap victims who are n't worried about their financial affairs being looked at too closely . |
11 | He had had a few hopes for Sally-Anne Tunstall himself , had been sorry to see her go . |