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 .
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