Example sentences of "few [noun pl] of [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ice fishing , I find , is as cold as anything I have ever tried in the Arctic , and after a few minutes of unproductive ass-freezing I pack it in . |
| 2 | In a few hours of concentrated assault he could destroy months of determined surreptitious growth ; but then he would discover some other , overlooked area where things had been going to the dogs unheeded and some valiantly struggling patch of wood anemone or bluebells had been choked to the last gasp . |
| 3 | One of the few areas of common ground which both Keynes and Friedman occupy centres on the definition of a state of overall full employment : full employment prevails when the aggregate supply of labour , L s , equals the aggregate demand for labour , L d , at a unique , market clearing real wage rate , w * ; . |
| 4 | There were few evaluations of successful innovation which matched , for instance , the clarity of Warburton and Southgate ( 1969 ) in their work on the initial teaching alphabet . |
| 5 | He was offering her a few days of physical pleasure which would only leave her thirsty for more . |
| 6 | But after a few days of insipid campaigning there was grumbling back at base about the way the campaign was going . |
| 7 | The Malthusian of June 1914 estimated that 100,000 women a year took drugs to induce miscarriage , and there were suggestions at the time that there were few mothers of large families who had not attempted abortion . |
| 8 | Let me give a few examples of vanished empires which at the time seemed invincible . |
| 9 | The few moments of past closeness which they had shared had always left her emotionally upside-down and , inevitably , angry . |