Example sentences of "[noun] of [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , then , a new variety can be formed if this conservative action of crossing is circumvented by reproductive isolation of a few individuals in new conditions , whether that isolation arises with or without geographical segregation . |
| 2 | A new generation of middle level developing countries is facing the difficult transition from being exporters of a few traditional commodities and receiving most external finance in the form of official aid to a varied pattern of trade and production , combined with use of more commerical loans or investment . |
| 3 | There was an enormous gap between the possibilities of radical architecture and the strategic thinking of a few academic planners on the one hand , and the practical capabilities of planning staffs at local government level , on the other . |
| 4 | These organisations are rare , although an example might be a partnership of a few individuals who do all the work of the organisation themselves ( with perhaps a little administrative assistance ) . |
| 5 | Then the thousand or so readers of a few imported fashion magazines ( which it seemed would be prohibited because they contained foreign tobacco advertisements ) momentarily rallied key support from the free speech lobby . |
| 6 | The Supreme Soviet usually met for two sessions of a few days each year . |
| 7 | She knew of a woman in Dublin who , for the theft of a few pounds , had gone to prison for five years . |
| 8 | First , Steffi admitted ‘ The women 's event does n't really start before the second week ’ after most of the top seeds had advanced for no more than the loss of a few games . |
| 9 | In this context the loss of a few passengers to the Channel Tunnel is a relatively minor issue . |
| 10 | The next election will be lost or won not as the result of a few weeks ' electioneering , of media events , of soundbites , but as a result of four years of radical but sensible campaigning in our towns and villages . |
| 11 | Classically these crimes have been seen as a result of a few mentally deranged men . |
| 12 | Can the Minister allay my suspicions about this by assuring me that as a result of a few industrialists having contributed to the programme we shall not find the names of certain chairmen and managing directors appearing in the new year honours list ? |
| 13 | His spoken English was perfect , as was his comprehension , the result of a few years at Oxford studying languages — four in all . |
| 14 | If you like I 'll give you the addresses of a few girlfriends . |
| 15 | In May the National Executive decided to give official recognition to Advance which , since its foundation in December 1935 , had risen from a local circulation of a few hundred to a sale of 15,000 reaching the entire membership of the League . |
| 16 | In the ethogenic approach we follow the example of chemists and anatomists and adopt the intensive design , that is , we undertake a detailed study of a few cases selected as typical . |
| 17 | Never again , except in the nostalgic hopefulness of a few — would the ceremonies be performed ; gone were the offerings , the blood-shedding , the fire and incense , the gorgeous ( and the plain ) robes , and the rest of the sacred imagery which ‘ fenced-off ’ God 's otherness from the people — and brought them close to him in awe and penitence . |
| 18 | There may then be a break of a few days while participants work to devise a training session . |
| 19 | There was thus a community of interest in the war between party and government in 1917–18 as there had not been before , and the party was hardly shaken by the secession of a few diehards to form Henry Page Croft 's National party . |
| 20 | By a conservative appraisal of the few data at hand , she was an engineering success . |
| 21 | Schools should be able to request more frequent inspections so that the best practice of a few is not brought down to the standard practice of the many . |
| 22 | Some were parents enjoying the luxury of a few hours away from their children , who were fully occupied with games and competitions at the miniclub . |
| 23 | The essentially one-day match contract for Chris Cowdrey is seen as rather ‘ something or nothing ’ in the words of a few Sophia punters . |
| 24 | He echoed her words of a few moments before , and the jarring note of triumph in his voice rang a warning bell somewhere in Shannon 's mind . |
| 25 | His words of a few days ago came unbidden into her mind . |
| 26 | He had gone there expecting ‘ to suffer the tedium of a few years living in the backveld , in order to make some very necessary repairs to the fortunes of myself and my small family ’ but found that ‘ against all expectations I had wandered into a bewilderingly interesting , exciting and varied World ’ . |
| 27 | As one of the first members recalled , ‘ When we reached thirteen most of us felt we were too big for the Sunday School , and there was a gap of a few years until we were able to join the YMCA at seventeen … |
| 28 | A gap of a few inches appeared , with more feet behind it . |
| 29 | Because they Hyflo has 4 outlets , and I am trying to keep within budget , I would make do with 4 plates with a gap of a few inches between them — the overall effect should be total bottom filtration as there would be some sideways suction across the gravel in the gaps . |
| 30 | For the space of two heartbeats the two protagonists , hunter and quarry , glared at each other across the intervening gap of a few feet , while hurtling through the night at better than 80 m.p.h . |