Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this country it is only the older , the inherited rich or a few intellectuals who are relaxed enough to think about the unprivileged . |
| 2 | We had some very , very moving speeches yesterday , as we had had at previous meetings , which made it quite clear that a few pounds were vital and crucial to people 's lives , so we thought it was a a gesture that was worth making , and I have to say that probably our group also includes people on , as members , as Councillors , who are themselves on income support , so it was a move which was n't without it 's personal difficulties for us either . |
| 3 | It seems wrong that a few legitimate private railways in Scotland should be disadvantaged by the Bill . |
| 4 | Subaru of America , whose cars are made by Japan 's Fuji Heavy Industries , is struggling and a few of the Japanese-owned car factories in America are also running below capacity . |
| 5 | Cottle was interested and a few weeks later was invited to London where he was offered a job in the Foreign office , doing something , somewhere . |
| 6 | However , in compensation I did find a nice silver hammered halfpenny of Henry V and a few rose farthings . |
| 7 | Most of the latter were Scottish but a few were mercenaries from Denmark , Ireland , and as far afield even as Genoa . |
| 8 | I say this because a few days ago Spurs were linked with a different ( Swedish ) defender , so may have pulled out any interest . |
| 9 | It remains possible that a few patients are susceptible to a change in insulin species , and obviously patients who are unhappy with human insulin should not remain on it . |
| 10 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 11 | It is possible that a few minor markets did grow slowly from an earlier village but they are difficult to discover . |
| 12 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 13 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 14 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 15 | It is possible that a few cells or nuclei were damaged at the site of crypt bisection and damaged nuclei would not have been measured . |
| 16 | There is a disarming lightness to the popular No. 7 ( its Mazurka affiliation charmingly highlighted ) , but No. 10 in C sharp minor is much less assured than a few years earlier ; No. 15 commences sadly off pitch and No. 16 is less ‘ driven ’ or trenchant than in the earlier and greatly celebrated account . |
| 17 | I 'm just sorry that a few more people |
| 18 | All too clearly the reason for last evening 's kisses registered in her mind , and as she hastened towards the office she mumbled audibly to herself , ‘ Blast you , Silas Wilder — you think you 're vastly smart — you think you 're so confoundedly devastating that a few kisses will keep me happily at your side — ready and willing to slave over your wretched barbecue . |
| 19 | ‘ In the old days we should have thrown a guinea-fowl or a few warthog piglets in , too . |
| 20 | With Richard Hill warned for three beefy challenges on the impressive Matt Dawson and Mark Linnett fortunate that a few loose uses of fist and foot went unseen , the atmosphere was anything but festive . |
| 21 | They lay their eggs in these chalices and there the young go through their entire development , sharing their pool with nothing more dangerous than a few innocuous insect larvae . |
| 22 | What constitutes ‘ serious damage to property ’ is obviously a matter of degree , but it probably means something rather more serious than a few broken windows . |
| 23 | All my womenfolk are at least six inches taller and a few sizes bigger than you . ’ |
| 24 | This crazy world whirled about her , men and women dwarfed by toys and puppets , where even the birds were mechanical and the few human figures went masked and played musical instruments in the small and terrible hours of the night into which again she had been thrust . |
| 25 | They found swimming normally impossible and a few hours later they died . |
| 26 | Third , since the APB wants to ensure that the debate which it intends the paper to stimulate does not get confined to the Big Six and a few others , it is to go on a whistlestop tour of the country over the next three months , holding discussion meetings with interested parties . |
| 27 | But though diesels made sense on paper , some staff were not convinced and a few even changed jobs to escape employers who imposed diesel cars on them . |
| 28 | This gives a jumble of echoes that will sometimes persist for as much as a few seconds after the original sound has ceased . |
| 29 | Violent though a few of them are , they are beginning to succeed . |
| 30 | Whether it is something as special as a wedding bouquet or as simple as a few flowers gathered on a picnic outing together , knowing where and when the flowers were picked or used adds a great deal to the meaning of the picture , and the recipient will be very touched at your thoughtful and generous gesture . |