Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [prep] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government subsidies were also , in effect , greater for higher-density development ( subject to Parker Morris minimum standards ) , and all these factors have combined to militate against the building of few dwellings and small estates in isolated locations . |
| 2 | The very good performance of division reported in some cases ( Lum , Yuen and Dodd , Severance and Duhne ) , and relatively poor performance in others ( Kaimann ) , is likely to have been the result of few or many clashes of this kind . |
| 3 | Thus circumgranular ( or rim ) cements ( Fig. 5.24a ) form where there are many nucleation sites on a sediment grain , whereas poikilotopic cements ( Fig. 5.24b ) are the result of few nucleation sites and , in general , slower crystal growth . |
| 4 | The hosts , and what a superbly organised lot they were , with the help of few French travellers , gave a good account of themselves , notably against the tiring Irish . |
| 5 | Yet the use of few parameters , if they are well chosen , can still be an efficient means of pollution control . |
| 6 | In the absence of few if any other UK acquirers with their own distribution outlets in the Abbey National-style , the only hope , apart from closure , for these companies may be to seek out other Aegon-type deals . |
| 7 | Even if an officer is working on a pollution problem requiring repeated visits , he continues to do the unpredictable wherever possible to provide the polluter with few opportunities to organize his activities so as to create a spurious impression that things are under control . |
| 8 | Wilson was almost on his own , confidently predicting the success of a strike in which the leaders of few other unions believed . |
| 9 | So he 'd been to the doctors about few weeks ago and he 'd been repairing his shed , said there was water coming in and he went to he said oh you 've pulled a ligament or something he said , it 'll take weeks for it to clear up but anyhow he went back again about a fortnight ago . |
| 10 | Not so long ago , a haulage company would send its drivers out into the world with few opportunities to communicate with then until they returned . |
| 11 | The next three years at this school are the source of few and faint memories , but school relieved the loneliness of only-childhood . |
| 12 | The landholding of few of the great monasteries of northern Francia shows anything more than temporary dislocation . |
| 13 | It is a piece with few reasons to be a film , and mercifully few pretensions to cinematic status . |
| 14 | Derek 's are mainly , there 's a sort of few new ones but |
| 15 | Mrs. Wexford was a woman of few words . |
| 16 | In a game of few scoring opportunities , Coventry lacked the power and precision revealed by Campbell in the 29th minute after he ran on to Limpar 's lobbed pass . |
| 17 | Monkou , bought from Chelsea for £750,000 this season , limited Chris Kiwomya 's attacking abilities in a game of few opportunities . |
| 18 | But in a game of few clear openings , Gunn coped well and the absence of the Sudbury 'keeper , who took two heavy knocks in the opening exchanges , made little material difference to the pattern of the game . |
| 19 | It is a society with few sanctuaries when protectors turn upon you . |
| 20 | Whether or not this is so , few would deny that Abbado is a sound choice , a man of few words who nevertheless commands great respect among orchestral players and is as highly praised for his Rossini as for his Mahler , his Mozart or his Brian Ferneyhough . |
| 21 | Most formidable of all is the Scots joiner grandfather , ‘ dour , stern , Calvinistic … a man of few words , just and honest in his dealings , but feared by his family . ’ |
| 22 | Bill Templeman was a man of few words . |
| 23 | A man of few words , but strong opinions , the England skipper is not prone to make rash assessments . |
| 24 | Mauve , a man of few words , said , ‘ Stay then . ’ |
| 25 | HUSBAND Ernst Hort was a man of few words . |
| 26 | The other cause of the present crisis was Ben , a man of few principles , whose only view of life was through the bottom of a tankard , riddled as he was with guilt and arrogance . |
| 27 | Camille wondered whether , if she was not here , he would be more expansive , then remembered that he had always been a man of few words . |
| 28 | He had a clear scientific mind but was self-effacing , modest , and a man of few words . |
| 29 | Of medium stature and with strong , sensitive features , he was reserved by nature and a man of few words , but had a delightful , dry sense of humour . |
| 30 | He was a man of few words but many graphic gestures . |