Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one would predict , the few experiments on auditory deprivation confirm that there may be extensive loss of functioning . |
| 2 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
| 3 | Nowadays , struggling on in the name of Islamic socialism , Algeria is a place of austerity , one of the few countries on earth where you ca n't get Coca-Cola . |
| 4 | That most of these exotic names , these exotic Puritan names , are to be found just in the few villages on the borders of East Sussex and Kent that , and are , are to be found in the fifteen nineties to sixteen hundreds . |
| 5 | Asthma is one of the few diseases on the increase in Britain said Simon Hughes , the party 's environment spokesman . |
| 6 | Probyn is one of the few players on the international scene to have played the game at every level : from Old Albanians , Streatham and Croydon through Richmond and Wasps to the first of his 33 caps in 1988 . |
| 7 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 8 | He guessed a lot of young people had : the few faces on the street seemed of retirement age . |
| 9 | The few successes on the UK OTC market are always quoted as if to make up for the failures . |
| 10 | Breeze , hastening home under a sky full of stars and swift , transparent clouds , remembered the few occasions on which she had passed through its impressive portals . |
| 11 | On the few occasions on which she and Hugh had met since that time , neither of them had ever said a word about that holiday . |
| 12 | THE generally held belief that the marriage of Diana and Charles has broken down seems to depend on photographs of the couple on the few occasions on which they appear together in public . |
| 13 | ‘ The fire exploded , spilling out on to the hearth , licking at the few drops on the floor , and in seconds Dame Frances was a blazing torch and your secret was safe . ’ |
| 14 | The overnight passage to Aberdeen was wild and stormy and my brother Ian and I were amongst the few passengers on board capable of doing proper justice to the excellent dinner provided . |
| 15 | The few passengers on the train were thrown from their seats as Walt the driver braked hard . |
| 16 | He held out the salver to Galvone who took the sheet , unfolded it , read the few words on the paper and handed it to Hauser . |
| 17 | After passing the welcome but rather unexpected Sportsman 's Inn , the river is re-crossed at Stone House Bridge , one of the few places on this narrow highway where there is space to park a few cars . |
| 18 | OPPOSITE ABOVE : Suttons Mill at Cranham , one of the few mills on the Painswick stream having no connection with the cloth trade . |
| 19 | Beyond the few meadows on this apron of land that girdled the house on the lochside , the hills rose again , hills as individual and familiar to her as people , whose slopes and habits she knew intimately , walking them year in , year out with her father , the gun he had taught her to use broken carefully in the crook of her arm . |
| 20 | When the idea of a Royal Commission was in circulation , lawyers within the ranks of the Government , notably Sam Silkin , the Attorney General and one of the few front-benchers on either side to have taken a close interest in penal reform , and Alex Lyon , a Minister of State at the Home Office , pressed for the opportunity to be grasped to make an authoritative assessment of the arguments for a public prosecution service independent of the police . |
| 21 | The few crags on the steepest ground have associated short scree slopes which , in the well-drained conditions have peaty rankers with well-structured organic horizons . |
| 22 | So they choose to plant grass and root crops in the few fields on the lower slopes . |
| 23 | There are , however , a few chairs on the market that improve posture while sitting . |
| 24 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 25 | As the music begins , concentrate for a few moments on relaxing your body in the usual way . |
| 26 | ‘ So happy to gleet my good fliends here tonight ’ , he began , and spoke for a few moments on the glories of old Cathay . |
| 27 | Browse in the gift shop or enjoy refreshment in the restaurant , and you can reflect for a few moments on how different things might have been without the events of 1066 . |
| 28 | Dwell for a few moments on these words of Paul , and when you have a moment of quiet use the prayer that follows , either in your own words or as it stands , as a way of bringing to God your thoughts and feelings both on what you have discovered through these pages , and any particular concerns you may have at this present moment . |
| 29 | At this point , it might be appropriate to spend a few moments on a specifically Scottish aspect of the Bill . |
| 30 | As I said , Sunderland played well … and had a few chances on the break — only to be expected . |