Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the few things about the penal system that almost everyone agrees on is that England and Wales have an alarmingly high ( and most of the time rapidly rising ) number of people in prison . |
| 2 | She loyally endorsed Mr Major and — despite a few barbs about borrowing too much — confounded predictions that she would rock the boat . |
| 3 | We have had a few meetings about the rule but they have always brought in extra bodies to out-vote us . |
| 4 | WHATEVER our image of a truant may be — layabout , glue-sniffer , petty criminal — a recent report from the Scottish Office urges us to dispel a few misunderstandings about truancy . |
| 5 | Although we were very happy with much of this document , there were a few sections about which we had reservations , and on which we submitted detailed comments . |
| 6 | First , a few remarks about chemistry . |
| 7 | But I will do no more than offer a few remarks about their rights and wrongs , focusing instead on the most productive ways in which teachers can develop and promote their own positions . |
| 8 | We shall preface our discussion with a few remarks about the nature of information and about the transformations which are undertaken in the mind of the skilled reader . |
| 9 | Details about the careers and life histories of the women compositors will figure in a later chapter , but a few remarks about the evidence relating to marriage will provide some perspective for the training question . |
| 10 | Your only problem is choosing , and before you choose read these words to understand a few basics about the quality of Italian accommodation . |
| 11 | Robbins 's script exposes the amorphous nature of the language of the right , and how hearts and minds are won by the simple utterance of a few platitudes about American values , freedom and the family . |
| 12 | Instead , he had dropped her outside the Half Moon in Portesham , exchanged with her a few platitudes about the working week to come , then driven home to Radipole in time for tea with his mother . |
| 13 | I have a few niggles about design , finding the waist drawcord on the Solos awkward and annoying and the elasticated buckle on the Colorados inclined to slip and get in the way of a harness . |
| 14 | It just looked so out of proportion and we had a few giggles about it . |
| 15 | ‘ The Missus ’ was about as inappropriate a soubriquet for Onyx Muggeridge as could be imagined , and Mike Pumfrey , who had heard a few scraps about her already , registered this . |
| 16 | We swapped a few anecdotes about buffoons we had encountered and then went our separate ways , hands thrust deep into our respective double-thickness , Gortex , all-weather , storm-force shell outers . |
| 17 | In other words , I 'll tell a few anecdotes about my life , I 'll expose myself to these students and the people who are interested , and well you know , what 's going on with me and we , we 'll have some fun , so it 'll be anything but dry . |
| 18 | There are also a few rules about pictorial balance . |
| 19 | Her head was beginning to throb from the smoky , claustrophobic atmosphere , and she wondered how she could tactfully drop a few hints about leaving without inviting a tirade of displeasure from André , which was the last thing she felt she could cope with . |
| 20 | Even so a few hints about the frailty of Rose 's nature might not come amiss . |
| 21 | There were a few complaints about the rough was too rough and the coarse was too bad and whatnot , but I quite liked the fact that it was labelled because it meant that Rosemary could and could play the . |
| 22 | A couple of years ago FAST would get only a few complaints about car boot sales a year . |
| 23 | Over the past few days he had fished a little with Burkett , been to Crosthwaite Church , laid a light siege to the maid Christine , cast out a few nightlines about the town and done a calculated amount of promenading . |
| 24 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 25 | She peered closely at her face ; there were a few lines about the mouth and eyes but at forty-seven that was only to be expected . |
| 26 | It 's quite a while now since I 've bored you with a few observations about our friends the dumb animals who share their lives with us on the planet and the more you observe them the more convinced you become that they 're anything but dumb . |
| 27 | Georgina chatted for a few minutes about the qualities she considered desirable in a secretary ; she even asked Celia 's opinion . |
| 28 | A few questions about general financial transactions were asked and answered , and Meese then pointed out the paragraph about the diversion . |
| 29 | ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey . |
| 30 | We simply ask a few questions about your income and the level of deposit you have available and then issue you with a certificate which : — tells you how much we are able to lend you . |