Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Accuse ? ’ he asked softly , and the few inches separating them narrowed alarmingly . |
| 2 | One of the few studies to take account of this is Pechman and Okner , who give the variance of tax rates within deciles ( 1974 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 3 | This exemplary logic completed , it was another few breathless minutes before she found the necessary strength to contemplate walking the few feet to join Roman 's laughing , relaxed presence at the breakfast-table . |
| 4 | He certainly seemed below par in the few mid-season matches last year , but the whole team looked poor in those . |
| 5 | Indeed rhinoceros horn is one of the few materials regarded as precious in the past not to appear inherently attractive to most modern observers . |
| 6 | The image of the first quatrain is one of inanimacy where ‘ late the sweet birds sang ’ , but do so no more and the only movement is in the few leaves trembling ‘ against the cold . ’ |
| 7 | With a turnover of about £250m , Virgin Records is one of the few independents left in the music business . |
| 8 | The few attempts to increase supplies have been marked only by ad hoc efforts based on technology , with biogas plants , solar cookers or fuelwood plantations promoted as universal solutions . |
| 9 | Children had the unfortunate habit of growing too tall , whereupon they would be sacked so the few shillings earned were lost to a family that might well depend on them . |
| 10 | And the few shillings earned was more than welcome in those hard days . |
| 11 | The few parents taken to court are treated lenienty . |
| 12 | Although Australia remain one of the few countries to have taken part in every Summer Olympiad ( Greece , Switzerland and Great Britain are the others ) , they did not bring a cricket team to Paris . |
| 13 | It is called Macrae 's Monument and is one of the few things left in Ayrshire to remind us of a very remarkable man called James Macrae . |
| 14 | Er , we looked at it as you know when we were considering reorganisation of committees and I think this is perhaps one of the few things to come out of all that . |
| 15 | This was one of the few liberties taken by the film 's editors , as no B–17 quite arrived that way on December 7 , but the shot was clearly too good not to include and it approximated to what had happened to a number of the actual B–17s which stumbled into the attack . |
| 16 | Between his eighth and twelfth years , he was at four Plymouth schools , and then , not even on a regular basis ; he only attended when his grandmother could get together the few pence required to pay his fee . |
| 17 | Being now unfit to work , he was left to spend his time as he pleased , and he devoted himself to reading , selling scraps of old iron and painting children 's books and shop labels to raise the few pence needed to buy the books . |
| 18 | By last month tens of thousands of people were on the road to the few relief centres that the government runs . |
| 19 | Two of the few consultants lost were Michel Carre and Georges Orban , who went on successfully to form their own firm , Carre Orban . |
| 20 | Daz Sumner , who became one of the few riders to beat Berwick 's powerful Richard Knight on his own track this season , tried to inspire his colleagues but even skipper Steve Regeling struggled for points . |
| 21 | True ivory is one of the few substances to have been highly esteemed for symbolic purposes wherever it could be obtained . |
| 22 | These were the descendants of the great families , the few buccaneers left in a drab world . |
| 23 | Inflation reached levels beyond the control of the authorities , and mines and bakeries were among the few concerns continuing to operate , as workers did not arrive to work or raw materials were lacking . |
| 24 | It is one of the few companies exposed to the full blast of petroleum revenue tax but , as a recent National Audit Office report showed , the whole offshore tax system is in a mess . |
| 25 | One of the few companies to have had any serious success in selling generic products is Interactive Information Systems ( IIS ) who offer their customers the opportunity to lease the hardware needed to run the laser disc applications . |
| 26 | Stoddard Templeton is one of the few companies to become a Registered Firm under this scheme . |
| 27 | Depression and a diminution in self care were noted in the few cases identified in the Kent Community Care project ( Davies and Challis , 1986 ) . |
| 28 | If you rely on your computer and value the investment you have made , then it is well worth the few minutes spent on preventative maintenance . |
| 29 | There is also some evidence of increased levels of representation for the few women employed in the highest paid jobs ( Labour Research , Jan 1987 ) . |
| 30 | The screening will follow a Guardian Talk with Lynda La Plante , one of the few women to have established herself in television drama as a writer . |