Example sentences of "[art] [adj] few [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Woodbines ) ; a loaf of bread was 4 d. ; a pint of milk 1 d. , a bag of coal , 9 d. ; and for the rich few who had cars , petrol was 11 pence per gallon . |
| 2 | If you are one of the faithful few who keep your machine set up and working during the summer you can have a wonderful time trying out patterns and colour schemes in between knitting those delightful little summer tops . |
| 3 | Ideas for those knitters , but also some for the faithful few who keep on knitting . |
| 4 | The size of the audience did n't increase noticeably , but the faithful few who did turn up seemed appreciative . |
| 5 | Except in Cornwall , the fortunate few who enjoyed a measure of affluence were chiefly to be found in towns where lucrative guild appointments were available . |
| 6 | The lucky few who are offered a recording contract must understand what they are signing . |
| 7 | Then there are the lucky few who , every now and then , would splash out upwards of £1,000 on a single fish . |
| 8 | Yet the war goes on and more arrivals — veterans of the Khmer Rouge , the South Vietnamese army , the Salvadorean death squads — come to replace the lucky few who make enough money to escape the war of Los Angeles . |
| 9 | His record of sixteen consecutive rides at Aintree still stands and he 's one of the lucky few who 've won the national . |
| 10 | Elena 's greed was resented by the privileged few who could both afford the fees and knew who to approach to get permission . |
| 11 | I was vividly aware of the far reaching and vast contribution that Basil had made to education , to values , to the good influences of the Authority on teachers and children , colleges , schools and students , and I am of the privileged few who were able to work with Basil in the early days of struggles , so I know how much , how very much he did — So I felt that at least he had fulfilled — as nearly as we can ever judge — so much of his life 's work even to the developments in his own personal creative medium — and this must be a comfort to you as well as to us who knew him as a friend and colleague . |
| 12 | The third stage is for the disciplined few , and the final stage is for the select few who desire the bliss and blessedness of complete union with God . |
| 13 | And we appreciate how honoured we are to be among the select few who they chose to share this very special occasion with them . |
| 14 | Unlike many of the guerrilla leaders who are unknown except to the intrepid few who visit their frontline hideouts , Arkan rebels are in the public limelight like the best of Hollywood 's gangsters . |
| 15 | TI 's Sparc marketing manager Phil Campbell said the first few lots of the reconstructed chip will be coming off the line in December with volumes following sometime during the first quarter . |
| 16 | The first few he tried to pull free simply fell apart in his hands , scattering their petals like so much unwanted litter . |
| 17 | ‘ I would have loved to join the elitist few who have made 500 League appearances and , but for my spell in the Conference and my long list of injuries , I probably would have done it , ’ added McDonough , who netted 89 goals in 460 league games . |
| 18 | The major problem at this water is boats and the inconsiderable few who seem to use the 10 — 15 metres of water closest to the bank . |
| 19 | PC Software houses are turning on to Windows more quickly than the users — there are n't many who do n't have a Windows product in their portfolios these days — and Sage has joined the band of the enlightened few who package both DOS and Windows versions together with its second foray into the GUI market — Sterling + 2 . |
| 20 | I was one of the selected few who were billetted ashore and joined the various boats every day . |
| 21 | The loyal few who paid full price at the turnstiles deserved better , but the real losers were Sheffield Eagles , who wanted a tour game and would have used the opportunity much more imaginatively . |
| 22 | Twenty-five years loyal Service to Douglas Reyburn — that is what has been achieved by Mrs Isobel Tannock and Hugh Donaghy who are now amongst the special few who have each contributed a quarter century to the success of their company . |
| 23 | As we progress up the scale of profit-taking , we find others who sell at small craft fairs and those who find an outlet through local shops , until we come at last to the favoured few who sell at the prestigious crafts fairs which Hugh prefers . |
| 24 | These are the dedicated few who , week in , week out , come rain or snow , stare out of the clubhouse window at 22 diehards freezing their pads off for fun . |
| 25 | In a limited sense and for a fortunate few who were related to the adult mule spinners with whom they worked , this may have been true . |
| 26 | What lies in pieces around them represents , in effect , a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few who for the first time in generations have had the opportunity for hands-on experience of greatness . |
| 27 | There were a privileged few who made the Grand Tour to complete their education and seek out Europe 's art treasures , but travelling for pleasure was not an accepted part of life as it is in Western industrialized countries today . |
| 28 | Yes , yes , quite a good few I would think . |
| 29 | As Attridge shows this means that poetry claiming to be perfecting the natural ( acting according to decorum ) establishes its claim to do so by using a rhetoric which is employed only by a learned few whose language is distanced from the natural language of the majority . |
| 30 | It is , however , unseen and unsuspected by travellers along the road and its charms are known only by a relative few who have discovered its existence during their wanderings in the area . |