Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Boccia , pronounced botcha , is one of the few games that some cerebral palsy sufferers can play . |
2 | Some of the few studies that have taken account of gender suggest that Afro-Caribbean girls are achieving higher levels than boys at school level , partly because they are pursuing different strategies , which are necessary in order to survive in the context of high unemployment and low wages for black male workers ( Fuller , 1983 ; see also Riley , 1986 ; Driver , 1977 ) . |
3 | The few studies that have been undertaken have been carried out from a management perspective in terms of stock management or to quantity overall use of library , materials apart from items recorded in circulation statistics . |
4 | Sarah Fleming answered the few questions that came her way with concise intelligence . |
5 | The first of the few blocks that can be used in competition to be considered are the slapping blocks . |
6 | Her suitcase was still sitting on the bed , with the few clothes and belongings she had brought with her piled into it . |
7 | At first the Orcs looted and pillaged through Ostermark , feasting upon the few beasts that the people had carefully nurtured through the winter and driving the impoverished population westwards through the snow . |
8 | Apple is still expected to proceed with the tattered case on the few elements that were not thrown out , including the idea of using a picture of a dustbin to signify deletion of a file and the way Windows handles type fonts . |
9 | Their skills and courage were well tested under South Africa 's apartheid regime , when the Christian Church was one of the few groups that managed to get their voices heard . |
10 | Their skills and courage were well tested under South Africa 's apartheid regime , when the Christian Church was one of the few groups that managed to get their voices heard . |
11 | One of the few criticisms that has rankled with Mr Kinnock has been the allegation of cockiness — the presumption he has won before the votes have been counted . |
12 | America is one of the few countries that , in effect , taxes corporate income twice : once as corporation tax , and a second time as personal-income tax , when the income is paid out as dividends . |
13 | Singapore is one of the few countries that supports the reality of global business . |
14 | Mexico is one of the few countries that still allow fishermen to encircle and snare dolphins to catch the tuna that swim with them . |
15 | Britain , says Ash , must be one of the few countries where being ‘ too clever by half ’ is regarded as a stinging insult . |
16 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
17 | One of the few things that keeps movies worth watching is the vitality of all the marvellous comedians from Saturday Night Live and SCTV : Bill Murray , John Candy and so on , terrific personalities who can bring a vibrancy even to dead scripts . ’ |
18 | These days they appear infrequently , but the prospect of a shopping expedition is one of the few things that are guaranteed to bring them out . |
19 | Mice were one of the few things that Miss Fogerty could not endure . |
20 | The Dolphin , the Bermuda Suite , Club 93 , the Bingo hall , a large swimming pool , a Sports hall , Amusements , these are just some of the few things that are situated at Highfield Holiday Park , Clacton , where my family and I have been going on Holiday for 10 years . |
21 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
22 | Um and erm that might be that 's one of th some of the few things that the library 's got but erm er anyway . |
23 | During which the authorities relax even the few laws and rules that normally exist . |
24 | Because potatoes do not absorb radioactive nucleotides , they are one of the few crops that could be grown safely in the heavily contaminated soils around Chernobyl . |
25 | School students will stay on in the few settlements that will be left and in schools in Cuba , West Africa and other countries . |
26 | One of the few areas that we sell out on most match days , and there 's facilities for men and women and we actively develop these areas . |
27 | The evidence from the few areas that have been bored or surveyed geophysically supports this view , but other evidence does not fit so well . |
28 | The Wedding Present violently oppose most rock 'n' roll ethos , but perhaps one of the few areas where they have shown loyalty to tradition has been their gluttonous appetite for live work . |
29 | How avoid lending multinationals a green gloss in the few areas where they are performing well , while they otherwise continue in their evil ways ? |
30 | She moved up the stairs past the few skins that lay on a table and made her way into the office . |