Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] which " in BNC.
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| 31 | Retirement is one of the few moments which a politician can choose with deliberation and Baldwin had been preparing for it for months , if not for years . |
| 32 | A single national centre is appropriate only for the few services which involve delivery to all addresses in Britain ( e.g. mail order ) , very occasional visits ( e.g. specialized medical advice ) or a particular type of service or activity with a client group that lives close to it and is not represented elsewhere in the country ( e. g. certain elements of central government , the national media and business services ) . |
| 33 | Amongst the few powers which may not be so delegated is the power to dissolve Parliament . |
| 34 | Mr Johnston , who stood on a ‘ Save Our Townlands ’ ticket in the council elections of 1977 , said : ‘ It is one of the few powers which councils have left that they can enforce the format for local addresses . |
| 35 | But for now , pilots like the Trislander as one of the few aircraft which allows real flying in today 's increasingly automated world . |
| 36 | Members of the British Diabetic Association say Darlington 's Memorial is one of the few hospitals which does not have a diabetic liaison nurse . |
| 37 | Within four years of the passing of the Education Act , the few schools which had been established closed their doors , with the single exception of Rugby . |
| 38 | The flames from hundreds of eruptions had once furnace-fashioned this valley and left it with rocks precariously dangling on steep hills , scattered warningly across the path , uncertainly wedged , it seemed , against the few huts which passed for homes over an ill-repaired double span of bridge which crossed the stream feeding the lake . |
| 39 | But as Thierry Bernard , the director of ERAI ( Enterprise Rhone-Alpes International ) points out : ‘ This is one of the few regions which does not offer financial incentives . |
| 40 | Among the few fish which do not mix well with Ampullaria are Leporinus and puffers , both of which may bite pieces out of the snail . |
| 41 | Yet the few fish which manage to return to Scottish rivers are estimated as being worth several hundreds of pounds each to your economy because of the revenue they create . |
| 42 | Wood is scarce in the Sinai desert , but the acacia is one of the few trees which grow there . |
| 43 | The few communications which do receive full attention normally achieve this through a combination of chance , inside information and relentless harrassment . |
| 44 | Rather than focusing on a few substances which are painted in lurid colours , the specialists say , the goal should be a workplace free of compulsive chemical use of all kinds . |
| 45 | After a few moments which allowed her to gather her thoughts , she replied in a quiet , even voice : |
| 46 | It is delivered in the form of a few coins which bear the likeness of the last president , a pleasant utopian who retired of his own free will . |
| 47 | I want to dwell on this subject a little while , to look at a few areas which are important and necessary and have their foundations in team spirit . |
| 48 | There are quite a few hymns which take up this notion of Jesus bearing my sin as a substitute . |
| 49 | But for the English the system of requisitioning , together with a few ships which might be built in both inland and seaside ports , and those constructed at Bayonne , were sufficient to meet most of their needs . |
| 50 | In fact , at each stage of the criminal justice process , there are only a few cases which get both widespread and sustained coverage in both the national and local press . |
| 51 | I have discovered those which for various reasons I did not feel comfortable with ; on the other hand , there have been a few works which I could as my personal luxury ! |
| 52 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 53 | The Royal children might even pass a few exams which is more than their expensively educated Mummies and Daddies managed . |
| 54 | The leader let off a few rounds which went bellowing over our heads . |
| 55 | As they descend , the female extrudes a few eggs which are immediately fertilised by the male 's sperms that have been discharged into the water at the same time . |
| 56 | He spoke of the need to ‘ discern the signs of the times ’ : ‘ We should make our own Jesus ’ advice that we should know how to discern ‘ the signs of the times ’ ( Matthew 16.4 ) , and we seem to see now , in the midst of so much darkness , a few hints which augur well for the fate of the Church and humanity' ( Abbott , p. 704 ) . |
| 57 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 58 | All he owned were the clothes on his back and a few cassettes which I 'd partly paid for anyway . |
| 59 | Even among a superb selection of hotels we do of course have a few favourites which we think are exceptional , and merit extra consideration . |
| 60 | It is impossible to detail every virtue or fault you should look for when making your choice , but here I list a few pointers which may help . |