Example sentences of "[adv] on [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly constrained by muscles mostly in the grip of rigor mortis , the zombies advanced inexorably on the few remaining Marines . |
| 2 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 3 | Only on a few occasions have they gone this far , where they suggest changes they will often be limited to ‘ undertakings ’ or promises . |
| 4 | Young lovers strolled quietly beneath the trees , or sat together on the few wooden benches , daring to snatch the odd , discreet kiss or embrace . |
| 5 | Yes , as I represent the area erm and it does say under five point three that local I would like to comment please , just on a few . |
| 6 | Some way past the hotel , still on the few hundred yards of concrete ‘ promenade ’ , I saw a very tall elderly man standing and bending in the middle of the road , apparently looking for something . |
| 7 | There is paper everywhere , some spread all around the office in every conceivable place and untidily on the few shelves available . |
| 8 | However the theory behind it is sound : there is greater scope for improving performance by concentrating on the average producer than by focusing exclusively on a few " bad apples " ( Berwick 1989 ) . |
| 9 | This manifested itself quite dramatically on a few occasions when , the holding screws having sheared , the rail curled up behind the tank as it moved down the slope . |
| 10 | Although they were gruesome , the markets virtually ignored these widely expected figures to concentrate instead on a few signs of impending economic recovery , such as improved unemployment figures . |
| 11 | Each of the five judgments rambles over the territory in what can only be called a head-scratching way , making it impossible for the consumer of the judgment to know at the end just what the law is held to be , except negatively , and then only negatively on a few points . |
| 12 | Up until Lavery 's strike — he pulled first time from an acute angle — Armagh had huffed and puffed against a Mayo side that relied too heavily on a few individuals . |