Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The breeding population appears to be resident , but birds are recorded in other areas of the county in winter sufficiently frequently to suggest either some post-breeding dispersal within the county , or that a few visit the county from elsewhere in winter . |
| 2 | Although the Irish elk is no longer with us , just from the size of its horns we can be fairly certain that it was polygamous , and that a few males mated with most of the females . |
| 3 | It is worth remembering that even the highly efficient drugs currently available will not remove all the worms present ; that some cattle nematodes can infect sheep and vice versa ; and that a few infective larvae on the pasture can survive for beyond two years . |
| 4 | Then , pretending for a moment that he was back there , he would turn round and face the back of his cage , open his wings , and glide down the few feet to where his food lay on the ground , pretending that it was prey and that the few feet was hundreds of feet , and that he could feel strong winds on his wings and was an adult eagle , and free , free to fly where he liked . |
| 5 | But we know very little about the animals which bore these scales and although a few articulated remains have been known for several years , they show very little anatomical detail and it is not easy to identify immediate relatives . |
| 6 | Management of cases with LM potencies is quite simple as long as patient compliance is good and if a few simple guide-lines are followed . |
| 7 | And if a few black spastics have to fry , well , too bad . |
| 8 | And if a few romantics mutter against the ‘ satanic mills ’ , despoliation of the countryside and pollution of the skies from the factory chimneys , the machine shunts them aside as surely as it repulses those Luddites who would shut down its engines if they only knew how . |
| 9 | And when a few moments later the telephone goes , and the gas man says that he wo n't after all be coming today to service the boiler , he gets his head bitten off ! |
| 10 | The following ‘ Arkansas Stomp ’ gets things going , though , and when a few minutes later they deliver a truly rocking ‘ Dateless Night ’ a great night seems in store . |
| 11 | The following ‘ Arkansas Stomp ’ gets things going , though , and when a few minutes later they deliver a truly rocking ‘ Dateless Night ’ a great night seems in store . |
| 12 | The stand we were in was wooden and when a few of the fans tried to light up their cigs. they were immediately pounced upon by the attendants to cordially desist . |
| 13 | At about the same period Youatt remarked that most of Somerset 's cattle were good red Devons but that a few in northern Somerset were particoloured Devons and some in the west of the county were yellowish rather than deep red or were sheeted ( that is to say , with broad white belts ) . |
| 14 | For , as the report went on to show , the problem is not that manufacturers employ too few people , but that the few people whom they do employ produce much less than their counterparts elsewhere in the world . |
| 15 | I should n't miss the pigeons all that much , I do n't mind the blackbird and the thrush and the robin but and a few starlings but I do n't like many pigeons about the garden . |
| 16 | But after a few more choice obscenities slide by she turns to me and , smiling , says , ‘ I 'm doing my best . |
| 17 | They may start a meal looking quite hungry but after a few mouthfuls say they are full . |
| 18 | An adult , presumably the female , came close inshore , followed by two young ones , and she seemed to be teaching them to fish , but after a few splashing sallies with no success she gave up , and dived away . |
| 19 | But after a few more minutes lie again became puzzled and tapped once more . |
| 20 | They waited to be told as much , but after a few moments realized with surprise that their hosts were evidently less enthusiastic . |
| 21 | But after a few shows together you got to the point where you could read each other 's thoughts . |
| 22 | But after a few compliments lobbed in the direction of the Bank came the sting . |
| 23 | Sara began to explain , but after a few moments Jenny said impatiently , " Why do n't we walk down to Moorlake and then you can show me properly ? " |
| 24 | She turned her gaze away and stared towards the river , watching the faint sway of the trees as their branches dipped and brushed against the water , but after a few too brief seconds she found her eyes drawn helplessly back to that window , and gasped . |
| 25 | At first she tried to be as quiet as possible as she began preparations for lunch , but after a few minutes gave up and worked normally , deciding to impress the moody Dr Vaughan by making dumplings to top the soup . |