Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the few " in BNC.
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| 31 | He smiled and she pulled her robe tightly round her ; the bathroom that had seemed quite large had shrunk to the few feet between them . |
| 32 | Education should only be bestowed on the few . |
| 33 | The tourist or business or conference traveller will more often than not travel on a plane manufactured by one of the few aerospace TNCs that dominate the civil airline industry , occupy a hotel room subcontracted to or owned or managed by the local affiliate of one of the few chains that dominate the global hotel industry , hire a car from an agency of one of the international firms that dominate the car rental industry , and will pay for all this with one of the credit cards issued by the few TNCs that control global personal finance . |
| 34 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 35 | it is useless having the grand manner reserved for the few . |
| 36 | Vegetation is composed of the few plants that survive and grow : to explain that vegetation it may be more important to study the many that die . |
| 37 | Most of the houses were well maintained with the few rooms that were still lit disclosing the appurtenances of middle-class living : paintings and prints , a piano , a music-stand , crammed bookshelves . |
| 38 | These reasons may not be entirely true , but since formal advice on radon exposure was first issued in 1987 by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) great concern has arisen in the few areas of the country that have high radon levels . |
| 39 | In the past , the Falkland sheep farmers looked on birds of prey as their enemies , but more enlightened attitudes are nowadays evident — at least in areas frequented by the few tourists visiting the islands . |
| 40 | Frantic consultations were held between the few surviving princes , the Chief Priest of the Shrine of Asuryan and the Captain of the Phoenix Guard . |
| 41 | The two or three families who had come without money or slaves and who had kept themselves rigorously segregated from the few black people they found already on the island , were still shunning newcomers . |
| 42 | He himself was only a little shy — and obviously very proud of the English words he 'd acquired in the few months since his arrival . |
| 43 | It was not a good year for them to start with , and this year 's explosion in grey squirrel numbers seems to have put paid to the few that did form . |
| 44 | Just as the ‘ means of material production ’ is largely held by the few so , too , is the ‘ means of mental production ’ . |