Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [art] few " in BNC.

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1 In Britain , at least , communications are dominated by a few millionaire proprietors and a few large conglomerate companies .
2 On the one hand , production was modernized in ever larger factories and ownership was concentrated in a network of trusts , cartels and syndicates increasingly dominated by a few major banks .
3 However , until quite recently , the possibility of making recordings in Britain was dominated by a few large companies involved in manufacturing and distributing records as well as originating them .
4 But the same writer also showed his affinity with the notions of contemporary Christendom by observing that battles were won by a few renowned knights , and the army which had ‘ even one more famous warrior than its enemy must … win ’ .
5 Despite many brands and designs , skiing hardware companies are owned by a few umbrella companies .
6 Sartre is reported to have said that he did not feel free without a thousand francs in his pocket ; this is clearly a freedom which can only be enjoyed by a few .
7 In the World , marioc is a luxury enjoyed by the few .
8 Bourdieu 's articles on markets preceded by a few years his pieces on ‘ fields ’ .
9 One short video trigger , filmed and edited by a few ASAP high school students , is an exploration about their own neighbourhood , a low-income primarily Hispanic area with a high incidence of drug and alcohol abuse .
10 This holster will allow it to be carried by a few of those who presently have no means of looking after a throwline .
11 In fact , the separatist movement which developed in Sicily after 1943 proved short-lived , though its disappearance is still mourned by a few as ‘ the end of the Sicilian nation ’ .
12 We 've been told to take off times , but if there 's one certainty , they 'll be rescheduled by a few hours before the season starts .
13 According to Tim , this has resulted in a return to an élitist society in which ‘ The population has learnt to live on abstractions and interpretations of the world as presented by a few ’ ( 92 ) .
14 With apologies to Winston Churchill I venture to mis-quote : ‘ Never has so much rubbish been written by a few , against so many . ’
15 This contraction was most severely felt by the few employees in the smaller workshops .
16 If the provisions were to work , there had obviously to be a clear definition of the institutions to whom they applied and the institutions chosen were mainly those for which the Bank of England had supervisory responsibility under the 1979 Banking Act , expanded by a few additions .
17 Alongees are now only made by a few manufacturers .
18 Token bets had been made by a few on the opposing Southern team , so Rex was able to ‘ collect ’ from long time colleagues as well as being presented with a cheque b Mr Ellis .
19 I think it genuinely irresponsible that someone with my theatrical track-record has written a play about this internationally known theatrical figure yet it has only been seen by a few people . ’
20 Murtach had learned of a great wolf pack that seemed to roam west of the Skriaig and had been seen by a few desperate hunters seeking deer beyond Ralarth 's borders .
21 I hung about further down the street , hoping not to be seen by the few people who were strolling there .
22 She was bought by a few enterprising Port Ellen gentlemen for £22/23 .
23 Apart from very old and antique items , the only contemporary rugs to fall into this category are masterworkshop rugs , and possible a handful of the very finest items produced by a few " high category " groups .
24 The ASB has highlighted two methods of dubious interpretation used by a few companies so far .
25 Any of these difficulties can be avoided by a few patient moments of study with the clear and concise instructions that come with the Diamond stunters .
26 The trillions of dollars in the bond markets have been jostled by a few judiciously placed millions in gold .
27 These are approximations in which the very large number of particles are replaced by a few quantities .
28 Another way of making the point is that higher education traditionally formed a culture of the written word , albeit a kind of literacy which embodied a restricted code , understood by the few .
29 Others would be borne by the few feminists and freaks who preferred girls , for the whole thing would be voluntary ; no compulsion would be needed ; PopCon 's research had been thorough .
30 There , bordered by a few glimpses of tentacle , was a huge , whorled , calloused , potion-stained and unfocused thumb .
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