Example sentences of "[vb pp] by a 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 | Bourdieu 's articles on markets preceded by a few years his pieces on ‘ fields ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This holster will allow it to be carried by a few of those who presently have no means of looking after a throwline . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | With apologies to Winston Churchill I venture to mis-quote : ‘ Never has so much rubbish been written by a few , against so many . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Alongees are now only made by a few manufacturers . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She was bought by a few enterprising Port Ellen gentlemen for £22/23 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The ASB has highlighted two methods of dubious interpretation used by a few companies so far . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The trillions of dollars in the bond markets have been jostled by a few judiciously placed millions in gold . |
| 24 | These are approximations in which the very large number of particles are replaced by a few quantities . |
| 25 | There , bordered by a few glimpses of tentacle , was a huge , whorled , calloused , potion-stained and unfocused thumb . |
| 26 | The Ministers arrived at first light to find the palace dark and empty , the huge rooms barely lit by a few lamps placed here and there showing the furniture covered in drapes . |
| 27 | After she had gone Paul made himself known to Dr Heatherton , to whom he had not previously addressed himself ; was rewarded by a few courteous words and good wishes for his progress ; and then went home . |
| 28 | However , given their risk-loving nature , greater protection is purchased by a low probability of a large prize rather than a high probability of a modest prize ; i.e. a society characterized by a few ‘ glittering prizes ’ awarded on the basis of equality of opportunity recommends itself . |
| 29 | Another day of dreadful toil had come to the industrial ghettos of early Victorian Glasgow , a world often forgotten and ignored , a world echoed throughout Britain where families lived and died bounded by a few streets , walled from the world of green and life by an invisible fence , a dead hand that bound them in chains of language , and rags , and marked them for life more surely than any thief was ever branded at Glasgow Cross . |
| 30 | Bassett , who yesterday put midfielder Mike Lake on the transfer list , said : ‘ We have allowed our confidence to be affected by a few bad results . |