Example sentences of "[subord] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Over the top of the pass there is a long descent through plantations and along a hillside into the fertile valley of Glen More , a quiet cultivated strath where a few farms keep their pastures in good heart , contrasting with the shaggy heights around .
2 There are the rare cases , as with the bronze and brass Etruscan statuettes described above , where a few moments spent performing a surface analysis can unequivocally solve a problem , which might have remained a stylistic conundrum for ever .
3 We would go down to the Seine and speak of water , boats and fish ; or we would go to the public park , where a few birds languished in an ancient aviary and the old mynah bird entertained us with a lavish range of endearments .
4 A hardy annual , it can be grown in any garden where a few patches here and there can be a delight .
5 Benson 's first workshop opened in 1880 at North End Road , Fulham , where a few men operated foot-powered lathes for turning metal .
6 As she grew older , she looked upon herself , tragically , defiantly , with all the hopelessness of fourteen years , as a plant trying to root itself upon the solid rock , without water , without earth , without shade : and then , when a little older yet , when conscious of some growth , she had to concede that she must have fallen happily upon some small dry sandy fissure , where a few grains of sand , a few drops of moisture , had been enough to support her trembling and tenacious life .
7 Choosing this date also allows Balboa and his company a little breathing space : they can spend two full days marching from the unpleasantness in Quareca to the summits of the coastal range — rather more reasonable a period than the few hours that elapse if we believe the earlier date .
8 The first is that initial support of 60% is not high if the policy turns sour — if , for example , a war lasted more than the few days or weeks that Mr Bush seems to think it will take .
9 I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here .
10 There is obviously much more to energy efficiency than the few ideas suggested here .
11 Although the few schools that have introduced changes seem to be enthusiastic about them , wider implementation will require sticks as well as the nebulous carrots of increased staff and student satisfaction .
12 None of them made a special selection of materials suitable for the peasantry , so the few books that were dispatched were often too dry or too expensive .
13 Except a few days ago , he sent me a ticket to New York .
14 The afternoon will then have some good sunny spells , although a few showers are also possible .
15 Although a few birds usually spend the summer in Shetland they have not so far been proved to breed here .
16 He had a grey fringe round back and sides , although a few wisps that had once been fair or ginger were combed over the top .
17 Most ‘ educationists ’ subscribed to the same principle , although a few teachers in the National Association of Labour Teachers and the TUC had begun to look beyond ‘ equality of opportunity ’ to equality of provision .
18 This usually has no effect ( although a few users have been sick , in which case another form of abortion is offered ) and she 's then sent home .
19 He is drunk , although a few stages short of rat-arsed .
20 The nine-year-old has been a fine servant for trainer David Nicholson and , although a few pounds below the very best over two miles , he picks up enough prize-money each year to comfortably pay his oats bill .
21 Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there .
22 Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there .
23 Although a few analysts remained bullish about the market , most had serious reservations .
24 Much the same is true of the UK , although a few case-studies of school-based evaluation activities are beginning to appear in the literature .
25 None of these pupils had used a diagram to assist them to obtain their answers , although a few diagrams were found among the descriptions of methods sent in by teachers in one liaison group .
26 With November came the herring season and the boats would sail up the coast to Torbay , then back around Bigbury Bay and Plymouth , although a few boats continued to fish for pilchards from Looe throughout the Winter .
27 Although a few jobs have been lost , the workforce today is nearly 200 , whose jobs are now more secure because of automation .
28 Most of the vines are planted at a height of between 120 and 180 metres , although a few plots can be found at 200 to 220 metres in the northern part of the vineyard , bordering the vines of Bouzy .
29 Far from commanding respect they were the object of widespread disdain and , although a few magnates became major patrons of the arts , they were in general almost wholly lacking in cultural influence over the wider educated public .
30 It was possible all the jewellery removed from the display had been recovered , although a few items might still be missing , he added .
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