Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] available " in BNC.
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| 1 | Competition for the few places available is keen and a high academic standard is required . |
| 2 | Nevertheless he is one of the few batsmen available to South Africa who has a proven record of being able to put big hundreds together and this is a prime requirement for Test match cricket . |
| 3 | Relevant data are therefore difficult to identify and scenario building is one of the few approaches available . |
| 4 | President , congress in the few minutes available to me this afternoon to speak to my written report I want to touch on three issues . |
| 5 | An estimate of numbers was impossible in the few seconds available at the pause , but on the return journey , about an hour later , something had awakened them and a most spectacular aerial display was in progress — the two species had reacted differently to whatever had disturbed their siesta — the lapwing wheeling erratically just above ground level , but the ‘ goldies ’ in ever-changing smoke-like clouds high above , performing quick-change evolutions reminiscent of starlings going to roost . |
| 6 | Unknown to many of the trapped men , but suspected by the more experienced , poisonous gases had started to gather in the few roadways available to them . |
| 7 | Perhaps what the authorities need to consider in the few months available to them is just when a decision needs to be made . |
| 8 | There is paper everywhere , some spread all around the office in every conceivable place and untidily on the few shelves available . |