Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think Sega are conning people who pay £45 for a game that the complete in a few days . |
| 2 | 2 Heat the oil in a small frying pan and fry the turmeric for a few seconds . |
| 3 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 4 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 5 | The success in the 1970s of a few Asian ‘ Newly Industrialising Countries ’ ( NICs ) at making rapid growth in manufactured exports the key to rapid output growth , drew attention to the potential contribution of a ‘ good ’ external strategy . |
| 6 | In a profile of Denis Law written in 1962 the late great Scottish journalist John Rafferty summarised the '60s in a few short condemnatory words . |
| 7 | The sound of the gun silenced the Chinese for a few seconds , then a lone woman 's voice began wailing again and the Shermans saw a thin ragged body forced up against the underside of the grille . |
| 8 | The first of the few blocks that can be used in competition to be considered are the slapping blocks . |
| 9 | The message of The First of the Few ( 1942 , Spitfire in the US ) , a biopic of the life of R. J. Mitchell , is that the Spitfire was made possible by one man taking on short-sighted business executives and parsimonious government authorities . |
| 10 | The 1942 film , ’ The First of the Few ’ starring Leslie Howard as the designer , told a slightly different story , suggesting he was inspired to design the Sptifire by watching seagulls wheeling in the air . |
| 11 | Among her leisure occupations is birdwatching , and she admits to being invariably the oldest of the few women ‘ twitchers ’ on the scene when a rare bird is reported . |
| 12 | The writer Joseph Addison is the best-known of the few who benefited from this . |
| 13 | I have heard there 's good sport to be had in Buttermere and Grasmere and I intend to make my way to one or the other for a few days . |
| 14 | Speaking the day after Neil Kinnock depicted education and training as the commanding heights of every modern economy , Mr Straw insisted : ‘ We do not believe in the best for the few , but the best for all . |
| 15 | I 'm going on a fast for a few days because everything you eat 's bad for you . ’ |
| 16 | He had caught up with and passed his rival in a latter of a few strides in a quite extraordinary spurt of acceleration for a steeple-chaser carrying twelve and a half stone at the end of a three-mile chase , and for the big horse it was simply too much : Mill House weakened rapidly and by the time Arkle had strode home to a rapturous reception Mill House had been passed by Rondetto . |