Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been easy to track down , as a somewhat acidulous correspondent explained during a few remarks on the shortcomings of journalists . |
| 2 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 3 | An intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to a few |
| 4 | In the World , marioc is a luxury enjoyed by the few . |
| 5 | The tape crackled for a few seconds and then hummed as he replaced the receiver . |
| 6 | Why are government bonds which still have eleven months to run regarded as liquid , whereas overdrafts granted for a few weeks are not ? |
| 7 | Lacuna 's eyes closed for a few seconds . |
| 8 | The images on our television screens , emerging from fly-on-the-wall documentaries and dramatised accounts have conveyed a picture of gloom and despair ; of sad lives filled with harrowing moments of violence ; these are places of isolation and fear staffed with a few uncaring , and usually male , nurses . |
| 9 | We might enter the room and sing our greeting accompanied by a few dance steps , but ask yourself whether the message might not be obliterated by the way our actions would be interpreted . |
| 10 | Carrick has long stopped hoping , calculating that age and immobility caused by a few excess pounds count against him . |
| 11 | The light changed for a few minutes and a watery sun hit the flanks of Lovely Seat . |
| 12 | In the past , the Falkland sheep farmers looked on birds of prey as their enemies , but more enlightened attitudes are nowadays evident — at least in areas frequented by the few tourists visiting the islands . |
| 13 | City teachers , even the most experienced , are so accustomed to mobility , access to transport and social competence in getting around that they are continually surprised to find that so many of the children they teach lead lives confined to a few streets . |
| 14 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
| 15 | The open left issues from the wraps at waist-level , close vertical folds hanging from the wrist , while over the rest the stuff lies in broad , smooth areas cut by a few sharp folds determined by the left knee . |
| 16 | It is true that the quality of most waters runs in cycles ; a few years of mediocre fish followed by a few years of quality fish . |
| 17 | Doubtless many iron workers put in a few days at a time on different sites ; until quite recently putting out much of the work to contract in small stints on a ‘ labour-only ’ basis was a regular practice in mineral extraction , so leading tax collectors to class earnings as profits rather than wages . |
| 18 | The match finished with a few variations on ‘ Boring Boring Ipswich ’ and ‘ I ca n't read and I ca n't write but I can drive a tractor/taxi ’ . |
| 19 | This case report describes the histological and macroscopic changes seen within a few months in the gastric mucosa of a 28 year old woman patient with upper abdominal symptoms . |
| 20 | Personally , I doubt that any of the current technologies will seriously challenge a good presentation made with a few well-designed 35mm slides . |
| 21 | Containers are strongly associated with male-rich graves , while perforated spoons found in a few female graves may have been used as strainers in connection with the serving of drink . |
| 22 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 23 | He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 . |
| 24 | The first group of paintings in which this new development is clearly visible are the canvases executed during the few weeks spent at La Rue-des-Bois in the autumn and in Paris during the succeeding months . |
| 25 | Police intervention provoked allegations of brutality , but media coverage focused on the few police injuries , underemphasised the extent of police aggression and exaggerated the women 's part in the violence . |
| 26 | However , the concerts may not be as thick on the ground as in previous years because the province 's main promoters have had their fingers burnt on a few occasions during festival season and they are not taking any big risks for the remainder of the year . |
| 27 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
| 28 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |
| 29 | Decorate with grated orange rind and serve warm with yogurt sprinkled with a few poppy seeds . |
| 30 | 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 . |