Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] by a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Carrick has long stopped hoping , calculating that age and immobility caused by a few excess pounds count against him . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There is still a handful of tiny fishing villages with idyllic beaches fronted by a few discreet villas — Salema , for instance , at the very west of the Algarve , and around Tavira , the prettiest town on the Algarve , east of Faro . |
| 8 | The ASB has highlighted two methods of dubious interpretation used by a few companies so far . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Bourdieu 's articles on markets preceded by a few years his pieces on ‘ fields ’ . |
| 11 | This took no longer than a couple of seconds to see and understand , a near-abstract image accompanied by a few words . |
| 12 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |
| 13 | Just time for a quick honeymoon followed by a few fond farewells , and the intrepid sailor was off again on board his old ship on 17 February , leaving his second wife to look after her newly-acquired stepchildren , Elizabeth Eliza and Robert Edward , in his absence . |
| 14 | Innsbruck , the famous Olympic ski resort is another excursion where you have a fascinating guided coach tour of the city followed by a few hours to explore for yourselves . |
| 15 | It shows that the total cost was to be 11650 and that a Grant of £300 had been received from a private Debt Extinction Fund subscribed by a few individuals to assist poor congregations . |
| 16 | Instead of a series of national financial systems linked by a few operators buying and selling credit across the exchanges , we now have a global system , in which national markets , physically separate , function as if they were all in the same place . |
| 17 | They were the weavers followed by a few tottering sailors who had just come out of another tavern . |
| 18 | The sequence of production of the dies suggest that three ‘ generations ’ of dies are represented , each generation represented by a few new designs and the abandonment of some of the original ones |
| 19 | Another treats the upheaval as a crusade for liberty led by a few heroic dissidents . |