Example sentences of "[verb] [art] few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the few nuclear shelters that exist in the UK , most people would be excluded from them . |
| 2 | But what added most to the grotesque expression of his face , was a ghastly smile , which … constantly revealed the few discoloured fangs that were yet scattered in his mouth , and gave him the aspect of a panting dog . ’ |
| 3 | While acknowledging that Sun has a ‘ big PR problem , ’ it thinks the few cranky customers threatening to jump to Hewlett-Packard Co do n't represent a trend . |
| 4 | The serenity , however , is an illusion : the secret lay in the photographer 's skill in catching the few fleeting moments when our son was not roaring his head off . |
| 5 | AMERICAN funds provide the few bright features in The Daily Telegraph/Micropal Personal Equity Plan Guide which otherwise shows continued underperformance by share-based investments this month . |
| 6 | A bonfire on the beach tonight when it 'll be too dark for my eye to catch a few stray words of love . |
| 7 | Is it a recent alliance , or does it stretch back a few years and involve a few other deals ? |
| 8 | Spelling correction algorithms usually suggest a few alternative words which are in some sense similar to the detected misspelled word . |
| 9 | Plain text could get us a long way , but words are an imprecise medium , and pictures and other symbolic descriptions often help ; so we shall need a few mathematical ideas and notations . |
| 10 | We 'll need a few lucky breaks on the way to do it , but it 's not impossible , ’ said midfielder David Phillips . |
| 11 | It had once been possible to trust a few Fascist families , especially those who had sons who had deserted from the army on 8 September ; but that was changing . |
| 12 | And if Dorothea is too good to accept a few semi-precious brooches and earrings , if you are too sensitive to wear them , very well , I will have them and I will wear them . |
| 13 | Although Emes designed a few minor buildings , such as a lodge at Attingham and a greenhouse at Penrice , his role as an architect is not significant . |
| 14 | Wiv all the money we 'll make from the match day market and the find the lady stall in the boardroom — oh sorry , no , you 've already got one — we 'll be able to go out and buy a few proper players . |
| 15 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 16 | Like Peters and Waterman ( 1982 ) , she emphasizes the need for top executives to establish a few clear signals in order to create a felt need for change , and to use ‘ prime movers ’ in the organization both to ‘ talk up ’ the new strategy and to ensure that the signals or symbols developed to establish the new direction are present in all important interactions — i.e. reflected in reports , agenda for meetings , key events , and so on . |
| 17 | Because I retained a few French words and phrases and could make myself understood in his language he had assumed a much wider knowledge than I possessed . |
| 18 | Even this simple job can be a pitfall for those who do not pay due attention , so let's discuss a few salient points . |
| 19 | On his way home from college , he had managed to slip into the bookshop and grab a few quick words with Joe on the pretext of asking for a book , but the small , stout man could only tell him more or less what he already knew . |
| 20 | ‘ We want a few good skirmishers . ’ |
| 21 | A NORTH-east farmer wants a few wise men from Scotland to take a behind-the-scenes look at farming in EC member states to see how counterparts are faring with the rules and regulations . |
| 22 | So Leith left the two of them in the kitchen and found a few tidying-up jobs to do in the dining-room . |
| 23 | There are a few areas where descriptions are skimped ( for instance of Doppler effect ) and I found a few small errors . |
| 24 | Eventually Anthony took the pad away and found a few albino strands growing behind . |
| 25 | And in their own dossiers , I found a few suggestive hints to the effect that Rains and Kruger were hardly spotless . |
| 26 | The girl moved a few slow paces down the empty platform — she had asked me not to get out and help her — and then she stopped . |
| 27 | The RISC I instruction set contains a few simple operations which operate on registers . |
| 28 | According to the unions , however , it contains a few minor strings , but nothing like the substantial changes in working practices being asked for nationally by the employers . |
| 29 | Dr Rodwell recently commissioned a conservator to consolidate a few loose pieces but no major work is anticipated . |
| 30 | Into this situation have come a few rude intrusions . |