Example sentences of "[verb] in [adv] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 However , these were frequently in technical language and sold in only a few outlets ; and many clergy were not concerned with encouraging the laity to grapple with complex issues .
2 The report warned : " Unless there is reduction of population growth together with a resolution of the landless peasant phenomenon , it is difficult to see that much forest will remain in just a few decades time " .
3 Although it is impossible to sum up 170 years ’ service in just a few sentences , I would like to congratulate five members of Wimpey Plant and Transport staff who , between them , have given this many years of loyal service to the company .
4 ‘ Euthanasia is seen as part of good terminal care , practised in only a few cases , the less the better , ’ said Prof Borst-Eilers .
5 A car radioed in only a few minutes ago .
6 However secure your income today , however comfortable your family life , this could all be placed in jeopardy by something that happens in just a few seconds … a serious accident .
7 Wealth tax exists in quite a few parts of the world .
8 When she is doing anything with children , she always squats down to their level , touches them and listens to them , and the response she gets in just a few moments with each is quite extraordinary .
9 The standard of accuracy expected is something that sadly seems to be lacking in quite a few civilian counterparts , as is the expectation that the pilot devour every bit of information related to his chosen profession .
10 Ray Wilkins pulled in quite a few votes … 5 per cent … just above him is Ray Clemence … the top four … the heavywweights … the favourites …
11 I worked in quite a few departments in the Co-op erm and I was secretary to the education er in those days , whereas Miss member relations er in the , when I was there we were just education department with an educational secretary and erm then , he , we did all the staff training as well .
12 Some of these longer spinelets end in only a few points , others are shorter more rugose with a multipointed crown .
13 The police are also urging people who keep money at home to have it banked for safety — they want to make sure that people like phylis do n't lose cash that took years to save in just a few short seconds .
14 Unseasoned and untreated timber , very frequently used in the ‘ sixties and early ‘ seventies in windows and doors , will rot in just a few years .
15 Teenage antenatal classes exist in quite a few hospitals now , but there are not nearly enough .
16 he wrote in only a few important imitative leads — bars 17–18 , 25–26 , 30–34 and 97–105 — which suggests that the composer had yet to commit the remainder to paper .
17 so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air
18 She was familiar enough with the garden by this time to return in only a few minutes with sheafs of colourful tropical blooms , and she arranged them in two big vases to make riotously informal bunches of colour that lacked classical form but would , she hoped , be pleasing to Faye 's artistic eye .
19 Still coached by Dr Pietr Labuschange , Meyer went through a rigorous training schedule over the winter months and ran in quite a few cross-country races , a new experience for her .
20 Take in just a few of Northern Spain 's options , and discover the Spain that the Spanish truly love .
21 A second useful way of dating is through overstrikes , but these occur in only a few instances .
22 James , Alice and Alfred hurried in guiltily a few minutes later , glaring at each other for being thrust into proximity , the former carrying bread and milk for dinner , and the latter clutching a treasure trove of samphire as a peace offering .
23 How can I describe that experience in just a few words ?
24 If two of you regurgitate the notes perfectly generally in line with answering the question but then one of you brings in only a few sentences saying , well this could be accounted for with di dum di dum or , if we think about learning and er behaviourism , this has something to say about that .
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