Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] few [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it recommended that local authorities should be made responsible for all long-term care of mentally handicapped and physically handicapped people , except for the rare few in need of permanent 24-hour medical supervision , who would remain the responsibility of the NHS . |
| 2 | I 've not cared for the last few at all , but this one I 'd definitely play on the radio . |
| 3 | He 's always one of the last few on the range and he works on everything . |
| 4 | Their self-image was that of the chosen few for whom the spectacle provided an inexhaustible supply of objects ( and people ) to hate , and whilst the apparent ease with which they targeted and disposed of their opposition often made good copy ( the endless adventure , the scandal , etc. ) , there is a sense in which the hectoring tone of their documents became repetitive and wearisome . |
| 5 | ( For the uninitiated this is a gathering of the privileged few to down cocktails , cause gossip column ‘ sensations ’ and generally be seen and pamper the stars of the show ) . |
| 6 | If so , you may be one of the unfortunate few with a wine allergy . |
| 7 | The question which had to be decided was ‘ whether we in England gain more through stimulating and rewarding the energy of the vigorous few by our voluntary system … than is lost through our failure to raise the general average of trained and disciplined efficiency by means of compulsory attendance for all ’ . |
| 8 | The Brahman Centre for learning mental skills is in Provence and you 'll be one of a select few at a time to be taught these techniques . |
| 9 | So it is with a good few of the faithful with whom I trod the boards in my schooldays . |
| 10 | In total , Jay has 21 tanks , including a fair few for breeding and raising his fish . |
| 11 | I have had undergraduate and postgraduate students under ERASMUS and other schemes from a good few of these countries and from Hungary as well . |
| 12 | I wanted to just pop away over the first few for him to get his confidence . |
| 13 | The constitutional authorities see a transmission of orders from the many to the controlling few in the government whereby votes inserted at one end of the system become popular public policies and laws at the other . |
| 14 | The Air/Sea Rescue training school at RAF Mountbatten , Plymouth provided the type of training course relevant to our needs and they kindly consented to a selected few of our senior crew members attending the school for the necessary three months session . |
| 15 | We must sustain the infrastructure of the arts in this time of recession by spreading the funds available to all forms of the arts and not to a select few with a special clout . |
| 16 | it is very well known to a select few in the very distinguished company who attend the annual dinner of Nottingham University of Mountaineering Club . |
| 17 | One of Oxford University 's oldest tradition — Encaenia , when honorary degrees are handed out to a select few from public life and academia . |