Example sentences of "[conj] [art] few [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Conversely , where the exothermicity of the association is small ( comparable to , or a few times kT , Figure 4B ) , then there is much residual motion in the associated state , and the adverse entropy of the association is only a fraction of the formal loss in entropy corresponding to the formation of a rigid complex .
2 ‘ And here I was , thinking that a few hours leave was on the cards . ’
3 A petulant Gascoigne tried by fair means and foul , to his own discredit , to twirl the Tranmere defence , but it was the sleek performance of Lineker , playing deep , that provided the few chances Spurs had .
4 Culley was still ordering the information she 'd given him , and the few things Helen had said on the phone .
5 Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture .
6 The Hotel Des Etrangers is centrally located about 250 yards from the Piazzo Colombo and a few minutes walk from the Via Matteotti .
7 Further north , and a few miles west of Fréteval , which Philip had held since last June , the lord of Vendôme switched his allegiance to France .
8 Calcium ions turn on the zygote at fertilisation , and a few years back were named the ‘ final common pathway ’ in cell death .
9 In all but a few cases interviews were taped .
10 Moreover , it was but a few minutes walk from the Junior School ( Roslyn ) , and only a little further from the senior school ( Westmount High ) to which Esther and Leonard were duly sent .
11 But a few miles south-west of these peaks are the Low Tatras .
12 Then , using Lemma 3 , we have for general P , Q , R : unc Now because the few elements F of the first set which are not of the form unc are easily proved ( using the laws ) equivalent to ones that are , using the laws , e.g. unc By our assumption that the result holds for finite processes this in turn is equal to unc Since we are in the process of setting up powerful machinery for dealing with finite programs ( for example Theorem 1 ) there are advantages in only having to prove new laws for them .
13 The cool halls and rooms , separated from the outside by removable screens rather than walls , were silent and empty , since the few servants Mait employed were busy in the kitchens and the garden outside .
14 After a few mouthfuls Edward put his knife and fork down and said , ‘ Oh — the lawyer rang .
15 After a few moments hesitation so did I.
16 After a few moments Troy got up and walked slowly from the tent .
17 After a few moments Sandison went on : ‘ Do you know them ? ’
18 Sara began to explain , but after a few moments Jenny said impatiently , " Why do n't we walk down to Moorlake and then you can show me properly ? "
19 After a few moments Maidstone said : ‘ What 's your interest in her , anyway ? ’
20 After a few moments Cowslip said , " Look , do you see those jackdaws hanging round the carrots ?
21 After a few moments Milton remarked .
22 After a few drinks Shildon had mentioned the work he was doing for Eliot .
23 However , after a few steps v , and unc usually become heavily diagonal , so that Mr tends towards I ; this occurs before the vectors Yr have converged .
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