Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence TL is normally used in the following situations : beyond the range of radiocarbon : when no organic material has been preserved on the site : when the association between the event to be dated and the radiocarbon content of the organic samples is poor ; or for the few periods where the age range on a calibrated radiocarbon age is larger than the corresponding TL error term . |
| 2 | Except for the few slats supporting the tank , all the shelves in the cupboard can be removed in a moment , making access really easy . |
| 3 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 4 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
| 5 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 6 | So she knew that in the few years since she had last been in England great changes had begun to take place from some of which she might clearly benefit . |
| 7 | What the authorities failed to realise was that in the few years since the war had ended , aircraft design had moved forward a long way , and there had been a rapid development of jet aircraft of which Tank had little or no real experience — he had not been involved in this critical new phase . |
| 8 | Alternatively , as he explained to Lord Derby , ‘ the cancelled parts , may , if you please , be bound together , and entitled Illustrations of Birds from Australia , and from the few copies in the hands of the public , they will some day be of value , though , it is true , more to the Book-Collector , than the Naturalist . ’ |
| 9 | And in the few areas of the UK where fluoride is added to the water , dental carries have been reduced by around 50% . |
| 10 | He was making a wonderful recovery and in the few hours we were there we managed to get him on to an ambulance train — off to Myitkyina to be flown out to India . |
| 11 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 12 | In North America , in areas where conditions are similar to this country , a survey showed that one per cent of houses were affected by damp , but rot was not found in any of these , and in the few years of experience here none of the faults so far reported are due to this cause . |
| 13 | There was little enough fun in her life ; she had no friends , she rarely left the house and on the few occasions she did , it was never on her own and her only contacts were with her mother , the tutors , some of the servants and Patrick . |
| 14 | I talked utter rubbish for hours , and on the few occasions that I faltered Lorne would break in and take over until I had recovered my strength . |
| 15 | Joe Fitzgerald was so much older and moved in a different circle , and on the few occasions that Sarah had seen him he had shown no interest in her , but she liked him and knew that he enjoyed reading and poetry as much as she did . |
| 16 | or if on the few occasions that someone gets married , they hold a night . |
| 17 | For a typical car , the carpet will only be about 2 cm thick , and will be quite short-lived but in the few seconds it lasts before collapsing it will transfer most of its heat to the road . |
| 18 | Alice never spoke of him except casually but on the few occasions , like last night 's dinner party , when she had seen them together they seemed to have the intuitive mutual awareness , an instinctive response to the other 's needs , more typical of a long-standing successful marriage than of an apparently casual fraternal relationship . |
| 19 | It was n't that the Captain had anything specific to ask him , but on the few occasions they had worked together the Marshal had always had something helpful to offer . |
| 20 | They had seldom before entered Applecross café but on the few occasions before had been given , purely accidentally of course , some ‘ fat in five seconds ’ . |
| 21 | I do n't see why , why the , the many should suffer because of the few idiots . |