Example sentences of "[conj] the few [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She subscribed on the face of it to the proposition that we are not put here to be happy , although she was the first to complain if she , or the few people she loved , were not . |
| 2 | He said that the few holes they had dug and refilled would not affect his crop and , more importantly , they were the best ‘ scarecrows ’ he 'd ever known ! |
| 3 | Wagstaff argues that the few studies which do appear to show modest improvement in recall under hypnosis failed to have control groups which were equally encouraged to remember . |
| 4 | For , as the report went on to show , the problem is not that manufacturers employ too few people , but that the few people whom they do employ produce much less than their counterparts elsewhere in the world . |
| 5 | I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here . |
| 6 | Daddy gone , Sambo gone , Mrs Dibdin gone — and the few relics we had left from the olden days all sold , and the house up for sale … ’ |
| 7 | The definition ‘ Bangladeshi ’ refers to infants whose mothers were born in Bangladesh , and the few mothers who were born or grew up in Britain . |
| 8 | The nurses and the few mothers who had managed to be available on Christmas Eve sang ragged and loud . |
| 9 | The State Department appears to have been riven between ‘ Arabists ’ and the few analysts who , like Mr Teicher , considered that Israel might prove at least as valuable a strategic ally as Iran , Iraq or Saudi Arabia . |
| 10 | We still use the old byre for milking and the few cows I keep do n't call for a new mechanical milker . |
| 11 | But the few houses they passed seemed to have their doors locked and bolted and their windows shuttered . |
| 12 | There were not many trees in the poorer part of the city but the few trees there were , preserved to give shade in the little squares , were full of birds . |
| 13 | This is a pity , because the few scientists who have gone into the matter in rigorous detail have concluded that there at least might be something in it . |
| 14 | In 1871 , 74 per cent of the village men were manual workers and most were engaged in agriculture , while the few women who worked outside the home were almost entirely ‘ in service ’ . |