Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this country it is only the older , the inherited rich or a few intellectuals who are relaxed enough to think about the unprivileged . |
| 2 | We had some very , very moving speeches yesterday , as we had had at previous meetings , which made it quite clear that a few pounds were vital and crucial to people 's lives , so we thought it was a a gesture that was worth making , and I have to say that probably our group also includes people on , as members , as Councillors , who are themselves on income support , so it was a move which was n't without it 's personal difficulties for us either . |
| 3 | Cottle was interested and a few weeks later was invited to London where he was offered a job in the Foreign office , doing something , somewhere . |
| 4 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 5 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 6 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 7 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 8 | It is possible that a few cells or nuclei were damaged at the site of crypt bisection and damaged nuclei would not have been measured . |
| 9 | It remains possible that a few patients are susceptible to a change in insulin species , and obviously patients who are unhappy with human insulin should not remain on it . |
| 10 | There is a disarming lightness to the popular No. 7 ( its Mazurka affiliation charmingly highlighted ) , but No. 10 in C sharp minor is much less assured than a few years earlier ; No. 15 commences sadly off pitch and No. 16 is less ‘ driven ’ or trenchant than in the earlier and greatly celebrated account . |
| 11 | All too clearly the reason for last evening 's kisses registered in her mind , and as she hastened towards the office she mumbled audibly to herself , ‘ Blast you , Silas Wilder — you think you 're vastly smart — you think you 're so confoundedly devastating that a few kisses will keep me happily at your side — ready and willing to slave over your wretched barbecue . |
| 12 | They found swimming normally impossible and a few hours later they died . |
| 13 | Whether it is something as special as a wedding bouquet or as simple as a few flowers gathered on a picnic outing together , knowing where and when the flowers were picked or used adds a great deal to the meaning of the picture , and the recipient will be very touched at your thoughtful and generous gesture . |
| 14 | ‘ It seems unfair that a few farmers should have to carry the cost of the consequences of what is after all a national policy . |
| 15 | But the sheer warmth and solace of the strong arms about her were so reassuring that a few moments later she drifted off into a much calmer and deeper sleep . |
| 16 | It was more than two decades since he had taken offence at the term-a term used all the while in court , where the Han were predominant and the few Caucasians treated as honorary Han — yet here , in the Domain , he felt the words incongruous , almost — surprisingly — insulting . |
| 17 | So just a few ideas , not let you know exhaustive but a few ideas to be aware of you 've got appropriate . |
| 18 | The debate about the vulnerability of land-based missiles has been going on so long that a few cynics have begun to wonder if it matters all that much . |
| 19 | It must have been about fifteen to twenty feet deep and a few feet across . |
| 20 | And , indeed , the sheer prevalence of Essene thought in the Holy Land at the time also bears witness to a congregation more numerous than a few conclaves of ascetics sequestered in the desert . |
| 21 | For this writer it began when , shortly after stepping off the plane in Johannesburg , it became apparent that a few stitches sustained by the All Black winger Terry Wright in a training accident was deemed as worthy a front page news story as the continuous blood-letting in the Natal townships between rival ANC and Inkatha factions . |
| 22 | Everyone here seemed busy and it was apparent that the few gipsies still remaining in this part of the forest were on the move . |
| 23 | Having seen the loan situation from both sides of the fence it is essential that a few rules are followed to keep the arrangement sweet . |
| 24 | The only sign of ostentatious flag-nationalism ( apart from aforesaid British , Dutch and a few Americans ) is among those nations who have only recently realised that the sea exists . |
| 25 | Many people have also been distressed when a few minutes after their dog was pronounced dead , it started to make a series of gasping movements . |
| 26 | The group did little other than a few acts of minor sabotage , as they did n't have the arms to take on the Nazi army . |
| 27 | It is not surprising that a few years later , in 1911 , Grahame was to introduce ‘ Mouse ’ to his beloved Cornwall — and especially Fowey — before the boy began school . |
| 28 | It is certainly true that a few generalisations can be made about the attitudinal functions of some components of intonation . |
| 29 | This is what I 'll do — an injection to take away the pain and reduce the bruising and a few tablets for you to give today and tomorrow . |
| 30 | Ulcerative colitis associated with PSC is usually quiescent or only mildly active but a few patients do have moderately active disease . |