Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Though the unit still has responsibility for keeping ministers informed of developments in the UK oil and gas industry , most of the 86 staff working for OSO now focus on worldwide developments , including opportunities in the former Soviet republics and other areas which were closed markets to British exporters until a few years ago . |
| 32 | I have found Roman , medieval and Georgian losses within a few yards when working suburban grass verges . |
| 33 | 1981 : The year of medley madness — over 20 arrive in the shops within a few weeks , the tally including ‘ Stars On 45 Vols 1 & 2 ’ , ‘ Hollie Daze ’ , ‘ Beach Boy Gold ’ , ‘ A Tribute To The Punks Of '76 ’ and a ‘ Supremes Medley ’ . |
| 34 | Does n't he say something about there 's gon na be ten thousand small schools in a few years and erm |
| 35 | Further west , nitrogens in the few crops of Puffin barley so far harvested are said to be on the low side . |
| 36 | According to Ms Fearnley , the concentration of listed audit clients among a few firms could present difficulties . |
| 37 | The over zealous activities of a few PR advisers who succumb to this should not be allowed to damn the profession as a whole , he said . |
| 38 | It is , similarly , often argued that the racism manifested by the central institutions of British society is actually due to the activities of a few individuals — the rotten apples . |
| 39 | Yet Northern Ireland is like Italian politics used to be : dominated by its partyocracy and political blocs , shifts of a few percentage points represent an earthquake . |
| 40 | To compensate hunters , many of them peasants and Indians , for loss of income from the illegal trade , the government is allowing exports of a few species not in danger of extinction , such as the Teyu Guazu iguana , whose skin is used for handbags and belts . |
| 41 | can the children go to foster parents for a few hours , a longer period , or indefinitely ? ( see page 14 ) |
| 42 | The magazine will just have to lurch along snuggled up to me and my ageing haemorrhoids for a few weeks . |
| 43 | He patted his pockets for a few moments . |
| 44 | She also sewed clothes for toys and puppets , tiny dresses and jackets for anthropomorphic bears and monkeys and robes and mantles in silks and velvets for the few puppets they sold in the shop and gowns and breeches for the tall puppets who performed in the theatre . |
| 45 | He had no political aims and did not lead a faction , although he sought lesser posts for a few clients . |
| 46 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 47 | Thus microclimate effects can have major short-term implications for local populations ( such as those brought about by the photochemical smogs of Los Angeles ) , are often applicable only over areas of a few hectares or less and may operate on a diurnal cycle . |
| 48 | That way they can make sure that the host fees benefit the whole country , rather than slipping into the pockets of a few crooks . |
| 49 | In the space of approximately the last quarter of the nineteenth century positivist criminology ‘ developed from the idiosyncratic concerns of a few individuals into a programme of investigation and social action which attracted support throughout the whole of Europe and North America ’ ( Garland , 1985a ) . |
| 50 | The decision to cut the federal funds rate — the level at which banks borrow from each other overnight — from 4 to 33/4 p.c. is a far cry from market concerns of a few weeks ago that the Fed might soon tighten monetary policy . |
| 51 | The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day . |
| 52 | They sprayed the subjects with cold water when they were undoubtedly in REM sleep , and then woke them after varying intervals of a few minutes . |
| 53 | There is a comprehensive list and description of available tests in the ‘ Mental Measurement Yearbook ’ which is updated at intervals of a few years . |
| 54 | At intervals of a few years recruiting officers were sent out with powers to conscript young Christian boys between the ages of eight and twenty . |
| 55 | At intervals of a few years , party congresses were held at which major changes of policy would be announced and new directions set for the future . |
| 56 | This will not only destabilise the Government and get the IRA maximum publicity , it will also save the lives of a few innocents out buying walnuts and tangerines . |
| 57 | Invitations come via playgroups but parents of the few children who do not attend one can contact the headteacher , Margaret Sutton , at the school . |
| 58 | This alone may well explain the presence of walled areas with a few buildings within , as at Margidunum . |
| 59 | Boats were moored to the main bank , mostly small powerboats with a few dinghies . |
| 60 | Most of these rural craftsmen were still part-time farmers or cottagers with a few acres of land and rights on the commons and wastes . |