Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [adj] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wondering why he had n't been awakened for his breakfast , he contemplated snuggling down beneath the covers for another few moments when he heard the door bell ring . |
| 2 | At the same time , the minimum length of thesis was changed to 10,000 words for those few candidates seeking entry by this route . |
| 3 | Nothing could make clearer the extent of God 's commitment to his world than the appearance of the Jacob stories so hard on the heels of those few stories about Isaac . |
| 4 | A flow of records ensued , including a posthumous Sid Vicious album , Sid Sings , and sundry repackagings of those few songs which the group had actually recorded , wringing the cash cow dry , as Richard Branson later pointed out with some irony , ‘ in just the spirit of the Swindle Malcolm had always talked about ’ . |
| 5 | The fruits of diversification will be clear even to the most sceptical observers in another few years , they claim , when the company 's new subsidiaries will help Mercedes build still better cars while the company 's ability to throw resources into fast-growing high-tech areas will give it an edge in those markets . |
| 6 | The Soviet authorities had no reason to take any interest in the fate of a handful of foreign invaders when over twenty million of their own people had been killed , while as for the Italians , it had suddenly become clear that they had in fact been anti-Fascists to a man all along and could hardly be expected to sympathize with the relatives of those few fanatics who had been rash enough to fight for the despised Duce . |
| 7 | The depressing facts of the matter are that in those sectors still covered by the councils , areas like shops and catering and laundries , security and administration , people are already working punishing shifts for pittances because their employers know the chances of being caught dispensing illegal hourly rates are minimal as are the resultant fines in those few cases successfully brought to prosecution . |
| 8 | In fact , Posner ( 1974 ) points out that there is very little research indeed that can be considered as a direct test of the economic theory , and the results of these few tests are not clear cut . |
| 9 | Findings from these few studies provide tentative support for the conclusion that there is no inevitable drift towards conservative social and political attitudes with ageing , nor is ageing necessarily associated with attitudinal rigidity or inflexibility . ’ |
| 10 | Happily there were no injuries to those few horses and riders who did part company . |
| 11 | The men march with their warders and when they are clear of the confines of the fences for those few steps they are hemmed in by the soldiers and the dogs . |