Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] the few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further west , nitrogens in the few crops of Puffin barley so far harvested are said to be on the low side . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 4 | Invitations come via playgroups but parents of the few children who do not attend one can contact the headteacher , Margaret Sutton , at the school . |
| 5 | The deterioration in my companion 's movements in the few weeks since I had last seen him was distressing to observe . |
| 6 | The range of humane and other qualities most admired is best illustrated by the contents of the few obituaries carried in its pages . |
| 7 | In the nests of the few species that feed exclusively on carrion , the queen cells and food storage cells are much the same size . |
| 8 | Ford dealers Quicks of Altrincham had more potential customers in the few hours after Mr Lamont 's speech than they 'd seen all week . |
| 9 | I tell the truth , honest I do ! " one was shouting , and it and a few others tugged at the lower edges of the few furs he still had on and pulling on his under-breeches where they appeared out of the top of his boots . |
| 10 | She moved up the stairs past the few skins that lay on a table and made her way into the office . |
| 11 | Advice on living arrangements in the few weeks before departure may be necessary . |
| 12 | For example , of all the spare-time activities reported by affluent workers and their wives in the few days before being interviewed 62 per cent were in or about the home itself . |
| 13 | Although H pylori infection was associated with decreased acid secretion rates in the few subjects studied , serum gastrin concentrations surprsingly did not differ between H pylori positive and H pylori negative sugjects . |
| 14 | Third , there was the severe deterioration of industrial relations in the few years prior to 1914 which brought with it violent strikes and syndicalism . |
| 15 | There are few people , I 'm very concerned for those people and we will be imposing conditions if members wish to approve it to protect the interests of the few people in close proximity , many of the objectors er they must be heard and their point of view is report in the committee papers but they do live at er a couple of miles from the site . |
| 16 | She was stitching the holes Rosie had managed to rip in the seat of his pants in the few seconds they were in her possession . |
| 17 | So he sat still and let her talk , murmuring answers to the few questions she asked him , trying to memorize details that might be important . |
| 18 | Historical comparisons between the results of the few surveillance studies of locally confined disease with results of treatment studies are not conclusive . |
| 19 | As You Like It does n't even have the cinematic crutches of the few Shakespeare movies that have worked — no Henry V trench-warfare here . |
| 20 | On the one hand , cognitive-behavioural interventions with a high turnover and short contact have yielded promising results in the few studies in which they have been attempted . |
| 21 | Apart from union complaints about the few jobs generated , there is little sign that the much vaunted investments in high technology are pulling the French out of recession , once a basic tenet of the Chevenement philosophy . |
| 22 | From videofilms shown to reporters in Saudi Arabia , and the reports of the few journalists who spent the first days of the war in Baghdad , other successful hits can be independently verified . |
| 23 | So they choose to plant grass and root crops in the few fields on the lower slopes . |
| 24 | At the same time , the social benefits in the few years since 1979 have been significant . |
| 25 | ‘ I am not persuaded that the use of the personal pronoun ‘ him ’ in the phrase ‘ sustained by him ’ was intended by parliament to have the bizarre result that there was no-one to injure or to sustain injuries in the few days before the child was born . |
| 26 | Such sentiments are confirmed by reports from the few dealers who make it into stockbroking offices . |
| 27 | To set laws by the few jaws — |
| 28 | Near nightfall he saw his younger sister Katya come out of the kitchens into the yard , saw her empty some slops for the few chickens who scuttled about . |
| 29 | Should we listen to the few objections of the few people affected ? |
| 30 | Representatives of the few people they had come to know in the course of their wanderings round the world were left to clear up . |