Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been easy to track down , as a somewhat acidulous correspondent explained during a few remarks on the shortcomings of journalists . |
| 2 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 3 | An intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to a few |
| 4 | In the World , marioc is a luxury enjoyed by the few . |
| 5 | The tape crackled for a few seconds and then hummed as he replaced the receiver . |
| 6 | The images on our television screens , emerging from fly-on-the-wall documentaries and dramatised accounts have conveyed a picture of gloom and despair ; of sad lives filled with harrowing moments of violence ; these are places of isolation and fear staffed with a few uncaring , and usually male , nurses . |
| 7 | We might enter the room and sing our greeting accompanied by a few dance steps , but ask yourself whether the message might not be obliterated by the way our actions would be interpreted . |
| 8 | Carrick has long stopped hoping , calculating that age and immobility caused by a few excess pounds count against him . |
| 9 | The light changed for a few minutes and a watery sun hit the flanks of Lovely Seat . |
| 10 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
| 11 | The match finished with a few variations on ‘ Boring Boring Ipswich ’ and ‘ I ca n't read and I ca n't write but I can drive a tractor/taxi ’ . |
| 12 | Personally , I doubt that any of the current technologies will seriously challenge a good presentation made with a few well-designed 35mm slides . |
| 13 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 14 | Police intervention provoked allegations of brutality , but media coverage focused on the few police injuries , underemphasised the extent of police aggression and exaggerated the women 's part in the violence . |
| 15 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
| 16 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |
| 17 | Decorate with grated orange rind and serve warm with yogurt sprinkled with a few poppy seeds . |
| 18 | The fact is that diesel engines are produced in huge volume compared with a few years ago , reducing costs considerably , while petrol engines have grown ever more complex . |
| 19 | it is useless having the grand manner reserved for the few . |
| 20 | The creature staggered for a few seconds and turned to scream . |
| 21 | The wireless crackled for a few moments until , after much jiggling with the knobs , the voice of Mr Chamberlain became clear . |
| 22 | The ASB has highlighted two methods of dubious interpretation used by a few companies so far . |
| 23 | The big man thought for a few seconds , then laughed . |
| 24 | However , given their risk-loving nature , greater protection is purchased by a low probability of a large prize rather than a high probability of a modest prize ; i.e. a society characterized by a few ‘ glittering prizes ’ awarded on the basis of equality of opportunity recommends itself . |
| 25 | THE POCKET DREAM , by Elly Brewer and Sandi Toksvig , is a TV sketch of no freshness or wit extended for a few hours , like a sausage that is half cereal and half donkey meat . |
| 26 | It was only when I entered the Arab quarter , a network of dusty roads and wastelands of rubble interspersed with a few small houses just south of the city , that a Palestinian remembered the name . |
| 27 | At last someone has had the nerve to bring the area in line with the rest of British climbing : no longer will it be a quiet backwater resigned to a few lines in the climbing press about some brilliant new VDiff on a puny little crag in the back of beyond . |
| 28 | This took no longer than a couple of seconds to see and understand , a near-abstract image accompanied by a few words . |
| 29 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |
| 30 | Just time for a quick honeymoon followed by a few fond farewells , and the intrepid sailor was off again on board his old ship on 17 February , leaving his second wife to look after her newly-acquired stepchildren , Elizabeth Eliza and Robert Edward , in his absence . |