Example sentences of "[noun sg] and the few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furbush ( 1989 ) used data for five-minute intervals on the S&P500 index for 14 , 15 , 16 , 19 and 20 October 1987 — the period of the stock market crash and the few days just before . |
| 2 | We still use the old byre for milking and the few cows I keep do n't call for a new mechanical milker . |
| 3 | The sun shone with magisterial tranquillity and the few clouds kept their distance from it . |
| 4 | Packs roam everywhere at will and the few towns have not ‘ Wares to police the whole countryside , so the farmers and herders are mostly left to fend for themselves and , as I said , the hunters are all but ruined . |
| 5 | The names of the borrowers indicate that this book must have belonged to the Oa school and the few addresses given were Glenastle , Stremnish and Kinnabus , would seem to confirm this . |