Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | After thinking about this for a few minutes , he said , ‘ No ; it must be imagination . ’ |
| 2 | Moisten each trout with 1 tsp oil , then stuff the inside of each with a few tarragon sprigs . |
| 3 | He pondered the implications of this for a few days , uncertain whether to welcome it or feel alarmed . |
| 4 | Medical diagnoses covered a range of conditions , including dehydration ( 11 patients ) , sepsis ( 13 ) , intrinsic renal disease ( seven ) , and haematological disease ( eight ) , or a combination of these in a few cases . |
| 5 | The Olympic qualifying standard had been set at 64.50m so he went seriously into steroid use for the first time and threw a Commonwealth record of 67.32 within a few months . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the City Council has behaved in what can only be described as a lax , sluggish and offhand manner towards one of the few private initiatives at the very centre of Dutch cultural life . |
| 7 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 8 | They insisted that neither loyalists nor republicans would have left 200 lb of explosive within a few feet of men and women working contentedly in the bakery kitchen and suggested that it was more like the work of outside agents , acting under strict and impersonal orders . |
| 9 | Kalchu 's brother and several other men , seeing the smoke from outside , came to share the warmth of one of the few fires still burning . |
| 10 | Despite their differences and Leopold 's difficult and austere character , his father 's death robbed Wolfgang of a most loving and tender parent , and of one of the few people who genuinely appreciated and fully comprehended the nature of his genius . |
| 11 | He to me was an example of one of the few untrained journalists who make a real success of TV news . |
| 12 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 13 | This concession , which is due north of the giant Dai Hung oil field , is located in the centre of one of the few remaining prospective and as yet relatively unexplored basins in South East Asia . |
| 14 | The tourist or business or conference traveller will more often than not travel on a plane manufactured by one of the few aerospace TNCs that dominate the civil airline industry , occupy a hotel room subcontracted to or owned or managed by the local affiliate of one of the few chains that dominate the global hotel industry , hire a car from an agency of one of the international firms that dominate the car rental industry , and will pay for all this with one of the credit cards issued by the few TNCs that control global personal finance . |
| 15 | We stop the car below the Blackwall Basin , in front of one of the few remaining terraces . |
| 16 | The newly founded Military Miscellany acquired a readership of 6,000 in a few months by adopting an openly reformist position vis-à-vis the army . |
| 17 | He remained like that for a few seconds longer , while they tied his wrists to a pair of iron rings bolted into the wall , and then they let him go and left him dangling there — half in , half out of the river . |
| 18 | They stayed like that for a few seconds , both breathing hard , their mouths almost touching . |
| 19 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 20 | So training is very easy to implement like that with a few memory cells and a binary decoder . |
| 21 | No one wants to shoot birds , but we must balance the survival of an entire species against that of a few individuals |
| 22 | They had been fucking like this for a few months , slyly , without letting on to the outside world . |
| 23 | He held her like this for a few seconds and then , suddenly , the oddly predatory look left his face and his hands dropped to his sides . |
| 24 | He sometimes wondered if it was not Blanche 's ability to daydream like this for a few seconds a day , the power to see beauty in apparent ugliness , that was the key to her resilience . |
| 25 | In general elections we , we do n't normally know for sure until a few weeks beforehand what the date of the election is going to be . |
| 26 | ‘ We 'll know the number for sure in a few months as we get closer to completion ’ , he says . |
| 27 | Mrs Chalker , who was Britain 's governor at the 55-nation bank , was replaced by senior civil servant Timothy Lankester , but her sudden departure left Britain with one of the few non-political delegations at this meeting which starts here on Monday . |
| 28 | She compromised with one of the few dresses she 'd brought with her — a simple navy cotton in a button-through style , with short sleeves , a deep square neck and a full skirt . |
| 29 | Tabitha looked around in vain for a few minutes . |
| 30 | Jacques was also fortunate in that within a few months of taking up his appointment , the government 's public expenditure restrictions imposed in the economic crisis of 1931 were relaxed in 1935- 36 with the restoration of progressive grants and the encouragement of new provision in adult education , outlined in the Board of Education 's Circular 1444 . |