Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one would predict , the few experiments on auditory deprivation confirm that there may be extensive loss of functioning . |
| 2 | The few genera of veterinary interest are considered in order of importance . |
| 3 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
| 4 | For the men , work means construction or security — one of the few areas of economic expansion . |
| 5 | One of the few areas of common ground which both Keynes and Friedman occupy centres on the definition of a state of overall full employment : full employment prevails when the aggregate supply of labour , L s , equals the aggregate demand for labour , L d , at a unique , market clearing real wage rate , w * ; . |
| 6 | No , each hitch was only temporary — and the few minutes of unplanned stillness was welcomed by photographers . |
| 7 | There was a spaciousness and simplicity of line that made a perfect foil for the few touches of vibrant colour that drew the eye , and yet the whole effect was completely uncontrived , as if it had all come together naturally . |
| 8 | Judging by the way he has padded out his script with old theatrical chestnuts , this is the stage Chaplin himself has reached : the few passages of real insight are surrounded by yards of whiskery patter , strained attempts at sophisticated wit and specious topical references . |
| 9 | As Tim Whittome of the Cairngorm Chairlift Company points out , skiing represents one of the few forms of sustainable development in these thinly-populated and sometimes remote areas . |
| 10 | Even when they are provided for it usually amounts to their being dumped on the few professionals from black and ethnic groups . |
| 11 | One of the few lawyers in modern times to have reached the Woolsack other than via membership of the House of Commons and ministerial office , Gardiner was a visionary who came to government late in his career , with the result that his idealism had not been exhausted by previous struggles to get things done . |
| 12 | ‘ That is one of the exceptions , made by one of the few directors in this country who has huge energy , a great deal of talent and knows how to address an audience . |
| 13 | In 1835 , as one of the few surveyors with geological knowledge , he was seconded to work with ( Sir ) Henry de la Beche [ q.v. ] to add geological data to the Cornish OS sheets . |
| 14 | Shelford , with Iro , is one of the few players of undoubted world class the tourists presently possess , and his absence would seriously dent New Zealand 's Test hopes . |
| 15 | The few moments of past closeness which they had shared had always left her emotionally upside-down and , inevitably , angry . |
| 16 | For the few people on low incomes who do have credit , paying it off tends to soak up more of their budget than for people with higher incomes . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And that 's meant a big boost in trade for one of the few people in this country who makes them . |
| 19 | The few percent of solar energy that filters down is just one of these sources — I shall discuss the other sources in section 9.3.3 . |
| 20 | It 's one of the few privileges of old age . |
| 21 | One of the few occasions for sharp words between them , in public at any rate , occurred when Elena disagreed about internal decorations with him . |
| 22 | At the same time , the social benefits in the few years since 1979 have been significant . |
| 23 | In the few years after 1958 a new word ( and , underlying it , a new fear ) took root : the meritocracy . |
| 24 | In the few examples of written policies on special needs and/or integration , the under-fives may be tacked on , or tagged alongside a general commitment to all children with special needs . |
| 25 | Douglas Jay observed that the later 1970s were a time of genuine recovery — ‘ one of the few examples of any Western governments in the seventies reducing both inflationary pressures and unemployment ’ at one and the same time . |
| 26 | It is one of the few examples of mobiliary art of the period from Britain . |
| 27 | Used for centuries as a symbol of hospitality and welcome , it is also one of the few rays of culinary delight at this dreariest time of the year . |
| 28 | It is one of the few gestures of real friendship encountered by this lonely man in his long and tormented odyssey . |
| 29 | Profoundly subordinate , and remote from the few voices of intellectual protest , trade unions could provide no effective challenge to bourgeois hegemony ; rather they were firmly embedded in the mystical pragmatism , rationalism , evolutionism and nationalism of the Victorian epoch . |
| 30 | Samuel is one of the few informants in this study who was actually born in Jamaica and spent several years there . |