Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] in which " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | England is one of the few countries in which the legal tradition provides a test which can distinguish between the natural and the unnatural , the civilised and the barbarous . |
3 | But Bolivia is one of the few countries in which hyperinflation has had a happy outcome . |
4 | ‘ It is one of the few things in which I excel , ’ Ratagan said . |
5 | This is perhaps one of the few areas in which more research may provide genuinely useful insights for more realistic conservation programmes . |
6 | I was lucky to have chosen to work in theoretical physics because that was one of the few areas in which my condition would not be a serious handicap . |
7 | If the spontaneous origin of life turned out to be a probable enough event to have occurred during the few man-decades in which chemists have done their experiments , then life should have arisen many times on Earth , and many times on planets within radio range of Earth . |
8 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
9 | The county members and those who sat for the few boroughs in which the franchise was reasonably wide were normally the most independent of eighteenth-century MPs ; but they were in a minority . |
10 | Since non-acceptance on the basis of length of residence is one of the few ways in which local workers can retain any of their old status in the village , they restrict their social contacts to those who share these judgements with them . |
11 | Should anyone be interested , I would gladly co-ordinate their efforts — one of the few ways in which I might be able to help the Society from this distance ’ . |
12 | This is an important aspect of the hardware as it is one of the few ways in which the hardware of the RISC utilises the instruction set . |
13 | It would seem then to fall to those staff who happen to be bilingual , or to those few teachers who are actually engaged in the teaching of community languages , to raise general awareness in the few schools in which they are deployed . |
14 | In the few tubes in which this had occurred there was no alternative but to sever the head stud . |
15 | Two of the screen 's toughest tough guys , James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart , each won his only Oscar in one of the few films in which he played a goody : Yankee Doodle Dandy and The African Queen respectively . |
16 | Defence has accounted for 11% of UK manufacturing output and is one of the few sectors in which the country is still a world leader . |
17 | It is unusual for the cost of extra fares to be given as a lump sum consolidated into salary , although there are a few firms in which this has been agreed . |
18 | There will always , however , be a few cases in which the clinician thinks that it is inappropriate to ask for organs . |
19 | But again I think it has been unfortunate er er that recently there have been a few cases in which it would have been better not to prosecute |
20 | there are quite a few lines in which B is clearly a continuation of A , or a going-beyond A in force or specificity . |
21 | Firstly , may I thank Mr Bence and the editors for allowing me a few lines in which to formally meet you all . |
22 | Sometimes some of the sheep and goats are hidden , and when the flock comes to rest at midday the boy is given a few minutes in which to inspect gothorima and report . |
23 | If we 're able to use it the cold may win us a few days in which to withdraw to bed and grieve gently for ourselves ; if not at least we can weep openly at work , blowing our nose and wiping our eyes , and get a little consideration and sympathy from others for our sad lot . |
24 | Finally , there will be a few situations in which local authorities have been almost entirely the innovators , in which they have sought to promote local acts through Parliament or in which they have interpreted general powers given to them in quite novel ways . |
25 | I have had a few years in which to practise cooking and , somewhat immodestly , I think this cake recipe could be classed as excellent . |
26 | Thus anatomy may reflect the fact that there are only a few ways in which some engineering problem can be solved . |
27 | ‘ Cut it out , Maria , ’ he ordered her curtly after a few seconds in which he seemed to hold his breath . |