Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the few surprises in a generally lacklustre sale of nineteenth-century furniture and decorative arts at Sotheby 's New York on 13 February was a walnut library table , simply catalogued as ‘ American Walnut library table , third-quarter 19th century , Probably Philadelphia ’ , and estimated at $4–6,000 . |
| 2 | Concede goals on the break and seem incapable of surviving the few moments in a match that we are under pressure . |
| 3 | Hackney-born Ehiogu , who has won seven Under-21 caps , has been one of the few successes in a disappointing England side this season . |
| 4 | If the hon. Gentleman will think back to days gone by , he will remember that such questions have been perennial in the few weeks before a general election . |
| 5 | The statuette of the god Amun-Re , formerly in the Carnarvon Collection and now in the Met , is one of the masterpieces of Egyptian metalwork ( dated from 1070–712 BC ) , while the large and heavy statue of a falcon-headed god , probably Horus the Elder , is one of the few examples of a cult-image to have survived from ancient Egypt . |
| 6 | Scarlet fever is one of the few examples of a disease whose virulence has obviously declined . |
| 7 | In the seventh century the decision of the aristocracy of Austrasia to abandon Brunhild and her great-grandson , and to transfer their loyalty to Chlothar II , is one of the few examples of a successful rebellion against a member of the Merovingian dynasty . |
| 8 | There have to be a few secrets between a woman and her dybbuk . |
| 9 | Dear Ralph It was a blessing to have met with you Wednesday night to share a few moments with a fellow Christian who like I has stumbled on the walk . |
| 10 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 11 | At this point , it might be appropriate to spend a few moments on a specifically Scottish aspect of the Bill . |
| 12 | As they gathered outside the wire waiting for their guard to open the gate into the camp , they were suspended for a few moments in a sort of limbo . |
| 13 | The custodianship of the path had become the prerogative of a few specialists with a fund of empirical knowledge which they gravely applied to securing the smooth passage of the Wheel . |
| 14 | The Glass-Steagall Act and the McFadden Act prevented banks from operating in more than a few states at a time , and also restricted their scope for involvement in the securities markets and other financial services — areas where their international competitors already had wide powers . |
| 15 | Grandchildren could be used to help when small , and there were also a few instances of a grandchild moving in during adulthood . |
| 16 | If the bottom is not too weedy I constantly twitch the bait along the bottom a few inches at a time . |
| 17 | The sea lagoon turned out to vary in depth from a few inches to a couple of feet . |
| 18 | In no time we were moored securely a few inches from a slippery ledge , surging in a gentle swell with ropes secured to convenient rock spurs . |
| 19 | I know the erm , remarks made about getting extra people to register and to have their green card , I 'm probably one of a few councillors with a green card . |
| 20 | Lousy beer , but a good jacket with more than a few memories of a young lady from Boulder , Colorado , attached to it . |
| 21 | The Americans and British , intent on not getting stuck in the town , wandered in and out talking of electricity and sanitation , then said they would send a few soldiers for a short time . |
| 22 | Occasionally , when she came over from England with Neil , they 'd go out and take a few pigeons on a Sunday morning , but his heart was n't in it . |
| 23 | He wanted a few answers to a few riddles . |
| 24 | Volunteers usually act as ‘ sitters ’ caring for a client while the rest of the family is away , perhaps for a few hours for a weekly shopping trip . |
| 25 | And again , when reporting on the A & B Foursomes in January 1969 , he started as follows : ‘ There must be an increased number of wives who are convinced that there is a special weather dispensation for Harpsden , or it may be , of course , that many of them are only too glad to get the old man out of the house for a few hours on a wet Sunday . ’ |
| 26 | The glory of victory , the bitterness of defeat , the sunny nature of everyone as they cross the bridge into the magic world for a few hours on a frosty January day . |
| 27 | LAST WEEK I WANDERED off , rather against my better judgment , to kill a few hours at a thing called the Country Living Fair . |
| 28 | Hearing people are members of the dominant culture , who usually wish to preserve their hearing status and whose length of stay among deaf people is often no more than a few hours at a time . |
| 29 | ‘ The barrow now belongs to you , so never let it or the pitch out of your sight for more than a few hours at a time . ’ |
| 30 | Market loans consist of a variety of different loans from a few hours to a few weeks , mainly to other banks or to financial institutions such as the discount houses which specialize in short-term lending and borrowing . |