Example sentences of "[art] few [adj] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is one of the few private properties on the island . |
| 2 | Steve Kerton is one of the few professional drivers on the circuit … he just about survives on sponsorship … you see there are no big bucks in this sport … no national glory … take Kerton he 's to powerboating what Mansell is to motor racing … well in name only … |
| 3 | Last year environmentalists managed to stop a plan by a Japanese group to build a retirement home with a golf course attached on the top of Penang Hill , one of the few untouched areas on a fast developing island . |
| 4 | Despite numerous studies published on the incidence and mortality of pancreatitis in various hospitals , only a few epidemiological studies on large populations have been carried out . |
| 5 | It 's sometimes limited if the winds are strong and we have only a few experienced sailors on holiday . |
| 6 | ‘ Before we retroscend allow me a few prefatory remarks on your pants . |
| 7 | Bellybutton , a straw hat over his eyes , danced a few ludicrous steps on the deck of the workboat , thus looking for all the world like a simple Bahamian native welcoming the nice white folks from Georgia who now stood blinking in the bright sunlight beside a growing mound of their designer-label luggage . |
| 8 | There are a few informative books on the market today , including four by Alexander himself . |
| 9 | No problem : all computers have a few unoccupied sockets on the back panel , and at least one of these sockets — the parallel port — can move data fast enough to match the performance of the average LAN . |
| 10 | She felt the fire inside her begin to burn again and she pushed the door wide open , her mouth ready to frame a few well-chosen words on the importance of finishing jobs on time . |
| 11 | Due to a few simple changes on employment records , the cleaning income was tax-free . |
| 12 | A few introductory words on the rules of English law will help to set the scene . |
| 13 | They helped dig the badgers ' new home … there were also a few young recruits on hand to help with the spadework . |
| 14 | There are a few additional restrictions on the use or combination of certain measures , but apart from these limited inroads little attempt has been made to confine the discretion of sentencers by statute . |
| 15 | ‘ It is unlikely that we would sue the government — in fact , we might even pick up a few extra funds on the back of theirs . |
| 16 | It provides outside parties with a few limited details on the borrower , loan size , term , currency , syndicate leader and participating banks ( see specimen tombstone at the end of this chapter ) . |
| 17 | If the map of Leicestershire were a face it would have a few small pimples on its chin and they would take fifty years to come to a head . |
| 18 | ‘ There are a few partial ones on the handle . ’ |
| 19 | This beautiful crab has a wide carapace , with a few faint depressions on its upper surface , and a spiny margin . |
| 20 | You can tell how lively they are by the fact that they work not in great white north-lit drawing-offices , like the more fashionable and established groups , but in a few cramped rooms on the fourth floor of an Edwardian commercial block , above a tobacconist and an employment agency , mostly looking out on an airwell . |
| 21 | Grate nutmeg over this , and strew a few coloured comfits on the top if you choose . " |
| 22 | The skin is smooth and scaleless , though there are a few vestigial scales on the caudal fin . |
| 23 | Kiss 's bass-playing spokesman Gene Simmons ponders the curious longevity of his band , while imparting a few wise words on rock'n'roll in general . |
| 24 | Ive seen a few free kicks on the Glory Years . |
| 25 | It is worth remembering that even the highly efficient drugs currently available will not remove all the worms present ; that some cattle nematodes can infect sheep and vice versa ; and that a few infective larvae on the pasture can survive for beyond two years . |
| 26 | The Good Retirement Guide is not designed to offer you a ready-made philosophy or a few rose-tinted blueprints on the theme ‘ Life Begins in Middle Age ’ . |
| 27 | Fill the frame to within 50 mm of the top , then place a few dead leaves on the surface . |
| 28 | It is they who hold dialogue with establishment spokesmen , sitting side by side with white experts and a few Asian men on the ‘ problems ’ and ‘ needs ’ of Asian women . |
| 29 | There were no enemies and only a few night-time predators on the steppe ; however he was pleased to note that elementary security was not being neglected . |
| 30 | It is a lyre-horned breed which was originally white with red muzzle and ears and a few red freckles on the sides , but the use of Ayrshire bulls during the nineteenth century increased the area of red in the coat and in the 1970s the use of NRF bulls darkened the colour cline to the brindle or red lineback of today . |