Example sentences of "[coord] [art] few [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The salient fact is that what is uniquely on offer at these parties is not all-night dancing or a few boutique drugs , but fantasy-sensation itself : the orgiastic effect of thousands of people mainlining heavy acid rock at the level of total sound . |
| 2 | The reluctance of the odd electron to engage in bonding appears to be retained in these complexes and the few X-ray structures obtained so far indicate unusual bonding . |
| 3 | The archaeological evidence for this hunting activity over very long periods , from 12,000 to 4000 BC , consists of flint implements and a few bone objects from both open settlement sites and caves . |
| 4 | The window I am sitting beside overlooks the back garden , where there is a perpetually erected bonfire , old cuttings , window sashes and a few wardrobe doors . |
| 5 | They integrated with the Picts , the ‘ painted men ’ , finally absorbing them and their culture completely , leaving behind only robbed brochs , broken hill-forts and a few stone carvings as evidence of the Picts ' passing . |
| 6 | A fortuitous meeting and a few phone calls seem to have turned up Bradley 's majestic depiction . |
| 7 | Her vain escape bid lasted less than 60ft and a few nightmare seconds , before she crashed the white Isuzu van into a ditch in a haze of blood and pain . |
| 8 | He could see grass , and a long dug strip — vegetables , too ? — and a few fruit trees . |
| 9 | There were flowers and vegetables and a few fruit trees . |
| 10 | Some cattle are reared on permanent pasture on the lower slopes and a few fodder crops of grass , oats and potatoes are grown in the lower valleys . |
| 11 | The decision to endorse Loblaws ' ‘ green ’ products was made by Isaacs and a few board members . |
| 12 | Un the side of the road climbing up the Oa , at Cragabus , a much disturbed cist of three chambers contained unburnt human bones and a few pot sherds . |
| 13 | Home Office Ministers fiddled while tyres and a few petrol bombs burned . |
| 14 | The only luxuries she has had are a holiday in America , a new car and a few home improvements . |
| 15 | The speech of the hon. Member for Nottingham , North ( Mr. Allen ) smelt of a weekend with the thesaurus and a few reference books , and was made without reference to what had preceded it . |
| 16 | Put it into a pot with an onion , a couple of carrots , peppercorns , a bay leaf and a few parsley stalks . |
| 17 | That , and a few water spouts , but then boys will be boys . |
| 18 | They 'd go there after work for a drink and a few rock stars would turn up . |
| 19 | The mix of strong bluesy ballads and a few rock numbers combine to present an original album . |
| 20 | Put your talking tapes there and a few CD-ROM products , and computer software . |
| 21 | We stayed in a few bed and breakfasts when we thought we needed a wash , and a few youth hostels . |
| 22 | Where is Q P9 ? papers rustling This one I think we should give a little thought , because this is the one I think where oh yes this is going to get complicated because I have now been given a quiff and a few suggestion forms about it |
| 23 | He drove past until he found a rest area : just a track behind trees and a few picnic tables . |
| 24 | The drawing was initiated with graphite only in the broadest terms ; horizon , river angles , and a few roof tops — these were the key structural definitions . |
| 25 | In addition to the usual inns and shops , professional residences and a few town houses belonging to the local nobility and gentry , it contained two barracks , county courts , a prison , a workhouse , a hospital and a museum . |
| 26 | In two rooms off the courtyard are women , children and a few greybeard patriarchs . |
| 27 | We did our best to keep the men amused with socials and off-the-cuff concerts , but the thing which was most appreciated was the homely atmosphere provided by my wife and three children and by Mrs Weaverhurst and a few Maymyo friends still left . |
| 28 | A house-sit on the island for the MacLachlans at Camus Lusta in the Waternish area , where The Book was first found , gave me the luxury of motorised instead of pedestrian pursuance of Mr Reid Esq , save one memorable walk and a few hill scrambles . |
| 29 | Supplies were to consist of four water bottles each , three pounds of dates and a few glucose sweets . |
| 30 | Inside were a couple of building-society account books and a few bank notes . |