Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] few [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overworked officials in finance ministries rarely reject a whole list of potential projects ; they are much more likely to identify a few priorities at random , and pass on the donor to the line ministry , hoping for the best if and when the project is financed . |
| 2 | It is not really a good idea to buy a few packets at random in the hope that these will be the type of thing you need . |
| 3 | Hotels shelter discreetly among refreshing pine trees or beside sumptuous sandy shores , and everywhere there is an opportunity to relax , to enjoy a wide variety of watersports or to play a few rounds at the 18-hole Is Molas Golf Club . |
| 4 | LAST WEEK I WANDERED off , rather against my better judgment , to kill a few hours at a thing called the Country Living Fair . |
| 5 | It is a good technique to allow a few seconds at the beginning of a shot before the pan movement actually starts to allow the audience time to take in the scene . |
| 6 | It was a good idea to loft a few garryowens at their defence , but it was a tactic that was over-used . |
| 7 | TWO scientists from Stirling University expect to shed a few tears at tonight 's United Kingdom premiere of a Hollywood film that tells the extraordinary story of Augusto and Michaela Odone 's love for their son Lorenzo . |
| 8 | Some of you will pick it up very simp , easily , others need to have a few tries at it . |
| 9 | It is appropriate to add a few words at this point that might help avert the possibility of becoming involved in any extensive debate about whether associative changes of the sort described here should really be thought of as instances of perceptual learning , producing changes in the perceived similarity of the stimuli . |
| 10 | So saying , when my wife Catherine died of cancer , Anthea sent me persistent invitations to spend a few days at her cottage , or even just come for a meal . |
| 11 | The idea is to spend a few days at a hotel and all you have to pay for are the meals and any extras , such as wine . |
| 12 | Sometimes Elise would come up to London to spend a few days at Merrill 's flat and together they visited galleries , and saw a show . |
| 13 | The McCaw wit is as sharp as his memory and , to nobody 's surprise , George was asked to say a few words at the first of many parties to mark Lurgan 's Centenary . |