Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [adv] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is the case , we would expect to find only a few of the many polymorphisms readily interpretable as responsive to present proximal selective forces . |
| 2 | ‘ We would like to go over a few points relating to the Livesey murder , ’ Bragg said evenly . |
| 3 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 4 | Before concluding I would just like to put down a few words on permission and such like . |
| 5 | I shall begin to put out a few delicate hints . |
| 6 | Those who have read Mr Clark 's prose with mounting impatience might like to point out a few lessons to him : 1 ) mention the book early on ; 2 ) avoid the clichés ; 3 ) forswear dodgy phrases , like ‘ pied-piper 's trail of opportunity discarded ’ , which really mean very little . |
| 7 | The relative importance of strip buildings in the urban plan has already been discussed ( p. 27 ) , and here it will suffice to mention only a few general examples . |
| 8 | But if you thought about the order that you test , then , if something does n't work , you may only have to go back a few steps and re-test . |
| 9 | the P.N.M. would have to sort out a few more issues of contention ; a Federated West Indies for instance ; constitutional reform ; should they let the U.S. retain its naval base at Chaguaramas ? and , are we a socialist movement ? |
| 10 | I will try to set up a few … safeguards in case our fears are proved true . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ There 's no one in my foster family who could afford to give even a few pounds away , ’ he said , ‘ and I certainly do n't have any rich friends . |
| 12 | I think that er Mr Gorbachev has er seen that Mr Bush has only a few firmly held points of view , I mean that 's one of the criticisms of George Bush that he does seem to have only a few firmly held points of view on emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe , but having said that , er I think he really does believe that a unified Germany in NATO is a key part of stability in that region , and I think that Mr Gorbachev recognises that on this one Mr Bush is not er capable of being moved . |
| 13 | And I did so want to dig up a few artichokes this evening . |