Example sentences of "few [noun pl] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from a few independents and a handful of dissidents the only candidates among whom the elector can choose will be those that the parties have seen fit to put before him . |
| 2 | As soon as the removal van is spotted by a neighbourhood group member , the new family is welcomed into the area with a few pastries and an offer of practical help . |
| 3 | But the time should still be only a few minutes and the parent should go to collect the child and indicate when it is appropriate to join the family again . |
| 4 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 5 | Skipper Andy Townsend , another Norwich old boy said : ‘ If we can get them all back fit again , get a few wins and the confidence going , there 's no reason why we ca n't get up there . ’ |
| 6 | She 'd tacked a few scraps of old cotton into a baby-gown too and sent it round next door for the new Rattrie baby , born very inconveniently , as it turned out , the day after the funeral , her fit of generosity entirely misplaced , since the child had only lived a few hours and the gown — upon which Odette had worked a few hasty stitches of embroidery — had ended up in the pawnshop — Cara had seen it herself in the window — to help pay , she supposed , for yet another infantile disposal . |
| 7 | In the box Boy kept a few books and a lot of letters ; apart from his clothes these were about the only things he had in the flat that were his own . |
| 8 | After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands , I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road . |
| 9 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |
| 10 | They ambled along the riverbank , stopping to eat a few crickets and an earthworm or two . |
| 11 | It is a commonly-held belief in Australia that the Aborigines have no real language , just a few words and no grammar . |
| 12 | Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded . |
| 13 | ‘ A few words and the offer of deep cups of claret . ’ |
| 14 | After India , Poland , Munich , quick trip to Milan to see Berio and Eco , Paris , Queneau unwell , Butor planning book on Diabelli Variations , that man is an interpretative machine , Paz said , whatever you feed him he devours in a few months and a year later out comes a book . |
| 15 | When filming was over there was a little party , a few speeches and a lot of tears . |
| 16 | The Post Office sells a few souvenirs and the cafe sells sandwiches " to go " , and there is a converted barn selling walking gear and souvenirs with a smashing little tea shop . |
| 17 | At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season . |
| 18 | The man 's foot had broken a few spokes and the chain had come off , but there was no other damage . |
| 19 | ‘ We pick them up , ’ the Skull was saying , ‘ they 're guys with no links , like on the pier or down in the meat streets , they 're always suckers for a few lines and a limousine . |
| 20 | He made a few passes and the castle diminished and shrank , as you see it now , and he made a pass or two more and it was walled with glass as you see . |
| 21 | Well it was the first hundred houses that were built in the New Town and it housed a lot of building trade workers , a lot of engineers and a lot of archi well a lot , a few architects and a few engineers and the rest were building trade workers or of some sort or another , and a few British Hydro |
| 22 | Ms Coward graduated from Colchester Institute becoming one of the country 's few gemmologists and a fellow of the Gemmological Association . |
| 23 | But apart from a few sparrows and a robin redbreast the branches were bare . |
| 24 | The writer only has memories of a few freights and the diesel hauled York-Bournemouth in 1964 . |
| 25 | Certain areas , notably Oxford and Cambridge and the so-called Golden Triangle , have experienced major high-tech-based growth in the past few years and the government is keen to encourage this type of development as reflected in Department of the Environment Circular 16/84 , changes to the Use Classes Order and measures to liberalise planning controls over business in general . |
| 26 | I had lived in a motor car for a few years and the rediscovery of my legs was painful . |
| 27 | What is amazing , therefore , is that the agency that has the responsibility for this programme — Milton Keynes Development Corporation — has been largely wound down over the past few years and the remainder of it will cease to exist in 1992 . |
| 28 | The main reason for many Opposition Members feeling more warmly towards the European Community now than they did in the past is the record of the Community in the past few years and the contrast between what has happened elsewhere in the Community and what we have seen take place in Britain . |
| 29 | After fertilization has taken place , the zygote is cultured in the laboratory for a few days and the proembryo is then placed in the woman 's uterus . |
| 30 | I predict a defeat for the scum at Man city this saturday , a win for Leeds against chelsea , a win for New Earswick ( my team ) on saturday and on sunday and a few jars and a curry on saturday night to make this week a truly memorable one . |