Example sentences of "of [noun] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There are of course a few cases where wives earn more than their husbands .
2 The year went reasonably well but there were of course a few difficulties as you would expect from a new organisation .
3 The following song was broadcast on the radio and was on sale in the record shops , yet the wearing of miniskirts a few years later was denounced as improper and an example of western sexual decadence and permissiveness !
4 Mr Hitch 's son told me that there was a lack of enthusiasm a few years ago but , with new blood on the committee , it is once again gaining in popularity .
5 The dropping of the detailed prescription of hours a few years later did not disturb history 's dominant position among the core subjects of the liberal , grammar tradition .
6 It also contributed to a shift in opinion at the Ministry of Education away from the curtailment or freezing of grant towards modest and flexible expansion — and the Eastern District was able to take advantage of the new grant regulations which followed the Report in 1955 to achieve a level of aid a few percentage points higher than the 75% hitherto regarded as standard .
7 Your issue on the use of images a few months ago was excellent so why not stick to your own guidelines ?
8 We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’
9 For the next half-hour we watched hundreds of Allied planes bombing the town of Caen a few miles away from our positions .
10 It was widely rumoured that when the party leader , Klement Gottwald , died , in March 1953 , it was from grief at the death of Stalin a few weeks earlier .
11 Attrition , bribery and plain common sense brought about the fall of Kyrenia a few weeks after Nicholas returned there , and although Carlotta , kept in ignorance , might have been devastated by the news , it held no surprises for the people of Cyprus .
12 A woman friend saw her driving out of town a few minutes later ; after that she just vanished into thin air .
13 While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles .
14 Since assuming the duties of senator a few months ago , Mr Krueger has drawn attention to himself by campaigning with Larry Hagman , who played J.R .
15 For thousands of years a few men have searched for these human fruits ; they have filled their minds with the lovely ideas and have taken up their long search and watch on the lonely shore of the other world .
16 He spins a tiny triangle of silk a few millimetres in length and deposits a drop of sperm on to it from the gland that lies underneath his body .
17 I suspect that for length of service a few others like Sir Alastair Burnet , Mike Neville and Stuart Hall run me pretty close .
18 One critic , reviewing Field of Dreams a few years ago , claimed Hollywood was now besotted with the family .
19 The big match is at Coundon Road , where Hereford , who took on the might of Bath a few seasons ago try to kill the giants of Coventry .
20 He wants to keep the Government 's proposals for the future of the industry a deep and dark secret — and so they remained until the Rothschild report saw the light of day a few weeks ago .
21 Gene Nocon introduced me to the technique of pre-flash a few years ago and it altered the way I approach printing .
22 Gene Nocon introduced me to the technique of pre-flash a few years ago and it altered the way I approach printing .
23 Which one wa I I ca n't remember what I sa I was saying a f a lot of things a few minutes ago .
24 Put it in a bowl of water a few bowl of hot water , a few drops , like you do if you got a cold , and just breathe in .
25 The tombs of Tuna- el-Gebel , the ancient necropolis of Hermopolis a few miles to the west , appeared to be drowning in desert .
26 Magharba reinforcements from Bishr turned up and camped in a clump of trees a few kilometres west of town .
27 ‘ That 's a patch of grass a few feet by a few feet , ’ I informed him , suddenly aware that Mr Palmer had never visited Chelsea Terrace in his life .
28 In response to a frantic waving of arms a few minutes later , I opened up our trusty Seagull motor and chugged round the harbour arm to brave the swell .
29 Instead of the screams of starving men , there were prayers , and the prayers passed into silence as one by one they died of starvation a few yards away from food .
30 William , who has been on invalidity benefit since the accident , accepted a settlement of £70,000 a few days before the case started .
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