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

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1 It 's one of the few crops the European Community is n't growing enough of .
2 One thing , thought Sally-Anne , looking around her , after Ma Bailey had set her down in one of the few chairs the room possessed , was that no one here had ever done any summer cleaning , nor spring , autumn nor winter cleaning either .
3 When all else fails , disciplinary procedures instigated properly and fairly are one of the few protections the public has .
4 HIGHER taxes on multinational companies is one of the few revenue-raisers an electioneering politician can propose without instantly becoming an also-ran .
5 They would tour all over the country for wages of a few shillings a week .
6 And in the course of a few hours the softly spoken , silver-haired woman had made her feel as though they had always been friends .
7 Though in our recent study of Adoption Allowances which involved many older children we did not set out to test the issues under discussion , nevertheless some of the 52 children we interviewed maintained a link with a member of the original family whilst in the case of a few others a ‘ clean break ’ approach was followed by agencies .
8 In the space of a few days an apartment building is burned down by drug dealers who suspect a rival crack gang of operating in its basement .
9 Myxomatosis first shows as a swelling of eyes , ears and vent , and in the course of a few days the eyes fill with pus and the rabbit loses its sight .
10 In a matter of a few months the firm moved from being an outsider in the specialist insurance audit market ( having about 15% of the top insurance companies , measured in terms of premium income ) to being one of the two market leaders .
11 In 1939 history intervened and in the space of a few months the work of a lifetime was in ruins .
12 ‘ Within the space of a few years THE PENGUIN GUIDE has become something of an institution , its status earned largely through a cheerful , informative ‘ plain speaking ’ style , copious entries , and attractive reader-friendly presentation ’ — Classic CD
13 In the space of a few years the word ‘ hooligan ’ had outstripped its humble local origins and its specific reference to London gang life ( it had also begun to lose its capital ‘ H ’ ) and had come to be understood and feared as a much more general affliction among the nation 's youth .
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