Example sentences of "and [prep] the few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , as he explained to Lord Derby , ‘ the cancelled parts , may , if you please , be bound together , and entitled Illustrations of Birds from Australia , and from the few copies in the hands of the public , they will some day be of value , though , it is true , more to the Book-Collector , than the Naturalist . ’ |
| 2 | And in the few areas of the UK where fluoride is added to the water , dental carries have been reduced by around 50% . |
| 3 | He was making a wonderful recovery and in the few hours we were there we managed to get him on to an ambulance train — off to Myitkyina to be flown out to India . |
| 4 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 5 | In North America , in areas where conditions are similar to this country , a survey showed that one per cent of houses were affected by damp , but rot was not found in any of these , and in the few years of experience here none of the faults so far reported are due to this cause . |
| 6 | There was little enough fun in her life ; she had no friends , she rarely left the house and on the few occasions she did , it was never on her own and her only contacts were with her mother , the tutors , some of the servants and Patrick . |
| 7 | I talked utter rubbish for hours , and on the few occasions that I faltered Lorne would break in and take over until I had recovered my strength . |
| 8 | Joe Fitzgerald was so much older and moved in a different circle , and on the few occasions that Sarah had seen him he had shown no interest in her , but she liked him and knew that he enjoyed reading and poetry as much as she did . |