Example sentences of "a few of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even today , decades after I saw my first such microscope slide , I still think them extravagantly beautiful and can easily get lost in contemplation of the cellular thicket the microscope reveals , made the more intriguing by the curious , almost three-dimensional effect the stain gives ; as it brings into vision only a few of the total population of the neurons present , the cells seem to stand out like trees in a winter mist ( Figure 10.6 ) . |
| 2 | They were a lot of car for the money , too , remember , with character and a few of the rough edges that are inevitable with a true specialist car . |
| 3 | And what 's really wrong with knocking a few of the rough edges off your partner ? |
| 4 | He is off to New Zealand with the International XV next month and will keep up the traditions set by Van Vollenhoven , Englebrecht , Muller , Nomis , Mordt and Du Plessis — to name but a few of the recent greats . |
| 5 | Even if an establishment is suffering from only a few of the above problems , the cost penalties can remain extremely high . |
| 6 | In an earlier chapter we described a few of the complex relationships which exist between different species and different kingdoms of nature . |
| 7 | Because they 'd got a tremendous struggle on , they 'd got a tremendous struggle on , they were struggling against tremendous odds , they were struggling against er er all sorts of er er of er of trickery , that er was being conducted by quite a quite a few of the er quite a few of the major powers . |
| 8 | The second small raid of significance to the commando story came on 3–4 October 1942 , when a few of the Small Scale Raiding Force and some men of 12 Commando landed on Sark in the Channel Islands . |
| 9 | There are about 156,000 black-and-whites today and a few of the Swedish animals have been exported to Finland , Greece , Spain and Portugal . |
| 10 | Companies such as Longshot Golf Holidays ( 0730 268621 ) , French Golf Holidays ( 0277 261004 ) and Sovereign Golf ( 0293 599909 ) are just a few of the primary agents that offer competitive winter packages . |
| 11 | He argues that while only a few of the Palestinian sites have been linked by archaeology with the Bible , the bulk of the names in the Yemen area are to be found stated in the Bible and that this was where Abraham , the Caravan King , had his home and it was here that the Israelites settled after they had crossed the Red Sea with Moses . |
| 12 | Subaru of America , whose cars are made by Japan 's Fuji Heavy Industries , is struggling and a few of the Japanese-owned car factories in America are also running below capacity . |
| 13 | Partly because of the volume of this response and partly because of the radical nature of some of these proposals , going well beyond those envisaged in Partnership in Validation , the CNAA has allowed a few of the suggested procedures to be tried out on an experimental basis and while this is happening has virtually declared a moratorium on other ‘ special arrangement ’ proposals . |
| 14 | Interpretation of iconography , the historical context of works , or personal information about sitters for portraits are only a few of the varied topics which can be spelt out in catalogues . |
| 15 | There is a dairy displaying ancient implements , a chemists shop with articles on display taken from two former chemists shops of the town ; a boot and shoemakers shop and a schoolroom to name just a few of the varied and intriguing glimpses into the life of past ages . |
| 16 | Nikola Schiavone from Bar , whose work was described by the Italians as ‘ fantasticus et barbarus ’ ; Andrija Meldol-Medulić Schiavone , who achieved a European reputation ; Stjepan Crnota from Rab , who was celebrated in Venice ; and Juraj Klović ( Don Guilio Clovio ) , a miniaturist , who was heralded as ‘ a small and new Michelangelo ’ , are a few of the Dalmatian painters who settled in Italy between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries . |
| 17 | So when , or if , the young men do return , all they usually bring with them are just a few of the pathetic petty accouterments of capitalism : a radio , a watch , perhaps a bicycle . |
| 18 | As our bodies can only make a few of the necessary vitamins we need , they must be provided by what we eat . |
| 19 | The most I can do is to offer a very brief and personal view of some of the recent changes in emphasis drawing from the syllabuses of ten countries and to isolate a few of the new approaches which strike me as particularly interesting and exciting . |
| 20 | However , what stings the coal industry is that all but a few of the new gas plants will produce power at a total cost about 15 to 30 per cent . |
| 21 | Not that the Russians were much better , but they did have a few of the new German FW190S which Hitler had promised to Stalin as a goodwill gesture over the Poland deal . |
| 22 | It 's just that , as a nome who is probably seven years old and feeling a bit creaky , I 've got to admit I 'd find it sort of comforting to have a few of the good old signs around the place . |
| 23 | Even he got a few of the good lines , none better than when a malingerer produced a succession of ‘ chits ’ excusing him one arduous duty after the other . |
| 24 | These are but a few of the self-created problems we 've seen around the festivals . |
| 25 | Only a few of the rearmost broke away and escaped back towards Ruthyn . |
| 26 | A few of the rearmost fled down the river valley towards Whitton , and made good their escape , but most stood their ground as soon as the hurtling , heaving mass lost impetus and came to a seething stay . |
| 27 | I do n't count all the deer I 've bumped into since it 's taken for granted you 'll see a few of the elegant beasts galloping away over the heather no matter which hill you 're on . |
| 28 | These are but a few of the principal sources of authoritative information that AIB look to when their own knowledge of a subject is insufficient to resolve the problem at hand . |
| 29 | Only 27 per cent ( 153 ) of the Drugs Council users and 31 per cent ( 61 ) of those at the Detoxification Unit lived in their own accommodation , and all but a few of the remaining majority lived with parents or relatives ( 70 per cent at the Drugs Council , and 66 per cent at the Detoxification Unit ) . |
| 30 | These are just a few of the amazing trips we offer to make sure you see the best of this area of Mexico — Club style . |