Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 If the hon. Gentleman will think back to days gone by , he will remember that such questions have been perennial in the few weeks before a general election .
2 Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively .
3 Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively .
4 ‘ All About Eve ’ and ‘ Kennedy ’ , are some of the few examples ) and even after more than 50 lyrical outings , the one-track mind persists .
5 Well if it came over his house th oh of course , next to the that will have been empty for a few years so
6 If I remember right , first home matches have been similar for a few years now .
7 You 're one of the few who was aware of their existence .
8 Yet they 're one of the few products not advertised on TV , probably because their appearance is far from viewer-friendly .
9 Apparently we 're one of the few beer hostelries , so to speak , like pubs and clubs and things like that , that make their profit purely
10 We 're one of the few in the ar in the county apparently .
11 The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price .
12 Business had been good in the few weeks she had been in charge , but she was astute enough to realise that many of the customers had been coming to the club simply to see her .
13 ‘ I 've been involved in a few of these things but I 've never seen anyone bring it up to the level he did — he turned it up a few notches . ’
14 Some take a little longer to persuade than others , and , like many of my colleagues , I have been involved in a few " Sweeny " type incidents ashore and afloat .
15 ‘ I 've been involved in a few preliminary meetings so far to pick a training squad , and I 've also got involved in the training sessions themselves .
16 Hopefully hopefully the baby 'll be asleep in a few minutes .
17 He will be fifty in a few years ’ time .
18 When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ?
19 They would be noticeable for a few days after passing into the camp , unfamiliar faces asking the way to the lavatories , or being excused washing-up by the people in whose rooms they had been placed .
20 ‘ He 'll be fine in a few days , my dear , with an infusion of clover and foxglove to steady his heart .
21 I 'll be fine in a few minutes . ’
22 However , my parents are both happy , has grown up and is football mad , will be three in a few months , has just turned one and in seven months I will be leaving high school and have my whole future in front of me .
23 There is no problem here if the information is very specialised and only likely to be useful to a few outlets .
24 The rash may be barely visible , and may only be present for a few days , or it may be widespread and obvious and persist for many weeks .
25 Of course , these are not the abilities which we pride ourselves upon , and we are much more likely to be impressed by the few things which computers do well which we do badly .
26 Former Premier LADY THATCHER will never be short of a few bob — she 's worth an estimated £9.5 million .
27 If he decides to ring us we 'll be short of a few answers . ’
28 Few have gone through aerobatic training , and the modern tendency is to be happy with a few hours of stall avoidance training and little , if any , spinning .
29 Once he had gone , Shiona sank down on to the bed and kicked off her shoes , glad to be alone for a few minutes .
30 Just a willingness to be available for a few hours to suit you — within an agreed rota — to walk around the reserve helping people enjoy their visit and also avoiding problems of pressure on sensitive reserve areas . ’
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