Example sentences of "that [art] [adj] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is due to the hard work of the community policeman , Kenny McLennan , and the constant encouragement of Councillor H.D.G. Fraser , it is hoped that the final few streets not yet covered by the Scheme will be included by the end of the year . |
| 2 | This is due to the hard work of the community policeman , Kenny McLennan , and the constant encouragement of Councillor H.D.G. Fraser , it is hoped that the final few streets not yet covered by the Scheme will be included by the end of the year . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , shit , ’ I then said , because that was how I felt and because I suddenly knew that the next few minutes were going to be extraordinarily difficult . |
| 4 | He also knew that the next few minutes could lose what chance had so miraculously delivered up to him at long last . |
| 5 | Liz says that the next few weeks will be very testing and difficult … |
| 6 | The signs are that the next few years will see some extensive soul-searching about art history ; several books have already appeared . |
| 7 | Nonlinear optics is perhaps unique among systems showing chaos in that a fully quantum mechanical description of the phenomena is conceivable : there is the interesting and exciting prospect that the next few years may reveal what , if anything , is meant by " quantum turbulence " , and all-optical systems such as those described or proposed above are likely to be in the forefront of experimental tests of such concepts . |
| 8 | As a result of the House of Lords ' decision in Russell v Northern Bank [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 588 , it is likely that the next few years will see the return in popularity of " golden shares " . |
| 9 | Order effects strategy involved the effect of the position of each adjective in the list to the impression formed ; ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ , ‘ when the list ended with several good qualities this tended to affect any answer since they remained more prominent in my mind ’ , and ‘ tended to remember first 3 adjectives better than last 3 ’ . |
| 10 | In many cases , the latter variables were accounted for more than initial variables — ; ‘ first or last words were in many cases influential in my decision making process ’ and ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ . |
| 11 | As a final refinement , you will probably find that the last few frames of each shot on the copy assembly are over-recorded at the edits . |
| 12 | ‘ I hope I do n't need to tell you the level of shock that the last few days have brought to this entire country . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It is true that the last few days have been hard , ’ he confessed quietly , sliding his arm along Caroline 's taut shoulders , ‘ but tonight I will look after her . |
| 14 | The message I got was that the last few days it did n't matter a bugger what it cost but we were in desperate straights to get in stock . |
| 15 | The bright day was ruined , and the peace that the last few weeks had given her shattered . |
| 16 | I have to be honest and say that the last few years have not been as good as I would have expected . |
| 17 | Writing in The Executive Grapevine , he sees natural competition between search firms as enough to foster and maintain their quality , and considers that the last few years have witnessed a weeding-out of the less professional outfits resulting in fewer and better consultants . |
| 18 | It may not be too extreme to suggest that the last few years have seen a quiet revolution in the direction taken by our thinking about writing development and the teaching of writing in schools . |