Example sentences of "but in [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a few minutes Israeli troops , armed with anti-tank rockets and machine-guns , had turned the place into rubble and 22 families , 140 people , had lost their homes and all their possessions . |
| 2 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |
| 3 | Usually the date of publication may be taken as given , but in a few cases — particularly where publication in book form follows several years after original research — imprint date should be compared against any dates given in the foreword or introduction . |
| 4 | But in a few cases careful evidence must be gathered to show whether the attachment falls within Cox v Harrison at ( B ) 7 above . |
| 5 | Functionally the antennae are organs of special -sense ( Schneider , 1964 ; see also p. 139 ) but in a few cases they are modified for other uses . |
| 6 | But in a few cases it may emerge that the very question was considered by Parliament in passing the legislation . |
| 7 | The outer-arc ridge is usually a submarine feature but in a few cases , such as Barbados in the West Indies and Middleton Island in the Aleutian Arc in Alaska , parts of it are exposed above sea level . |
| 8 | Heights do not usually exceed 12 metres but in a few instances heights of more than 20 metres have been involved . |
| 9 | But in a few days she will leave England and follow me to Argentina . |
| 10 | But in a few days ’ time it might look a little different . ’ |
| 11 | On average they rise some 2 km above the surrounding ocean floor but in a few localities , notably at Iceland , they reach above sea level . |
| 12 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |
| 13 | But in a few weeks they were allowed to return because Mossad had threatened to stop giving MI6 any more information about Arab terrorism . |
| 14 | In most regions , the assassination tended to unite the badly fragmented Congress Party , but in a few regions it had the opposite result , which caused that party to gain less ground in those states ) . |
| 15 | But in a few places conditions remain unaltered and they suit the original design to perfection . |
| 16 | It probably looks a bit like hieroglyphics now , but in a few months , I guarantee that you will understand this and will begin to see a difference in your playing . |
| 17 | The Electricity Boards ' defence ( that the offers reflected their costs because small consumers were expensive to supply ) was plausible in principle , but in a few Boards collapsed under more careful probing , and allegations of unfair competition continued to flow both ways between the industries . |
| 18 | For a typical car , the carpet will only be about 2 cm thick , and will be quite short-lived but in the few seconds it lasts before collapsing it will transfer most of its heat to the road . |