Example sentences of "from [art] few [noun pl] in " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
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 This morning , most areas had a bright start — apart from a few showers in the east .
3 Apart from a few pickpockets in Rangoon , street crime does not exist .
4 Shetland has no biting insects apart from a few midges in late summer , and I had n't realised just how much of a problem these Arctic mosquitoes could be .
5 It will look at the entirety of the obligations undertaken by the firm and determine the nature of the relationship from the whole contract construed in the light of its commercial context rather than from a few words in the contract .
6 Victoria 's open face , freckled from a few weeks in the Mediterranean sun , was clouded with bewilderment .
7 The amount of venom injected varies from species to species , ranging from a few microlitres in highly venomous sea snakes to six or seven millilitres in the diamondback rattlers and pit vipers .
8 The estates varied in size from a few units in piecemeal developments to 30 or 40 plots on well serviced , carefully planned schemes .
  Next page