Example sentences of "in [art] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of Taskopruzade 's work is concerned with scholars of the period before there was what might properly be called a learned hierarchy ; and though in his own lifetime a hierarchy of learned offices existed and certainly the basic principles of the hierarchy had been formulated it was by no means as thoroughly elaborated or rigid as it was to become even in the few decades after his death . |
| 2 | That most of these exotic names , these exotic Puritan names , are to be found just in the few villages on the borders of East Sussex and Kent that , and are , are to be found in the fifteen nineties to sixteen hundreds . |
| 3 | Further west , nitrogens in the few crops of Puffin barley so far harvested are said to be on the low side . |
| 4 | These reasons may not be entirely true , but since formal advice on radon exposure was first issued in 1987 by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) great concern has arisen in the few areas of the country that have high radon levels . |
| 5 | And in the few areas of the UK where fluoride is added to the water , dental carries have been reduced by around 50% . |
| 6 | In 1895 , when the ratemahatmaya of Katugampola Hatpattu in Kurunagala complained that Low Countrymen from Chilaw district were stealing cattle and removing them to their own district , the Low Country mudaliyar concerned replied that the charge was false , and that Kandyans were involved in the few cases of cattle stealing . |
| 7 | Molly spoke with quiet confidence as though she had become in the few hours since their arrival the owner of ‘ La Felicità ’ and the organizer of life in the house . |
| 8 | On the one hand , cognitive-behavioural interventions with a high turnover and short contact have yielded promising results in the few studies in which they have been attempted . |
| 9 | It would seem then to fall to those staff who happen to be bilingual , or to those few teachers who are actually engaged in the teaching of community languages , to raise general awareness in the few schools in which they are deployed . |
| 10 | In the few tubes in which this had occurred there was no alternative but to sever the head stud . |
| 11 | In the few examples of written policies on special needs and/or integration , the under-fives may be tacked on , or tagged alongside a general commitment to all children with special needs . |
| 12 | It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence . |
| 13 | Advice on living arrangements in the few weeks before departure may be necessary . |
| 14 | Of course , no day is typical and there are particular tensions which emerge in the few weeks before the Christmas break . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In North America , in areas where conditions are similar to this country , a survey showed that one per cent of houses were affected by damp , but rot was not found in any of these , and in the few years of experience here none of the faults so far reported are due to this cause . |
| 17 | At the same time , the social benefits in the few years since 1979 have been significant . |
| 18 | Stainless steel , the dominant material in the sink market , could not meet those needs : ‘ Asterite ’ could , and its sales have grown very rapidly in the few years since its introduction . |
| 19 | Extraordinary though such a testimonial may now appear , it was invaluable to Joyce in the few years before the war . |
| 20 | In the few years after 1958 a new word ( and , underlying it , a new fear ) took root : the meritocracy . |
| 21 | For example , of all the spare-time activities reported by affluent workers and their wives in the few days before being interviewed 62 per cent were in or about the home itself . |
| 22 | So they choose to plant grass and root crops in the few fields on the lower slopes . |
| 23 | from my vantage point I saw nothing in the few seconds between the County Inspector 's announcement to have incited what appeared to be a concerted start by the police . |
| 24 | He himself was only a little shy — and obviously very proud of the English words he 'd acquired in the few months since his arrival . |
| 25 | ANYONE who feels like investing in a few grams of silver should call up a certain Carroll Jones in his office in Washington . |
| 26 | Now , just as the long-standing debate had been settled , here was Kammerer adducing experimental evidence in favour of Lamarck 's discredited theory , for he was claiming that the pads had been ‘ re-evolved ’ in a few generations as a direct consequence of the parents being persuaded to mate once more in water ! |
| 27 | I was n't going to rush around buying horribly expensive things like smoke salmon that I could n't afford , I was going to do a big family feast and I was going to get in a few games like the monopoly or lotto or you know , I just , I have n't worked it out but I thought oh what fun |
| 28 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 29 | Not bad for the first day , she thought with a sense of satisfaction as she washed her hands and tucked in a few strands of escaping hair . |
| 30 | This may lead to catastrophic results in a few cases of late syphilis when the cardiovascular or nervous systems are involved . |