Example sentences of "with only [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lochryan shore sport poor with only a few dogfish from Old House Point and Lefnol . |
| 2 | On an arable farm with only a few cattle kept to make manure , little provision would be made for these animals , but there would be one or more barns , stables and shelters for carts . |
| 3 | A poll showed that Mr Da Silva won it , burying the myth that as an ex-factory worker with only a few years schooling he is unqualified for the presidency . |
| 4 | Since 1959 , when the Social Democrats embraced capitalism , German politics has been a large clustering around the centre , with only a few dissenters on the margins . |
| 5 | All our bookshops continued to sell ‘ The Satanic Verses ’ and , with only a few exceptions where serious threats had been made , the book was always on display . |
| 6 | The amazing variety of metal artefacts in the ancient world was created with only a few different metals : copper , tin , lead , silver , gold , iron , arsenic and zinc . |
| 7 | The next day , although three of the team made the descent by mid-afternoon , the rest spent three or four hours walking after dark , with only a few torches between them to light the way . |
| 8 | One moment he had been looking forward to a happy and wealthy retirement and now , minutes later , he was a condemned criminal with only a few hours left to live . |
| 9 | It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , it was another early closure , with only a few people living nearby . |
| 11 | Are these words to use about an ally you stood shoulder to shoulder with only a few years back ? ’ |
| 12 | It 's new , a massive seven-storey cube , with only a few , irrelevant , windows . |
| 13 | He reported that all of the formerly rampant vegetation on Krakatoa had now been destroyed , with only a few of the thicker tree-trunks still rising above the thick mantle of ash , and that there were now three major eruption columns carrying clouds of dust and pumice high into the air , escaping from three separate vents . |
| 14 | The problem is , of course , that , with only a few exceptions , there is no unique relation between an industry 's inputs of imported materials or components and its exports . |
| 15 | I told him and we reached the CHAB studios with only a few moments to settle Mr Murray before the microphone and be ready for the red light signifying we were ‘ on the air ’ . |
| 16 | The segregated nature of the educational system remains the same as ever , with only a few private schools taking pupils of all races . |
| 17 | By the time I got back home that seven pounds felt like seventy and I shall never forget , when I was about eight years old , with only a few yards to go , I dropped the precious parcel . |
| 18 | If you live in a village with only a few shops , you may need to include several streets on your plan . ) |
| 19 | Some are simple , like ‘ patient ’ , with only a few critical attributes , whilst others such as ‘ emotion , , ‘ perception ’ and ‘ learning are complex . |
| 20 | After the revival in 1688 , the Kilwinning papingo shoot continued with only a few brief interruptions through the 18th and into the 19th century . |
| 21 | The majority of the incomers who settled in these localities were young couples who were still committed to a strategy of occupational and residential mobility in order to further their career interests ; they were ‘ spiralists ’ , and with only a few exceptions , their residence does not seem to be permanent . |
| 22 | The fact that most of the rainforest is uninhabited , with only a few pockets of indigenous communities , makes exploitation attractive . |
| 23 | Thus , when the film was resubmitted to the Board in 1973 , it was classified ‘ X ’ ( 18 ) for nationwide release , with only a few scattered councils maintaining their ban on local screenings . |
| 24 | With only a few left to pick up Jo ( 4.1 ) said , ‘ We 've nearly put them all away . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ For the smaller systems , with only a few staff , much of the context ( their list of potential training needs ) may seem irrelevant . |
| 26 | The bride 's mother takes her seat last of all with only a few minutes to spare . |
| 27 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 28 | If you are a small man , with only a few pounds of surplus weight , and are in a big hurry to lose it . |
| 29 | The sauropods instead had teeth in the front with only a few at the sides . |
| 30 | Swapping to Korg 's SPC-1 sound card produced more of the same , with only a few interesting variations . |