Example sentences of "by [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When state-supported secondary education was introduced in 1878 , a denominational system was officially set up , though at this time the system was only availed of by the few families who could afford to lose the labour of young teenagers . |
| 2 | To set laws by the few jaws — |
| 3 | The likes of Gordon Brown , Tony Blair , John Smith and Martin O'Neill have made good impressions , though Neil Kinnock , who got on famously badly with Ronald Reagan but adequately with Mr Bush , is still often referred to by the few Americans who pay any attention to British politics as ‘ the Welsh windbag ’ . |
| 4 | But now there was only one thing left for him to do , and that he did , before the shock of Glendower 's assault sheared deep into his ranks , hardly slowed by the few casualties caused by the English archers . |
| 5 | This is supported by the few studies specifically of rural areas ; Moseley and Townroe ( 1973 ) found that immigrant firms in East Anglia retained most of their original linkages outside the region , and Hodge and Whitby ( 1979 ) , in a study of the eastern Scottish Borders , found that few in-migrant firms had important local linkages . |
| 6 | Of course , these are not the abilities which we pride ourselves upon , and we are much more likely to be impressed by the few things which computers do well which we do badly . |
| 7 | Others would be borne by the few feminists and freaks who preferred girls , for the whole thing would be voluntary ; no compulsion would be needed ; PopCon 's research had been thorough . |
| 8 | In the past , the Falkland sheep farmers looked on birds of prey as their enemies , but more enlightened attitudes are nowadays evident — at least in areas frequented by the few tourists visiting the islands . |
| 9 | Having entered the soft systems world as an untrained novice some years ago , and endeavoured to apply the theories to problem situations within my normal sphere of activity , aided only by the few textbooks that were then on the market and occasional contact with other exponents of the approach , I am keenly aware of the difficulties that some practitioners may have , not only with understanding the principles but also with putting them into practice . |
| 10 | In Lo stadio di Wimbledon , the young researcher is drawn in search of his elusive quarry by the few traces that remain : the occasional photograph ; a few letters and other writings ; the memories of surviving contemporaries . |
| 11 | At the show I was disappointed by the few craftsmen apparent and felt that the show was overly commercial and really the domain of the equipment seller , indeed the price for the floor space and stands etc. would almost guarantee this . |
| 12 | This contraction was most severely felt by the few employees in the smaller workshops . |
| 13 | The owner has been calling by every few days to check on progress , but now is in Barbados . |
| 14 | He was a stout-hearted , even an obstinate man , not to be deterred by a few bruises , and not to surrender his charge without a struggle . |
| 15 | The Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers is still in existence , kept going by a few enthusiasts , and the papingo shoot is held annually in June . |
| 16 | The red-brick government-issue buildings stand isolated within a security fence , surrounded even today only by a few houses , fields , orchards and small villages housing some of Britain 's finest racehorse stables . |
| 17 | Instead of a series of national financial systems linked by a few operators buying and selling credit across the exchanges , we now have a global system , in which national markets , physically separate , function as if they were all in the same place . |
| 18 | At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season . |
| 19 | It was a few feet by a few feet with a bench to sit on . |
| 20 | She would have passed me by a few feet , perhaps not noticing me . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's a patch of grass a few feet by a few feet , ’ I informed him , suddenly aware that Mr Palmer had never visited Chelsea Terrace in his life . |
| 22 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 23 | The pension can be drawn in full for the first eight weeks in hospital , after which your parent will be notified that it will be reduced by a few pounds ( for the exact amount of the reduction see the current issue of leaflet NI9 ) . |
| 24 | Another day of dreadful toil had come to the industrial ghettos of early Victorian Glasgow , a world often forgotten and ignored , a world echoed throughout Britain where families lived and died bounded by a few streets , walled from the world of green and life by an invisible fence , a dead hand that bound them in chains of language , and rags , and marked them for life more surely than any thief was ever branded at Glasgow Cross . |
| 25 | Some farmers cured their own bacon but most of the curing was done commercially by a few firms established for the purpose . |
| 26 | Innsbruck , the famous Olympic ski resort is another excursion where you have a fascinating guided coach tour of the city followed by a few hours to explore for yourselves . |
| 27 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |
| 28 | It does not seem , in general , valuable to postpone death by a few hours at enormous cost . |
| 29 | We 've been told to take off times , but if there 's one certainty , they 'll be rescheduled by a few hours before the season starts . |
| 30 | Fortified by a few bottles of champagne , he told a disbelieving audience that his main love in life was ‘ screwing ’ . |