Example sentences of "with [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have provided an access fund to the institutions to enable them to deal with the few cases of hardship that genuinely occur . |
| 2 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
| 3 | Some tests were also made with the few boxes of plants available at this time . |
| 4 | This section first compares prevalence in Wirral with the few studies of rates of opioid use in other parts of the UK , and then turns to an examination of the characteristics of opioid users in different areas . |
| 5 | In many parts of the country , but particularly in the west , hamlets and farmsteads are the normal settlement pattern today , with the few villages mostly of post-medieval development . |
| 6 | One younger Welsh hill farmer used to go up ‘ to help his father in evenings with the few cattle they had ’ , but afterwards at supper the older man expected the grandchildren to keep silent , and if they spoke ‘ he 'd look at us fiercely . ’ |
| 7 | Her suitcase was still sitting on the bed , with the few clothes and belongings she had brought with her piled into it . |
| 8 | Even with the few night-lights burning , the cathedral gave an appearance of lightness and spaciousness . |
| 9 | ‘ She is unable to give an interview to someone who has been so rude to her , ’ he told Groom curtly , but agreed to furnish her himself with the few facts she needed . |
| 10 | His heavily built wife showed me my room and soon I was on the end of a bench in the small dark restaurant , supping soup with the few day-trippers ; listening to their stories . |
| 11 | The pressure of population caused much less concern in the Welsh Border counties where there was still sufficient land available to allow poor immigrants to erect cottages on the wastes and to claim common rights to go with the few acres that they had cleared from the woods or the moors . |
| 12 | Most of the houses were well maintained with the few rooms that were still lit disclosing the appurtenances of middle-class living : paintings and prints , a piano , a music-stand , crammed bookshelves . |
| 13 | However , as you know , you must be very , very careful with the few years that remain to you . ’ |
| 14 | Ensure good contact by pegging in place with wire hoops or weighting it down with a few pebbles . |
| 15 | It had stopped snowing now and the sky was clear and black with a few stars . |
| 16 | One minute there he was with a few scraps of grey hair plastered across his scalp — the next he looks like a prizewinner at Cruft 's Dog Show . |
| 17 | Incremental programming will be involved , starting with a few rules and , as more expertise is added , the ES gets bigger and performs better . |
| 18 | The pros are expected to come up with a few answers to problems . |
| 19 | She could supply them with a few answers . |
| 20 | It was the Daughters of the American Revolution , with a few Minutemen thrown in . |
| 21 | The tail was just a stump with a few feathers beginning to show through , rather like the beard stubble that appears when someone has n't shaved fur a couple of days . |
| 22 | The men fit for fighting were moving down there , in thick leather jackets and helmets , with their spears and hunting-axes , their clubs and their knives and their bows , with satchels packed by their wives with barley-bread and some lard , a goatsmilk cheese and a bit of dried fish and mutton , with a few onions , fresh-dug , for savour . |
| 23 | Mrs Castle opens her account with a few reflections on the ‘ feminine ’ touch Edward Heath had brought to the redecoration of Chequers and some bitter-sweet memories of 1969 , when she and Wilson had clashed there with trade-union leaders over the In Place of Strife proposals for union reform . |
| 24 | Many of the upland landscapes today are like patch-work quilts of forest and open moorland , with a few areas of upland bogs preserved for their rare , wild , moorland plants . |
| 25 | With a few whacks and some loud whistles , they drive the donkeys out of the enclosure . |
| 26 | She started with a few pounds , about four thousand pounds which she managed to wangle from the local bank manager , a great vision , an enthusiasm but very little experience . |
| 27 | Seasiders have traditionally viewed the shore and estuaries as an interesting playground with a few resources that can be gathered for supper . |
| 28 | Jean had straight brown hair with a few layers cut into the top ; stylist Patrick Cameron , Artistic Director for the Alan Paul group of salons , suggested a tousled look which would suit her heart-shaped face . |
| 29 | Harry Williams ' home-bred flyer has attracted tremendous ante-post support at odds of 100–1 and now the bookmakers have dramatically cut the price to 50–1 , with a few layers offering a more generous 66–1 . |
| 30 | The agent usually starts off the party with a few games , to help people get to know each other . |