Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 2 | If anyone is offering decent odds it could be worth a few quid |
| 3 | ‘ The national media attention given to Pwllheli , in the run-up to the final decision , must be worth a few million pounds in advertising terms alone . ’ |
| 4 | Well I mean that 'll that might be worth a few marks . |
| 5 | From my viewpoint , major upgrades have to be worth the few pounds it might cost . |
| 6 | If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight . |
| 7 | It would only be for a few days , of course . |
| 8 | To the people from the people who 've gone home ob we hope this 'll only be for a few days and some have gone er to other homes just for the time being . |
| 9 | Occlusion bodies ( OBs ) can be from a few hundred nanometres to several micrometres across and these viruses can therefore easily be seen under the light microscope , which greatly aids diagnosis . |
| 10 | Until Tyson gets out of jail , which King is convinced will be within a few months , the promoter is shrewdly banking his hopes for big money on Chavez , the unbeaten WBC super-lightweight champion who is often referred to as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , Father 's promised to buy me a small practice when I 'm qualified , which will be in a few months . |
| 12 | It gave me a great deal of pleasure to think how much more pained he was going to be in a few moments . |
| 13 | Anyway , all these books are mine , and so is the whole house , or will be in a few years ’ time . |
| 14 | The weakness in passenger traffic , which fell 8 p.c last year , and operating losses have not prevented the airline from launching the most successful expansion programme among European airlines so far , in a bid to be among the few groups which are expected to survive deregulation over the next few years . |
| 15 | If we assume that our kind of beings will still be around a few millennia hence , I feel certain that the nineteenth century will mainly be remembered as the century when Maxwell formulated his equations . |