Example sentences of "by [adv] [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | DOZENS more East German refugees arrived outside the West German embassy yesterday seeking asylum and passage to the West , including some who missed by only a few minutes a train that took more than 800 of their compatriots to West Germany . |
2 | That decision may be taken instead by the EC summit due to be held in Rome in 12 months ' time — although the practical effect will be to delay the start of the intergovernmental conference by only a few months to early in 1991 . |
3 | The seizure of Oslo was delayed by only a few hours , just long enough for the king , his ministers and most of parliament — the collective personification of constitutional legitimacy — to evade capture . |
4 | Orwell felt that the bulk of British public opinion was behind Chamberlain 's foreign policy of ‘ non-intervention ’ , dissension being voiced by only a few thousand left-wingers , some of whom went on to fight in Spain . |
5 | The big Victorian offices and panelled boardrooms once occupied by executives from British Shipbuilders , the state-owned company , are now mostly empty , populated by only a few tough and profit-driven executives from the Norwegian owners . |
6 | Each cubicle was a treacherous no man 's land , now braved by only a few passengers seeking out the dozing heat of the restaurant car which , nearing the end of its journey , had little to offer . |
7 | Another company holds an annual senior managers ' conference attended by only a few select top executives at which fundamental issues are discussed . |
8 | He was recognised by only a few , including columnist Sheilah Graham . |
9 | The ability to treat others by means of hypnosis is an acquired skill and not a special gift possessed by only a few . |
10 | Entrances should be preceded by only a few frames of ‘ dead ’ action , and exits should be equally neat . |
11 | In this way , Axis governments anticipated a Pacific war that had been studied by only a few individuals in the Allies ' interest . |
12 | The first truly indigenous press was almost certainly that of Egypt , which began to appear during the nineteenth century ; but it predated black Africa 's press by only a few years . |
13 | This debate , still pursued by only a few specialists , has profound philosophical and theological implications . |
14 | However , not only had these been implemented by only a few firms , but the majority were also oriented towards encouraging youth employment rather than positive action to assist older workers . |
15 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
16 | Perhaps efficiency has turned into dumping and state-aided advantages enjoyed by only a few industries here , but both sides should still be on the record . |
17 | Dorothy Sayers separates her description of the picture and her list of the fallen paints here by only a few pages ( which is perhaps why I guessed , for once ) but you can see how similar clues can be kept in two parts with dozens of pages between them . |
18 | The shock wave was delayed by only a few more seconds , and then it rolled over them like a small hurricane . |
19 | Zurich is a city of squares , in many of which time seems to have edged forward by only a few hours since the Middle Ages . |
20 | Drake the whitest waterfowl of the region , relieved at rest by only a few black markings , but in flight looks more pied . |
21 | He was taller than she by only a few inches , and slenderly built , an athletic lightweight in a heather tweed sportscoat and grey cords . |
22 | The specimen should be supported so that the etched face is almost horizontal , tilting by only a few degrees . |
23 | They missed Delmonico 's by only a few blocks geographically but far more gastronomically — or so Maxim assumed since he also assumed that Delmonico 's did n't specialise in hamburgers and tuna sandwiches for the decorators working on the shop next door . |
24 | And the Beau Nash Room might just as well have been their luxury coach : twenty-three of them only for the minute , with Eddie Stratton now being held in custody by the New York Police , distanced by only a few yards , as it happened , from the mortal remains of his former wife ; and with Sam and Vera Kronquist , one of the three married couples originally listed on the tour , still in their room on the second floor of the hotel — Sam watching a mid-morning cartoon on ITV , and Vera , fully dressed , lying back lazily against the pillows of their double bed , reading the previous February 's issue of Country Life . |
25 | There were still a great many people about in the outer ward , but once they had passed through the archway to the inner ward the night world about them was quiet , troubled by only a few echoing footsteps . |
26 | SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation . |
27 | With the raffle short of a grand by just a few quid , the cry for the remainder went up . |
28 | It is not , as some people still believe , an almost magical power possessed by just a few . |
29 | Indeed , in the best of all possible media worlds , all rapes and sexual assaults would be committed by just a few sexual maniacs and the press could then help to orchestrate the national search against these declared aliens in our midst . |
30 | Most of these accidents could have been avoided by just a few minutes extra care . |