Example sentences of "by [verb] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | When essential papers had failed to come through to Prague , Chadwick had decided to cut corners by manufacturing a few of his own . |
| 2 | On the whole we were an abstemious lot , but when the depression began to bite into salary rises during the early 30s , and escalating prices made living all the more precarious , some of us wondered if Tom Miller might have paid his staff what they felt to be their well-earned incremental increases by accepting a few extra advertisements . |
| 3 | All the main facilities of the school such as staff , buildings , playing fields and so forth are already provided for the fee paying pupils and no additional expenditure is incurred in respect of these costs by accepting a few children of the staff . |
| 4 | ‘ Occasionally it was a bit hairy dealing with new Directors who 'd just come off the course , so I liked to balance things by including a few established stalwarts , like Christopher Barry , whom I could rely on to be very efficient and get shows together on time . |
| 5 | Show your dynamism by suggesting a few surefire financial winners , the sort of title that will end up extracted in the Telegraph Magazine . |
| 6 | According to the government , many households could cut their fuel bills by 20 per cent or more by adopting a few " straightforward and inexpensive " measures . |
| 7 | ‘ The government could save itself billions by hiring a few wide-eared gents to ride these trains and find out what new rip-offs are being planned . |
| 8 | However , you decide that it might be helpful to ‘ warm up ’ to Le Carré by translating a few extracts to get the hang of his unusual style . |
| 9 | Request : We asked the opposition leader to help with a book entitled ‘ Married To Teacher ’ by writing a few lines in response to the statement : ‘ Being married to a teacher is rather demanding . ’ |
| 10 | The time is fast approaching when a more accurate division of mankind will be between those who are patients , knowing despair as well as they know the lines grooved into their own hands , and those who are psychiatrists , so helplessly and irrecoverably sick that they believe that , serenity can be achieved by swallowing a few polychromatic biochemicals ! |
| 11 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 12 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 13 | A new age in chemistry , where the problem of measuring some molecular property could be resolved by pushing a few keys on a computer , has not materialised — the reason is that ab initio calculation for any but the simplest of systems remain beyond the reach of the most advanced computers . |
| 14 | Start by inserting a few rates , then decide what others are needed . |
| 15 | Hold the pleats in place by oversewing a few hand stitches at the base of each pleat ( fig. 34 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ By adding a few more pounds to your overdraft ? ’ |
| 17 | ) Test the reagent by adding a few drops to small crystals of Na 2 SO 4 or K 2 SO 4 in a watch glass . |
| 18 | You can personalise standard documents by adding a few sentences in your own language . |
| 19 | Polisario accused the Moroccan government on Aug. 18 of " trying to influence the international community by releasing a few Saharan prisoners " in an amnesty on Aug. 14 [ see this page ] claiming that 800 Saharans were still missing . |
| 20 | The analysis of the information objects and communication aspects , carried out as a joint exercise to ensure method economy , was undertaken in two stages , ie first by interviewing a few staff , then distributing a questionnaire based on the initial findings . |
| 21 | The chronology of the decline of the gold content ( % au ) can be established by analysing the few coins which bear the names of kings ( listed above ) and so can be dated . |
| 22 | LABOUR 'S Nigel Griffiths checked out claims of computer game rip-offs yesterday by going a few rounds with Sega 's Sonic The Hedgehog . |
| 23 | I will conclude this chapter by considering a few objections to the account of authority suggested above which challenge its general orientation . |
| 24 | By considering a few examples we can isolate some of the problems that remain : |
| 25 | For example , their report stated that syllabuses for pupils of lower attainment had been constructed from those designed for pupils in the top quarter of attainment by deleting a few topics and reducing the depth of treatment of others . |
| 26 | By re-analysing a few examples of French social survey data it is hoped that the British statisticians will become more familiar with French methods and also learn whether British methods would have revealed more or less details , or whether the two types of statistical methods are complementary . |
| 27 | Make your new greenhouse a success by asking a few essential questions before you buy , says Jonathan Edwards |
| 28 | In writing , you will discover what can and can not be done , and then perhaps you will have to modify your attention-grabbing murder , if only by having a few fewer porcupine quills . |
| 29 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 30 | The topic has already been briefly broached , of course , in section 5.9 , where certain consequences of nonlinearity were established by examining a few illustrative passive circuits . |