Example sentences of "by a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a terrifying condemnation of the universal franchise that the nation 's government is determined by a few thousand self-satisfied oafs who ca n't tell a general election from the Eurovision Song Contest . |
| 2 | Well it 's a question of balance I I the forty one thousand figure in my view should come down by a few thousand to reflect constraints in specific areas , I wo n't go into that now cos it 's a separate discussion later on . |
| 3 | The businesses are village based , and guided by a few extraordinary enablers , one of whom I met in Aspen . |
| 4 | San Vincenzo is a lovely resort of clear soft sands interrupted only by a few emerging reefs . |
| 5 | Fisons enjoyed another buoyant session , helped along by a few comforting words from broker Hoare Govett , who hosted a presentation to institutions on Wednesday . |
| 6 | They came to a halt at a barrier , assuming it was manned by a few nervous Italians . |
| 7 | They were the weavers followed by a few tottering sailors who had just come out of another tavern . |
| 8 | There is still a handful of tiny fishing villages with idyllic beaches fronted by a few discreet villas — Salema , for instance , at the very west of the Algarve , and around Tavira , the prettiest town on the Algarve , east of Faro . |
| 9 | Again in Capital Marx set out to demonstrate that the workings of an entire economic system could be logically derived from and explained by a few materialist premises and the theory of class struggle . |
| 10 | ‘ He was shoved around by a few other prisoners , ’ said a guard at the Bois d'Arcy prison , outside Paris . |
| 11 | This in fact became so only because of the policies Wilson adopted in the way of providing arms to the other side , for which there was insufficient compensation from the rather half-hearted support given by the Soviets and by a few other countries to the Biafrans . |
| 12 | The decision was made ‘ after giving serious thought to the rejection of myself by a few Labour Party activists , ’ said Mr Knight . |
| 13 | Though agreed between the parties , these proposals were bitterly attacked by some Conservatives as destroying the traditional upper House and by a few Labour members as creating a large new area of patronage for the Prime Minister . |
| 14 | As it then appeared quarterly , Minton executed four designs , each vignette alluding to one of the four seasons , evocatively suggested by a few simple ingredients in a neo-romantic style ( Colour Plate X ) . |
| 15 | The aim of statistics is to represent a large amount of data by a few simple parameters and the mean of the Normal distribution is one of the most important of these . |
| 16 | The aim of statistics is to represent a large amount of data by a few simple parameters and the mean of the Normal distribution is one of the most important of these . |
| 17 | He was said to be level-headed and unlikely to be affected by a few fancy words . |
| 18 | The sequence of production of the dies suggest that three ‘ generations ’ of dies are represented , each generation represented by a few new designs and the abandonment of some of the original ones |
| 19 | ‘ Hard to believe that this much litter could be caused by a few inebriated louts . ’ |
| 20 | A theory was evolved by a few influential educationalists that if a child is given a basic training in Laban skills then he will have the essential grounding for any future specialisation he may care to follow in gymnastics , dance or drama . |
| 21 | The open left issues from the wraps at waist-level , close vertical folds hanging from the wrist , while over the rest the stuff lies in broad , smooth areas cut by a few sharp folds determined by the left knee . |
| 22 | This had been talked about by a few experienced bomber squadron commanders , notably Wg Cdrs " Willie " Tait , Charles Whitworth , Syd Bufton and , of course , " Jimmy " Marks who , as bomber pilots . |
| 23 | Perhaps for this reason above any other , aromatherapy has sometimes been dismissed out of hand by a few dyed-in-the-wool traditionalists because they believe a certain amount of discomfort must be felt if it 's to do us any good ! |
| 24 | The rest of the known world was mainly dominated directly or indirectly by a few European states . |
| 25 | They 're tempted by a few hundred pounds to go to places such as Amsterdam where cheap and plentiful crugs can be bought and brought back to Britain . |
| 26 | According to Grosskurth ( 1984 ) , some innovative schemes along these lines have already been set up by a few progressive British local authorities , but it seems that they are as yet rare , and reach only a minority of the people in need . |
| 27 | Murtach had learned of a great wolf pack that seemed to roam west of the Skriaig and had been seen by a few desperate hunters seeking deer beyond Ralarth 's borders . |
| 28 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |
| 29 | Carrick has long stopped hoping , calculating that age and immobility caused by a few excess pounds count against him . |
| 30 | Topped by a few sprouting leaves the poles were festooned to the ground with garlands of paper-wrapped firecrackers , which were all now detonating deafeningly . |