Example sentences of "from [v-ing] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE TECHNOLOGY is borrowed from digital watches and calculators ; but providing a TV picture is a big jump from displaying a few numbers . |
| 2 | They say that aside from getting a few noses out of joint at Microsoft Corp , enough people felt BillyGram was a silly name and would prevent it from being taken seriously . |
| 3 | Although the endless state visits to Harare or Mauretania always climaxed with the publication of pompous declarations and assertions that trade was going to increase by generous percentages within a few years , the consequences of these visits were negligible apart from providing a few more exhibits for the trophy rooms in Bucharest . |
| 4 | You 'd probably benefit from losing a few pounds or taking more exercise . |
| 5 | Many people finding themselves in this position would also benefit from spending a few weeks engaged in extensive job search activities as members of a Job Club . |
| 6 | When finance became available to complete the park in a traditional gardenesque manner , there was so much opposition that , apart from surfacing a few paths and strengthening the natural scrub , it was left . |
| 7 | Amstrad has held its CPC prices constant for over five years now , apart from throwing a few extra baubles ( joystick , games ) into the mix . |
| 8 | Weathered clay barley-sugar edgings finish off a path or flowerbed with a crisply period touch , but aside from shoving a few in your handbag next time you visit Mount Stewart , they tend to be hard to find . |
| 9 | And most countries should benefit from copying the few nations who have introduced legislation banning companies from manufacturing drinks-cans in two different metals — as this makes recycling harder . |
| 10 | Apart from offering a few Head Girls work as non-dancing supervisors in difficult situations abroad , there never was any long-term guidance . |