Example sentences of "few [adj] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few introductory words on the rules of English law will help to set the scene . |
| 2 | Steve Kerton is one of the few professional drivers on the circuit … he just about survives on sponsorship … you see there are no big bucks in this sport … no national glory … take Kerton he 's to powerboating what Mansell is to motor racing … well in name only … |
| 3 | ‘ This is one of the few private properties on the island . |
| 4 | Erm , there are a few interesting quotations on the reception of the novel . |
| 5 | The party disintegrated and with it went one of the very few sensible perspectives on the Free City 's position . |
| 6 | Ive seen a few free kicks on the Glory Years . |
| 7 | Last year environmentalists managed to stop a plan by a Japanese group to build a retirement home with a golf course attached on the top of Penang Hill , one of the few untouched areas on a fast developing island . |
| 8 | It provides outside parties with a few limited details on the borrower , loan size , term , currency , syndicate leader and participating banks ( see specimen tombstone at the end of this chapter ) . |
| 9 | Due to a few simple changes on employment records , the cleaning income was tax-free . |
| 10 | ‘ It is unlikely that we would sue the government — in fact , we might even pick up a few extra funds on the back of theirs . |
| 11 | There are a few additional restrictions on the use or combination of certain measures , but apart from these limited inroads little attempt has been made to confine the discretion of sentencers by statute . |
| 12 | We 'll need a few lucky breaks on the way to do it , but it 's not impossible , ’ said midfielder David Phillips . |
| 13 | The skin is smooth and scaleless , though there are a few vestigial scales on the caudal fin . |
| 14 | There 's nothing edible here , and if the adventurers go poking about when it should be perfectly obvious this place is a filthy , worthless mess , set a few Giant Rats on them . |
| 15 | Perhaps this is an appropriate place for a few brief notes on the more common chemical fertilizers and organic manures of plant and animal origin . |
| 16 | When Harry 's front axle buckled , he was behind a truck A few brief comments on each of these : in ( 35a ) the pronoun I is used gesturally to self-nominate from a group , in ( 35b ) it just has the symbolic usage ; in ( 36b ) the word ago places the time at which the action occurred relative to the time of speaking , in ( 36c ) the time is relative to the time at which the events in the narrative occurred . |
| 17 | There are a few informative books on the market today , including four by Alexander himself . |
| 18 | No problem : all computers have a few unoccupied sockets on the back panel , and at least one of these sockets — the parallel port — can move data fast enough to match the performance of the average LAN . |
| 19 | Although extensive pollution control measures exist there are very few legal constraints on those who damage the soil , fundamentally alter the ecology by large scale land reorganisation or who change land use or employment structures . |
| 20 | She felt the fire inside her begin to burn again and she pushed the door wide open , her mouth ready to frame a few well-chosen words on the importance of finishing jobs on time . |
| 21 | Bellybutton , a straw hat over his eyes , danced a few ludicrous steps on the deck of the workboat , thus looking for all the world like a simple Bahamian native welcoming the nice white folks from Georgia who now stood blinking in the bright sunlight beside a growing mound of their designer-label luggage . |
| 22 | ‘ There are a few partial ones on the handle . ’ |
| 23 | Grate nutmeg over this , and strew a few coloured comfits on the top if you choose . " |
| 24 | At high K coverages there are relatively few unblocked sites on the surface , and this may reduce the mobility of adsorbed CO across the surface . |
| 25 | I put a few pink flowers on the plant and remember that I must n't overdo this |
| 26 | Fortunately ‘ World Records ’ seem to have few important recordings on them . |
| 27 | There were very few lone parents on the books at that time : so few that no separate statistics were kept of their numbers . |
| 28 | There were no enemies and only a few night-time predators on the steppe ; however he was pleased to note that elementary security was not being neglected . |
| 29 | That took a few blurred seconds on the A423 between Southam and Banbury . |
| 30 | Despite numerous studies published on the incidence and mortality of pancreatitis in various hospitals , only a few epidemiological studies on large populations have been carried out . |