Example sentences of "few [noun pl] leave [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a turnover of about £250m , Virgin Records is one of the few independents left in the music business . |
| 2 | The Army and Navy have moved significantly down the path towards contracting out and have very few contracts left to be put out for the first time . |
| 3 | Perhaps the Prime Minister , in the few months left to him in that position , will think about visiting the Council of Europe Assembly so that we can determine whether the British Government actually envisage a role for the Council of Europe . |
| 4 | I assumed there were a few rounds left in the magazine . |
| 5 | We called out from where we hid in different rooms and listened to our voices echo , we strummed on the few keys left on a rotting piano , and plucked at a broken lute … . |
| 6 | At first a few individuals left off talking , then this engendered a positive feedback , more people heard the gathering soundlessness and responded to it so that whole tiers shut up . |
| 7 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 8 | THERE are still a few places left on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land which Marie Stormont is organising on behalf of the Tour Company . |
| 9 | The City is one of the few places left with the old London buses you can jump on and off . |
| 10 | As the unknown map of the world diminishes there are few places left for exploration as the Victorians understood it ; most paths have been trodden before . |
| 11 | But the biggest drawback is that there are very few places left in the world where the malaria parasites ( species of Plasmodium ) have not developed resistance to them . |
| 12 | It is called Macrae 's Monument and is one of the few things left in Ayrshire to remind us of a very remarkable man called James Macrae . |
| 13 | These were the descendants of the great families , the few buccaneers left in a drab world . |
| 14 | Having filled their buckets with bright red liquid ( thanks for the colouring ) contestants in Blind-man 's buff had to rely on shouts from supporters to get back to their corner with a few drops left in the buckets — no thanks to members of the Summer Fayre committee who kept moving the obstacles — just in case it good too easy you understand ! |
| 15 | There were only a few names left on the list from the DVLC . |
| 16 | My own observations leave me in no doubt that either there are very few sand-eels left in inshore waters ( and therefore accessible to feeding sea-birds ) or that sand-eels have dramatically changed their habits . |
| 17 | There are still a few items left for sale with regard to the office renovation : — |
| 18 | If you do find yourself in this position , with a few seconds left to the gun , consider reaching across them so that you can get clear air . |
| 19 | Very few pupils left before completing a full five-year course , and 40 per cent of the total pupil population of all the schools were in the sixth form . |
| 20 | She looked at the few cigarettes left in her pack and then impulsively threw them all out of the window . |
| 21 | It 's one of the few herds left with no Canadian or American blood . |
| 22 | Mike Jarman , director of child care at Barnardo 's warned : ‘ There are few options left to social workers when they seek help with troubled children . |
| 23 | There were a few leaves left on the straggly garden bushes , hanging all crumpled and lifeless . |
| 24 | A few pins left in the chiffon tunic scratched Melanie 's flesh . |