Example sentences of "few [adj -er] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked exquisite , breakable , so desirable that not a few lustier members of the congregation , whose minds should have been on holier things , found themselves in a sudden , quite ferocious state somewhere between arousal and bewitchment , which could bring any man to his knees . |
| 2 | Actually there are many stars with proper names , but in general these are used only for the first 30 or so , plus a few fainter stars of special interest — such as Polaris , Mizar in the Great Bear , and the variable star Mira , in Cetus , the Whale . |
| 3 | Before we proceed in chapter 4 to discuss the interpretative phase of social dialectological research , however , it seems to be appropriate to add a few further remarks on the use of quantitative methods . |
| 4 | There is a very big market for graphical user interfaces but it is very far from being the whole market , and it seems highly likely that what the majority of today 's dogged MS-DOS users want is simply a few further refinements to the operating system they are familiar with . |
| 5 | Here the engineers have to carry out most of their work on Sundays when traffic is light , but this often entails diversions and extended journey times followed by temporary speed restrictions for a few further days at the beginning of each week . |
| 6 | They exchanged a few further words of parting , then Maggie and Tom walked away , heading towards her house , while Cyril and Susan headed for Susan 's . |
| 7 | There are a few later portraits of women wearing the stola ; some , from provincial Italy and elsewhere , are of private citizens . |
| 8 | Consequently the few younger inhabitants of the village are being driven away . |
| 9 | He could surprise a few better-fancied candidates in Newmarket 's Somerville Tattersall Stakes with ABS ( nap 3.10 ) , who was an impressive winner at Leicester . |
| 10 | There are few better exponents of the art of looking as though life is a complete grind than Graham Gooch , who invariably begins his day with a long-distance run , and Stewart is altogether more comfortable when the ship is being run more like a galley than the Skylark . |
| 11 | There are few better things in nature than a pure country girl . ’ |
| 12 | His books The Medieval Stage and The Elizabethan Stage remain classics of literary history , and in their range and period there are few better anthologies of verse than his Early English Lyrics and Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse . |
| 13 | There are few better punishers of poor opposition than Rick Smith , who when given a freer role and told to forget about defending , responds by slaughtering teams single-handed . |
| 14 | There could be few better ways of becoming tolerably wellinformed about Matteo Ricci , Hugo Grotius , Matthew Wren , Prince Rupert or Rapin de Thoyras ( among others ) than to turn to this collection . |
| 15 | There can be few better examples of how to include all the necessary details than in de Valois ' dance for the Betrayed Girl in The Rake 's Progress . |
| 16 | I watched many hours of video films while at Highlander , and in various communities in the mountains with which Highlander is associated , and there can be few better examples of the power of video as an empowering and educational tool than some of the footage which the YCCC have taken . |
| 17 | By delegating ‘ agents ’ ( his brothers , except Carl ) to search the markets , such as ‘ the barrows ’ in the east-end , ‘ Paddy 's ’ ( near Clyde Street ) and a few smaller ones in the south-side , two more pairs of skates were found . |
| 18 | There are few worse irritants for eyes and hand cuts . |
| 19 | At his best , such as the 70 that kick-started Surrey 's comprehensive B&H thwacking of Middlesex , there are few sweeter timers of a drive in the land . |
| 20 | THERE are few firmer friendships in cricket anywhere in the world than that between John Emburey and Graham Gooch . |
| 21 | I feel that this is reflected not just in the increased knowledge of the students but also in a change of attitude and a few greater degrees of empathy . ’ |
| 22 | There are a few finer details to be worked out , a couple of modifications and so on , and some more costing . |