Example sentences of "hands of a few [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The real power lay outside the House of Commons , in the hands of a few rich magnates and aristocratic landowners . |
2 | As Veljanovski points out , ‘ if wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few rich landowners who buy Rolls Royces and caviar , then allocative efficiency will be consistent with the poor starving and the economy 's productive capacity channelled into the manufacture of these luxury items . |
3 | These changes have , of course , encouraged non-Marxists to argue that Marxist theory is now invalid because power is no longer concentrated in the hands of a few economic owners and their friends . |
4 | The more power in Europe lay in the hands of a few strong States , the more a State system emerged in which the position of each was established through the recognition of the others . |
5 | The Garlands , and their shop with the rooms over , were out of period , relics of a time when the business and management of the town had been in the hands of a few prosperous traders . |