Example sentences of "[adj] few pages " in BNC.

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1 To progress beyond such a static application of systems it is necessary to focus upon the dynamics of the system and in the preceding few pages a number of instances have been cited where physical geographers have already advocated placing emphasis upon the function of the system .
2 The rest of his discussion in these few pages is about how all sorts of possible answers could be proposed , involving the ‘ balancing of social values ’ .
3 Scientific interests have been chosen for these few pages of examples because of the tendency in some quarters to assume that resource-based learning is a Humanities or Social Studies prerogative .
4 These few pages can not do justice to the array of benefits which a partnership with AEA could bring .
5 You see , I think I was in such a state after glancing at those few pages simply because I did n't read any more .
6 I think I must have known the truth about myself , in some deep part of my mind , when I first read those few pages of your book in my master 's study .
7 Those few pages will have gone , but the bulk of it is hidden .
8 Their troubled relationship with Prost notwithstanding , Honda 's successful assault on the bastions of Formula One is admirably chronicled by Christopher Hilton in Conquest of Formula One , although his somewhat hectoring style makes the first few pages something of a battle .
9 WHEN I BEGAN to write about Thrush Green in 1958 , I described it in the first few pages of the book I called Thrush Green , and a little later as seen by Ruth Bassett from the bedroom window of her late grandfather 's beautiful house overlooking the green .
10 She ran through the first few pages of each of the paperbacks , her mouth falling open as she read .
11 Indeed , it is rather illuminating to discover that within the first few pages of her book — and before she has even introduced her own work — she peremptorily dismisses the idea that genius is akin to madness .
12 One common source of distrust of hermeneutics in social science is that the idea of ‘ meaning ’ is so various and elusive , as the first few pages of this chapter make all too plain .
13 We might be given the first few pages to be going on with , and as we went along more pages would arrive .
14 The closest most of us get to Irish culture is a pint of Guinness and the first few pages of Ulysses .
15 He reached across and picked one up , flicking through the first few pages .
16 Read the first few pages and flick through the rest .
17 I was fine for the first few pages .
18 It 's concerning request , Chair , to replace the first few pages
19 The final few pages are painful reading .
20 In the next few pages we explain more about the difficulties which can occur — and how you can protect your business against them .
21 These next few pages are the reactions of one who went to the Centre , came away evangelical and kept saying to himself , ‘ All shipshape and Bristol fashion ’ , only to fall from the crest into the deepest trough , but thankfully to climb up again to a sensible plateau and finally discover that he had been fortified in more ways than he had expected .
22 In the next few pages are listed the branches of The Society of the Alexander Technique throughout the world , from which you can obtain the names and addresses of teachers in your area .
23 The exercises in the next few pages will help you to develop a more positive attitude towards yourself and your abilities , and thereby help you to achieve what you want .
24 The couple recurred over the next few pages , with Herman becoming a child , then a young man , but never losing his startled look , as if the camera flash were a slap in the face .
25 From Letters to Small Packets or Printed Papers , you will find the best service for your international mail in the next few pages .
26 The next few pages contain an explanation of the working of the EEG , written in a non-technical way .
27 The next few pages tell you everything you 'll ever need to know about mortgages .
28 Thus some of the cases which will be discussed in the next few pages were decided on sections which were not absolutely identical with the current provisions .
29 I have been reading the last few pages and I think they are true and beautiful and just , recompense enough for the cold gloom of this untidy and lonely room .
30 What I have tried to set out in the last few pages is an understanding of ‘ meaning theism ’ which embraces a rather larger area than Ayer allows for .
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