Example sentences of "few [noun pl] to the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too thinly spread to have much impact on the structure of wealth , so many were subsidiary to farming that , far from being divided into industrial and agrarian regions , England consisted of various farming regions of which certain pastoral ones had attained some degree of industrial development , in some few cases to the extent of substantially modifyng their fundamental characteristics . |
| 2 | He rose , flung his arms wide , took a deep inhalation of sea air and climbed the few paces to the top of the dune where he would be visible to the clothed . |
| 3 | The wound plagued an injured nerve for the last time as he took the few steps to the trapdoor under the beam . |
| 4 | Packaging , transport and temperature controls have resulted in the growth of industries which are connected with handling and storage , but still those last few feet to the point of consumption remain critical . |
| 5 | But , even with all this sophisticated support , the final few years to the point of consumption continue to defy mechanisation . |
| 6 | The regiment 's first official title after the 1881 merger was The Halifax Regiment ( Duke of Wellington 's ) but this was changed after a few weeks to The Duke of Wellington 's ( West Riding Regiment ) and again in 1920 to The Duke of Wellington 's Regiment ( West Riding ) . |
| 7 | Do n't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others . |
| 8 | Add a few mushrooms to the meat before baking under a pastry crust . |
| 9 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 10 | perhaps a few blows to the side of the head with an axe ? |
| 11 | In origin the sculpture was dependent on the availability of excellent marble , both white and blue-grey , along the slopes of the Salbakos range ( modern Baba Dag ) , barely a few kilometres to the east of the city . |
| 12 | A few miles to the south-west of Beverley the Scots raised their standard on the beacon at Hunsley , which marks almost the southern end of the Wolds and looks out across the Humber to Lincolnshire and across the Vale of York towards Selby and Doncaster . |
| 13 | Across the marches , a few miles to the north-east of Willoughby is Markby . |
| 14 | A few miles to the east of Cirencester is the pretty village of Ampney Crucis , the Ampney Brook flowing through its centre . |
| 15 | I will conclude this chapter by considering a few objections to the account of authority suggested above which challenge its general orientation . |