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Few writers of his time had a deeper knowledge of the English language, or cared for it more devotedly.
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Few writers have better understood their deepest selves.
Few new writers have their first story accepted, so they tell me.
Few writers could have made the Justification controversy interesting or even intelligible.
Few contemporary writers share these qualms ; it is now accepted usage to refer to transfinite cardinals and ordinals as " infinite ".
Few writers were so frequently reprinted during the 18th century, but even in his own century La Harpe had arrived at a truer estimate of his real value when he said of his poetry: " Le fond n ' est qu ' un lieu commun chargé de déclamations et même d ' idées fausses.
Few writers in cultural studies and the social sciences have used and developed the distinctions that Barthes makes.
Few batsmen, or writers, announce themselves as Dexter did when batting for Sussex against Surrey at The Oval last summer.
Few writers would advocate a hylopathic materialism, although the idea is not new ; it has been formulated as " whatever underlies consciousness in a material sense, i. e., whatever it is about the brain that gives rise to consciousness, must necessarily be present to some degree in any other material thing ".
Mat Coward wrote in his review in The Independent that the novel is " fluent and fascinating " and mentioned " Few writers have so much to say, the skills to make reading what they say an irresistible pleasure-and the clout to be able to be able to say it to an audience of millions ".
Although the content of the film was deemed controversial, Johar's work as director and writer was applauded, Rajeev Masand noted: " Few writers have such solid control over their screenplay as Karan Johar does.
Rajeev Masand gave the film 4 out of 5 stars praising the screenplay and Johar direction, he said " Few writers have such solid control over their screenplay as Karan Johar does.
Few works contain a more ample store of illustration, alike from the writers of Greece and Rome, and from modern authorities on ancient topography and mythology ; while at the same time the author's lively sympathy with the life around him keeps his narrative fresh and interesting.
Few writers have struggled so long and so hard to disengage the essence of religion from its transitionary embodiment in an historical creed.
Few 19th century writers possessed the virile temperament of Pereda, and, with the single exception of Leo Tolstoy, none kept a moral end more steadily in view.
Avram Davidson received the collection favorably, praising Clarke's stories saying " Few writers in the field handle science with such knowledge as to be so convincing, such deftness as never to place stumbling-blocks, and with such clarity of style as to appear to have none at all.
Few of these words created in opposition to inkhorn terms remained in common usage and the writers who disdained the use of Latinate words often could not avoid using other words of foreign origin.
Few and time
Few people took notice of Nagaoka's work at the time,
Few other disciplines outside history deal with the time before year 1, exceptions being dendrochronology, archaeology and geology, the latter two of which use ' years before the present '.
Few individual situations will provide the ideal mix of materials at any point in time.
Few lawyers practice trial law or complex litigation and typically refer such cases to those who have the time, resources and experience to handle a complex trial and the commitment involved to complete a trial successfully.
Few players play only one way, or play one way all the time ; most exhibit a diverse style.
Few people spend their time looking for moths up in the trees.
Few syllabaries have glyphs for syllables that are not monomoraic, and those that once did have simplified over time to eliminate that complexity.
Few calves are born ahead of time and of these, hardly any will survive.
This was also the time when every other hero or villain in Spaghetti Westerns started carrying a musical watch, after its ingenious use in For a Few Dollars More.
Few plants bloom in the winter, one exception being the flowering plum, which flowers in time for Chinese New Year.
Few women ever sought this status ; instead, the average Romanian family during the time had two to three children ( see Demographics of Romania ).
Few changes were made, however, but those enacted included the cessation of the practice that counsel would orally read out the judgment, cross-examinations, documents and evidence given in the lower court, thus cutting time and therefore costs.
Few details of their relationship or its end were made public at the time.
Few of the summer visitors spend much time earning wages or on other compensation based activities.
Few of Plato's writings were studied in the Latin West at that time, and he essentially reintroduced much of Plato to the Western world, shaking the domination which Aristotle had come to exercise over Western European thought in the high and later middle ages.
Few of his pieces are still performed today, and even by the time of his death his operatic style was looking rather old-fashioned when compared to the work of relatively younger reformist composers such as Claudio Monteverdi.
Few of us take the time to really study it, yet if we care to follow these ancient beliefs, we may find that nature itself holds the key to much inner knowledge of our own nature, and the part we play in the great Cosmic Plan.
Few photofinishers made enlargements at the time the film was introduced, and most 127 negatives were contact printed.
Few people there today were residents at the time.
In 2005, he starred as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee in a London West End production of Sorkin's play A Few Good Men, the first time the two had worked together since The West Wing.
When asked by his son Boromir how much time must pass before a Steward could become a King, if the King did not return, Denethor II replied: " Few years, maybe, in other places of less royalty ...
Few thought that Young, 70 at the time, could win ; even members of his own party had doubts, particularly Ohio's other senator, Democrat Frank J. Lausche.
Few speakers remained in the Czech Republic, mostly concentrated around Aš and Železná Ruda, at the time of the survey, but considering the time which has passed since the survey, the dialect may be extinct in those places today.
Few people felt that the wake of a revolution was the right time to laugh about it.
Few and had
Few of the native Jews who had lived in Lublin were still in the ghetto.
Few Burkinabé have had formal education.
Few had work experience beyond occasional odd jobs.
Few had succeeded as Bowie did now.
Few of them had any publishing experience before they found themselves running Ace.
In July 1841, Poe had published an essay called " A Few Words on Secret Writing " in Graham's Magazine.
Few dared venture inland from the coast ; those that did, like the Portuguese, often met defeats and had to retreat to the coast.
Few then were surprised when Major's Conservatives lost the 1 May 1997 general election to Tony Blair's " New Labour ", although the immense scale of the defeat was not as widely predicted: in 1987 and 1992 the Conservatives had polled better than had been suggested by the opinion polls, but in 1997 this was no longer the case.
Few others in the American study of religion have had this kind of impact on students of so many approaches and interests.
Few could believe that a renowned former companion of Nero had chosen such an honourable end.
Few people in the countryside had access to potable water, electricity, bank credit, or public transportation.
Few of these houses were used for single-family occupancy, however, and many had been converted into low-cost apartments.
Few orders did in fact come out of the trip, and when Steer's box of samples returned, the London office found that they had not been opened further down than the second layer.
Few were as vocal as Peng Dehuai had been, but the general consensus was that the chairman's grand experiment had failed completely.
Few records remain of the original design, the most valuable being that of the flag used in the Declaration of Independence, which had a width of two meters and a length just over two feet.
Few first novels have had a comparable impact.
Few whites had ever seen him.
Few transmissions by secret agents of German Intelligence evaded RSS ' notice and changes in procedure, which the Germans used for security, were in many cases identified before the enemy had become familiar with them.
Few Māori had good understanding of either sovereignty or " governorship ", as understood by 19th century Europeans, and so some academics, such as Moana Jackson, question whether Māori fully understood that they were ceding sovereignty to the British Crown.
A Few Good Men had its world premiere at the Heritage Repertory Theatre at the University of Virginia's Department of Drama on September 19, 1989.
In January 1993 A Few Good Men had its premiere in German language at the Volkstheater, Vienna, Austria ( translation: Gunther Baumann, director: Erhard Pauer, Daniel Kaffee: Alfons Haider ).
Few mine workers had cars and cross valley roads were in marginal condition.
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