Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very good performance of division reported in some cases ( Lum , Yuen and Dodd , Severance and Duhne ) , and relatively poor performance in others ( Kaimann ) , is likely to have been the result of few or many clashes of this kind . |
| 2 | Thus circumgranular ( or rim ) cements ( Fig. 5.24a ) form where there are many nucleation sites on a sediment grain , whereas poikilotopic cements ( Fig. 5.24b ) are the result of few nucleation sites and , in general , slower crystal growth . |
| 3 | In other cases , strong feelings have been aroused , and there has been one electronic punch-up. stated quite reasonably that Sheffield United are crap , and Julie Donnelly , a list member with Blade tendencies , told him what she thought of that in many words of few syllables . |
| 4 | It is a piece with few reasons to be a film , and mercifully few pretensions to cinematic status . |
| 5 | Bare heads with few feathers enable them to reach into carcases of dead animals without becoming matted with blood . |
| 6 | May British courses are constructed on exposed land adjacent to the sea , or on rugged heathland with few trees . |
| 7 | Why did graptoloids have an evolutionary trend from many branches to few branches ? |
| 8 | Government subsidies were also , in effect , greater for higher-density development ( subject to Parker Morris minimum standards ) , and all these factors have combined to militate against the building of few dwellings and small estates in isolated locations . |
| 9 | The severity of oesophagitis was classified into five categories according to Savary 's criteria : ( a ) Grade 0 : absence of oesophageal injury ; ( b ) Grade I : presence of few isolated erosions ; ( c ) Grade II : presence of multiple longitudinal or confluent erosions ; ( d ) Grade III : presence of Barrett 's oesophagus or columnar lined distal oesophagus , diagnosed by endoscopy when the squamous columnar mucosal function was seen 3 cm or more proximal to the endoscopic location of the lower oesophageal sphincter . |
| 10 | And it was here , after the house-warming party which began with hours of few arrivals and long silences , that she and Hugh had finished what was left of the Carafino and found themselves in the narrow bed in the basement where this dramatically argumentative child had been conceived . |
| 11 | The hosts , and what a superbly organised lot they were , with the help of few French travellers , gave a good account of themselves , notably against the tiring Irish . |
| 12 | Sarah came through the first week of marriage with few hopes of real happiness , though she was pleased enough with her elevated circumstances . |
| 13 | Barron and Norris ( 1976 ) suggest that the labour market is divided into two segments — a primary sector which provides skilled , secure work at good levels of pay which is reached by long promotion ladders , and a secondary sector characterized by unskilled , insecure work with few promotion prospects and low levels of pay ( see figure 4.6 ) . |
| 14 | Some urban estates , partly as a result of allocation policies , are effectively one-class areas with few examples of success , clearly labelled by their architecture and appearance is distinct from the rest of society . |
| 15 | Although it is clear that mountainous areas with few nearby notable pollution sources are receiving their pollution burden from regions or countries several hundreds or thousands of kilometres distant , it is difficult to determine precisely from which source or sources the pollution originated . |
| 16 | Scotch Whisky provides 15,000 jobs , many in rural areas with few alternative opportunities . |
| 17 | Will the Minister therefore consider a way to equalise national sponsorship from business , so that areas with few opportunities can derive some of the benefits from areas with ample opportunities ? |
| 18 | It is particularly important to remote rural areas with few employment opportunities and to industrial areas experiencing high unemployment . |
| 19 | Some schools in affluent industrial districts could profit from the scheme while those in rural areas with few companies nearby would have little chance of extra support . |
| 20 | Like his father , Smith was fond of gambling on horses , though with marked lack of success ; he shared this propensity with few or no other deans of Christ Church . |
| 21 | They decided to move on to Muscle Bay , which provided Gould with few prizes . |
| 22 | Only Haynes and Logie put up much resistance and 154 all out , with conditions improving all the time , presented England with few problems ; had the situation been reversed , one knew that West Indies would have won by eight or nine wickets , but English fans were happy enough to have six still in hand . |
| 23 | One reason the central bank has been able to keep money tight is that the victims of bankruptcy have so far been mainly property- or finance-related companies with few employees . |
| 24 | In 1947 over half the mornings and one-third of the evenings were owned by companies with few or no other newspaper interests elsewhere . |
| 25 | An orphan boy with few material advantages , he was largely self-taught , undeterred by difficulties , ever alert for information , and he kept his memory in full activity . |
| 26 | Entering through the W door , one of the best preserved in France , on encounters an apparently vast hall with few and high-placed windows which are restricted to the S side ( the lost claustral buildings abutted in the N ) . |
| 27 | A wealthy lifestyle is likely to be reflected in a site yielding many finds of high quality ; sites with few finds of a consistently poor quality suggest a relatively low standard of living . |
| 28 | They will generally consider construction developments only on prime sites with few planning problems , preferably a freehold pre-let scheme , using an established developer . |
| 29 | This may be too large ( or too small ) inconveniently situated for transport , social support , shops etc or in an isolated locality in a confusing environment , eg in a multi-storey block or a large housing estate which can lead to difficulties in orientation liable to vandalism in poor repair be poorly insulated/difficult to heat have dangerous wiring Elderly owner-occupiers with few financial resources have particular problems ; others may have resources but do not recognise the need for repairs . |
| 30 | This simplicity is , of course , in many respects the precise object of their management , because energy and nutrients are thereby channelled as directly as possible into human consumption with few sidechains and reduction in the losses involved in transferring energy between trophic levels . |