Example sentences of "[prep] few [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our only means of escape is alcohol , and I keep off that pretty much ; but I ca n't say I blame chaps for getting drunk ( apart from the fact that it does n't do you any good ) , for few of them take any interest in books . |
| 2 | For few of the departed will life afterwards be easy . |
| 3 | She must be one of few with quite so many homes and such inordinate financial reserves . |
| 4 | The landholding of few of the great monasteries of northern Francia shows anything more than temporary dislocation . |
| 5 | It was no secret that the man-management methods of Bobby Simpson found favour with few during his two season in charge , and chief executive Mike Turner admits : ‘ Our new cricket manager jack Birkenshaw has devoted a lot of attention to creating a new spirit in the dressing-room . |
| 6 | At that point the CNAA was still primarily concerned with the validation of new degree courses in business studies , with few at the stage of application for renewal of approval . |
| 7 | The former , not having fallen in love , or with few of their emotions engaged , often continue to feel cheated . |
| 8 | Johnny 's albums are a mix of blues standards seasoned with few of his own tunes . |
| 9 | He was educated at King William 's College , Isle of Man , described by his brother A. E. Lynam as ‘ a romantic place in those days with few of the traditions or restrictions of the modern public school ’ . |
| 10 | Although he never weighed more than 175 pounds , he had the build of a heavyweight from the waist up , and he fought the world 's leading heavyweights , with few of his fights lasting beyond the first few rounds . |
| 11 | It was a blood-bath , with few of the passengers still alive , and the forces of order and reason badly outnumbered . |
| 12 | When he has tovarisch say , ‘ Nothing I build ’ , this is to be understood not allegorically but literally : working of stone , either architecturally or sculpturally , was for Pound the register of culture — a conviction which he shared in his lifetime with few except the British art-critic whom he knew and esteemed , Adrian Stokes . |
| 13 | The problem of assessing the impact of these conglomerate groupings lies in the loose , amorphous nature of the connections because in few of the federations is there an obviously dominant leader . |
| 14 | But it is the most distinctive characteristic of an observant or well educated mind to bring unity to what would otherwise be a meaningless scatter of seemingly random and unrelated phenomena , and I bow to few for want of intellect . |
| 15 | Writing and directing films are skills acquired over time , time invested by few of these artists and dealers . |
| 16 | Long was supported by the bulk of the English county members but by few of the party 's men of talent . |
| 17 | Why then have the Cambrian Forces been invited to inveigle such hollowed ground ; to sit idly by and scoff while such is imposed by few on the many . |
| 18 | This was the pure gospel of Joseph Chamberlain , especially real to Law because of his Canadian connections , but the real significance of the decision was felt by few in Britain , even on the Unionist side . |