Example sentences of "[adv] few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , genetical analysis of plant ‘ ecotypes ’ ( i.e. populations adapted to a particular habitat , for example growing close to the sea ) shows that sometimes rather few gene mutations can cause most of the morphological change . |
| 2 | FOR A town of such ancient importance , Stamford has remarkably few ghost traditions . |
| 3 | It was a Fleet Street joke that there were so few word processors in the Post 's editorial departments . |
| 4 | APPLE Macintosh users are , by convention , rich , so few will blanche at the arrival of Mac Publishing monthly magazine . |
| 5 | There have been so few reading problems in the whole hundred-and-odd pages that the story has been free to come to life , you can see it all , enjoy it all : ‘ Dear Miss Blyton , I think your stories are really exciting ! ’ |
| 6 | There are so few hospital beds available that health authorities plan to set up emergency treatment centres in football stadiums . |
| 7 | The meeting of 1950 agreed that future meetings should be held in Yorkshire , and the earlier amendment of 1920 allowing it to take place in Lancashire ( as there were so few archery clubs in the north ) be rescinded . |
| 8 | And you ca n't do anything about it , because there are so few security firms ; they have a monopoly and they do n't give a shit . ’ |
| 9 | This may well be the most effective answer to the problem of low-interest categories , and it is perhaps surprising that so few library authorities operate circulating collections — even given the administrative problems involved . |
| 10 | There are probably few orchestra conductors who could coax even one note out of a French horn , let alone show the horn player how to do it . |
| 11 | Few people have it , but as there are comparatively few copywriter positions in London , you ca n't just waltz in and expect to make a mark . |
| 12 | Although he spent a comparatively few number of years as a painter , it is for his paintings that his name is known worldwide . |
| 13 | The highest numbers usually occur in August , particularly in the first half , and comparatively few Whimbrel are seen in September . |
| 14 | Most neighbourhood police place the emphasis upon community service and informal contact , giving out few parking tickets : developing friendly relations with the local residents is their greatest priority . |
| 15 | When staying in a hotel , make as few telephone calls as possible . |
| 16 | In the same way that there are now few modem savoury recipes that do not have herbs in them , and that more and more people are trying herbal remedies for aches and pains , so the uses to which herbs can be put for cosmetic and domestic purposes are being more widely explored . |
| 17 | In terms of expectations of the ‘ good ’ pupil , I found surprisingly few sex differences . |
| 18 | Even in his very early and surprisingly few organ ricercari — notably the one del 8. tono on three closely worked subjects , and the one del 10. tono ( of which the one del 9. tono is essentially a shortened version ) where a canzon theme alternates with a motive worked in almost too facile descending sequences — Giovanni enters a different world from his uncle 's ricercari ; the last traces of the ‘ instrumental motet ’ have been erased . |
| 19 | Twenty years ago few tailor shops were without a bottle of gin : the men drank as they liked ; one kept the score , and the publican came at certain times to replenish the gin bottle . |
| 20 | Today few fund managers have such implicit faith in property as an inflation-proof investment . |
| 21 | Relatively few cathedral organists today are also composers . |
| 22 | Relatively few government securities are held , and although overseas securities grew in the 1980's , European equities are in fact a relatively small proportion of the total . |
| 23 | Relatively few country people were as yet literate , outside parts of western and central Europe ( notably the protestant parts ) and North America . |
| 24 | There seem to have been relatively few trading links with Attica , which is surprising , although a scatter of finds at Thorikos suggests that the Minoans may have been interested in the silver ores there ; if so , the island of Kea could have been used as a trading station for their transfer to Crete . |
| 25 | The general fears of high oil prices , debt defaults and possible massive disruption of communications links through terrorist activities resulted in relatively few stock markets making any overall gain by the end of the year on their January 1990 positions . |
| 26 | On April 22 Rauf Denktash obtained 67.5 per cent of the vote to be re-elected President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ( TRNC , recognised only by Turkey ) , with relatively few voting for candidates of opposition parties which wanted to offer more concessions to the Greek Cypriots . |
| 27 | The Aplysia nervous system contains relatively few nerve cells , but amongst them are some which are rather large . |
| 28 | Actually , I was surprised when looking through some book a couple of years ago to find that players like Gray played relatively few game per season , often being injured . |
| 29 | After his retirement , I might try to persuade him to enjoy himself by accompanying me to whatever seaside resort the Conservative party attends for its conference next October — I will ensure his safety of passage into the hall — so that he can see how few pinstripe suits there are , let alone the mythical hats of which he spoke . |
| 30 | In a world where few computer companies have been good computer users , IBM 's increasing tendency to practise what it preaches has helped maintain its advantage . |