Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politicians of the majority party without ministerial office find themselves frustratingly shut out from a decision making process into which they are given few insights . |
| 2 | They were excused few , if any , tasks , Hannah may appear to be a frail pensioner but a lifetime 's exposure to the hard labour of rural life enables her to endure the most extreme elements far better than urban-reared people half her age . |
| 3 | It goes on to state that the cell had no electricity and no floor covering , the prisoners were allowed few clothes and they received only two meals a day , one consisting of a single very small momo ( steamed bun ) and the other of a small cup of wormy vegetables . |
| 4 | Since this explanation does not actually require subjects to feel risk it would predict that subjects in this task would describe risks at the expense of other information , thus if many risky aspects of the film were described few non-risky ones would be . |
| 5 | He described pre-1914 espionage as ‘ capital sport ’ , but was given few resources with which to pursue it . |