Example sentences of "[be] [adv] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because there are rather few ways in which an image of the incident light can be formed . |
| 2 | In these games the monsters are rather few in number . |
| 3 | However , there have been rather few cases which have addressed at all directly the question of the legality of the use of nuclear weapons , and even fewer judgments touching on this . |
| 4 | There are remarkably few active volcanoes in the centres of continents — none at all in South or North America , away from the Andean-Rockies mountain belt , none in central Asia , none in Australia , and only one away from the coast in Antarctica . |
| 5 | Comparative anatomists tell us that there are remarkably few differences between our brains and those of monkeys and apes , other than that ours are bigger . |
| 6 | There are remarkably few fumblings between the main historical chapters as the narrative is handed from one writer to the next . |
| 7 | His country may be taking the first steps to a market economy , but on the streets there are remarkably few cars . |
| 8 | better communication with subordinates , who are sufficiently few in number to allow effective ‘ networking ’ . |
| 9 | The only vessels under the ‘ Romano-Saxon ’ label should be those in a Saxon fabric but of Romano-British form , and there are extremely few of these . |
| 10 | If indeed poverty is less pervasive , why are so few people saying so ? |
| 11 | Perhaps that is why there are so few ‘ thinking ’ books on soccer . |
| 12 | There are so few hospital beds available that health authorities plan to set up emergency treatment centres in football stadiums . |
| 13 | The first few lessons are crucial and I 'm a firm believer that there are so few good British riders because our initial training is so often overlooked . |
| 14 | Because there are so few cells and a well-defined pattern , it is possible to follow the lineage and fate of every cell at least up to the time of gastrulation . |
| 15 | There are so few places to paddle that those with agreements become inundated with canoeists , thereby exasperating the problem . |
| 16 | ( This is probably why there are so few books written on doubt itself . ) |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | The central question I want to use as a peg on which to hang various theories is , ‘ Why are so few Christians aware of the direct threat of modernity to the Christian church ? ’ |
| 19 | This understanding may be due to the farmers being highly tolerant because there are so few walkers , but if you 've ever sat down to have a chat with a shepherd on the windy fellsides you might be more likely to say that tolerance and friendliness is in their nature . |
| 20 | The lack of vitality is aggravated by the fact that there are so few young adults about . |
| 21 | ‘ There are so few of us , ’ he wrote , ‘ and God knows we ca n't afford to give many of us away . ’ |
| 22 | Given that there are so few women in powerful positions this may seem surprising . |
| 23 | Run-up is conducted at 1800 rpm , but the instruments and controls are so few that the pre-take-off checks are minimal . |
| 24 | However , examples of this kind are so few that they indicate only a slight tendency ( possibly confined to some pre-sonorant environments ) , which is not enough for /a/ backing to be discussed as a stereotype . |
| 25 | What strikes one about the names of the " few friends " is that there are so few of what one might call Islay family names . |
| 26 | Also , there are so few of us that we all know each other although living in different parts of the country . |
| 27 | Conservative Members tend to ignore the dangers for women bus users because there are so few women amongst them at the moment there are no women at all on the Government Benches . |
| 28 | There are so few of them left . |
| 29 | There are unlikely to be any Scottish Conservative Back Benchers either , not only because there are so few of them but because none of them has participated in this debate , apart from a brief intervention by the hon. and learned member for Perth and Kinross ( Sir N. Fairbairn ) that could hardly have been described as serious participation . |
| 30 | Strategically , it would be close to the worst of all worlds : expensive , because of the Midgetman , and not very invulnerable because there are so few missiles ( and they would not be ready until the next century ) . |