Example sentences of "[noun sg] and few " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , there were few creature comforts behind the wheel and few concessions from the car itself once you were on the move . |
| 2 | Also , when describing the work in a bookshop few of them mentioned the fact that the bookseller had to decide what books to buy for his stock and few realized how much financial expertise was needed . |
| 3 | Of course a woman should know her own mind and few men really relish a life with a clinging vine , but it can be taken too far . ’ |
| 4 | With a heavy workload and few specialized staff , for some councils conservation has taken second place . |
| 5 | Arnold Schwarzenegger , man of action and few words on the big screen . |
| 6 | Independence , in so far as this entailed freedom from obligation to a politician , was thus restricted to men with independent wealth and few dependents , but for most freeholders the friendship of a politician was a necessity at some point in their lives . |
| 7 | Resistance , other than to the organocholorines , is confined so far to only five important malaria vectors so the potential for chemical control still exists in many parts of the world It is very easy to advocate the use of alternatives to these chemicals but if you examine those for vector control in detail you will find that most are directed against the aquatic stages of the mosquito and few cases of adequate malaria control by such an attack on any significant scale can be cited . |
| 8 | The relatively simple early house , with its common hall and few private rooms in a single storey , gave way to a more complicated pattern of two-storeyed dwellings with a number of much more specialised rooms . |
| 9 | It is nonetheless clear that many valuable initiatives in the care of frail elderly people have arisen from the voluntary sector and few would seriously dispute a model of partnership between voluntary and statutory endeavour . |
| 10 | There is little or no formal requirement and few incentives . |
| 11 | Palestine was still an all-Arab question and few believed that it would be recovered save through the united endeavours of the Arab states . |
| 12 | The situation clearly needs to be monitored , but it is extremely difficult to prove discrimination and few bidders would wish to alienate potential clients . |
| 13 | Most writer were left a little bemused by the change and few viewed it with the clarity of Lorraine Edwards in the Nottingham Evening Post . |
| 14 | The directors of Kelso , however , are disappointed at the continual absence of southern trained horses at their meetings , though half the prizes are at around £1,500 to the winner and few above the £2,500 mark . |
| 15 | Obviously , as a young woman , with only enthusiasm and few resources , I did not know that the Blackwomen 's Creativity Project would be creating history by staging exhibitions and events . |
| 16 | Corporate executives contemplating the possibility of being required to commit corporate crimes know that they face a regulatory agency which for the most part will be unable to detect what is going on , and in the minority of cases when it does , it will have no heart and few resources to pursue the matter into the criminal courts . |
| 17 | I have no doubt that if the ground is in his favour Carvill 's Hill will start a good favourite and few will want to oppose him . |
| 18 | Brazil provides a particularly interesting terrain for this study because it has a very limited social security provision and few effective laws in the area of employment protection . |
| 19 | Returning to education at any time is not easy with small children , little money and few available childcare facilities , but it can be done . |
| 20 | Taiwan suffered one of its periodic earthquakes early on the Tuesday of the following week , mercifully less severe than many and leaving Taipei itself badly rocked but suffering only superficial damage and few casualties . |
| 21 | In practice registry work and the storage of ‘ dead ’ records have been given a low profile and few resources . |
| 22 | Perhaps surprisingly , even today most of these metals are still of considerable importance and few ‘ new ’ metals have superseded them except for certain specialised uses ; one metal unknown to the ancients which is used in large quantities today is aluminium . |
| 23 | The ferret is generally recognised as a powerful opponent and few other creatures would want to do battle with her . |
| 24 | Vegetables formed the basis of the medieval peasant 's diet and few were able to eat meat regularly . |
| 25 | There had been no sense of impending crisis and few newspapers were seriously featuring the Falklands situation prior to the invasion . |
| 26 | Most of them would never set eyes on the place and few felt any loyalty towards it . |
| 27 | The person who graduates from television 's school , then , is someone who has little imagination and few skills in logical analysis and critical discussion ; they have a marked preference for images rather than reality ; and a deep and increasing commitment to just one activity : watching television . |
| 28 | Large areas of India were at a virtual standstill on May 22 , with little public transport and few shops open . |
| 29 | There was no short cut : farming was an art and few men had it unless they 'd come by it the hard way . |
| 30 | All this was indeed ‘ daring ’ stuff and few moviegoers in that 1914–16 period could have failed to appreciate that the messages were coming at them thick and fast as the motion-picture industry tried hard to prove that it was a mature social agency . |