Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other cases , strong feelings have been aroused , and there has been one electronic punch-up. stated quite reasonably that Sheffield United are crap , and Julie Donnelly , a list member with Blade tendencies , told him what she thought of that in many words of few syllables . |
| 2 | Bare heads with few feathers enable them to reach into carcases of dead animals without becoming matted with blood . |
| 3 | Why did graptoloids have an evolutionary trend from many branches to few branches ? |
| 4 | And it was here , after the house-warming party which began with hours of few arrivals and long silences , that she and Hugh had finished what was left of the Carafino and found themselves in the narrow bed in the basement where this dramatically argumentative child had been conceived . |
| 5 | Some urban estates , partly as a result of allocation policies , are effectively one-class areas with few examples of success , clearly labelled by their architecture and appearance is distinct from the rest of society . |
| 6 | Although it is clear that mountainous areas with few nearby notable pollution sources are receiving their pollution burden from regions or countries several hundreds or thousands of kilometres distant , it is difficult to determine precisely from which source or sources the pollution originated . |
| 7 | Scotch Whisky provides 15,000 jobs , many in rural areas with few alternative opportunities . |
| 8 | Will the Minister therefore consider a way to equalise national sponsorship from business , so that areas with few opportunities can derive some of the benefits from areas with ample opportunities ? |
| 9 | It is particularly important to remote rural areas with few employment opportunities and to industrial areas experiencing high unemployment . |
| 10 | Some schools in affluent industrial districts could profit from the scheme while those in rural areas with few companies nearby would have little chance of extra support . |
| 11 | One reason the central bank has been able to keep money tight is that the victims of bankruptcy have so far been mainly property- or finance-related companies with few employees . |
| 12 | In 1947 over half the mornings and one-third of the evenings were owned by companies with few or no other newspaper interests elsewhere . |
| 13 | A wealthy lifestyle is likely to be reflected in a site yielding many finds of high quality ; sites with few finds of a consistently poor quality suggest a relatively low standard of living . |
| 14 | They will generally consider construction developments only on prime sites with few planning problems , preferably a freehold pre-let scheme , using an established developer . |
| 15 | This may be too large ( or too small ) inconveniently situated for transport , social support , shops etc or in an isolated locality in a confusing environment , eg in a multi-storey block or a large housing estate which can lead to difficulties in orientation liable to vandalism in poor repair be poorly insulated/difficult to heat have dangerous wiring Elderly owner-occupiers with few financial resources have particular problems ; others may have resources but do not recognise the need for repairs . |
| 16 | Another advantage of small chips with few address lines is that each cell of a chip only stores a very crude fragment of knowledge about the image on the retina . |
| 17 | Now the areas of sands and gravels have dry soils with few chemicals for crops . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | The other is dominated by workers with few skills , other than their willingness to work the hours required by their employers . |
| 20 | THIS year 's Oscar race is the closest for years with few clear favourites in any category . |
| 21 | Hedges with few shrub species , wire fences , or even no features at all , can all mark the edge of early documented parishes . |
| 22 | Secondly , this transfer punishes local authorities with few residential care homes and cuts off money for future expansion . |
| 23 | Groups with few functions of this kind ( such as technicians , scientists , teachers or many professionals ) are distinguished as potential allies of the working class in promoting socialism . |
| 24 | The genus as a whole shares its virtuous qualities with few others in the marine aquarium hobby . |
| 25 | Politicians cling to the rhetoric of socialism while supporting a system which delivers great riches to few businessmen , and profitable cuts to the civil servants and politicians who hand out licences . |
| 26 | They lived as cheaply as possible , permanently on the brink of destitution , and were often withdrawn , self-isolating personalities with few friends and no contact with their families . |
| 27 | So he 'd been to the doctors about few weeks ago and he 'd been repairing his shed , said there was water coming in and he went to he said oh you 've pulled a ligament or something he said , it 'll take weeks for it to clear up but anyhow he went back again about a fortnight ago . |
| 28 | Wilson was almost on his own , confidently predicting the success of a strike in which the leaders of few other unions believed . |
| 29 | Easily Accessible : Downhayes is set in an area of small working farms with few public footpaths in the immediate area . |
| 30 | This phenomenon was more marked in the three model biles with few vesicles remaining after the addition of 10 µmol/ml of lecithin . |