Example sentences of "[noun pl] but few " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many custom and fine chemical manufacturers but few , if any , have EFC 's long experience in multi-step , complex , organic synthesis — knowledge gained from years of experience in the manufacture of photochemicals , dyes and pharmaceuticals . |
| 2 | There had always been cities providing a variety of religious , political , and commercial functions but few contemporaries doubted that the industrial city of the nineteenth century was a new phenomenon . |
| 3 | The four days of the Congress so far have witnessed much angry barking by Communists and their allies but few proposals with which to attack the government . |
| 4 | The government denied involvement in Toro 's activities but few observers believed that he had been acting on his own initiative . |
| 5 | Algae , mosses , liverworts and lichens have many preadaptations but few special adaptations for polar life . |
| 6 | There 's plenty of information on the packs but few tell you exactly how much sugar is present . |
| 7 | All hospitals held induction courses but few of the consultants were personally involved . |
| 8 | For example , the historian who is studying a parish in the Sussex Weald might get more enlightenment from an analysis of the economy and social structure of a wood-pasture community in the Forest of Arden than from a comparable study of a nearby parish on the South Downs , which might offer some rewarding contrasts but few points of similarity . |
| 9 | Cities are the inverse , containing individual blocks , streets but few voids , lungs : an excessive impression of solid mass and a zero expression of space . |
| 10 | It requires a commitment to the art of loving and experiencing feeling that many women but few men are prepared to make . |
| 11 | Much has been written about the ageing of Western populations and its economic consequences but few realise the extent of demographic change and its full implications into the twenty-first century . |
| 12 | We struggled this year with quite a lot of helpers but few with any previous experience . |
| 13 | But Carrington did not get to go there , and secrecy was high , with many rumours but few facts . |
| 14 | Others may use what they have learned to ‘ handle ’ male colleagues but few are able to influence the masculine value base of their work places . |