Example sentences of "[am/are] few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few north of Bramber and Hailsham . |
| 2 | It also tends to reduce the scope for independent software firms : there are few software houses not working for the computer manufacturers . |
| 3 | There are few film directors who can resist a good car chase . |
| 4 | This identification and sense of hope are technically possible in the home situation or in hospital but here is a serious risk that family members or medical and nursing staff will , by their own concerned actions intended to help the sufferer to eat , actually thereby enable the addictive disease to continue : there are few hinge the disease likes more than getting other people ( rather than the primary sufferer ) to take responsibility . |
| 5 | There are few aquarium fish which are so uniformly peaceful and easily-maintained as the rasboras . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've done 35 Cowes Weeks and nine Fastnets , ’ said Simms , ‘ There are few yachting challenges left to me except , say , the America Cup . ’ |
| 7 | This has not removed the danger of war but it has certainly perverted the concept of defence — there are few defence systems which are not actually war machines . |
| 8 | We are not used to such notions and there are few world religions that still offer ‘ sacrifices ’ . |
| 9 | In central Australia there are few mountain ranges but a large proportion of land is perfect for sheep farming with the ground being 0–1000m . |
| 10 | There are few party political policies or strategies that apply to tourism . |
| 11 | AS the weather causes chaos with the fixture list there are few betting propositions on offer , but the final event of the day at Nottingham this afternoon is worth waiting for . |
| 12 | As for the physical appearance of the people who left behind their stone tools and food refuse , Singer and Wymer can say little because , compared with animal bones , there are few human remains in the deposits and they are mostly fragments of skulls and jawbones and teeth . |
| 13 | There are few community councils in Wales which do not have some area of countryside or open ground where nature flourishes , be it inland or on the coast . |
| 14 | THERE are few sporting events which capture everyone 's imagination . |
| 15 | Psychiatrists may increasingly be working alongside general practitioners , but there are few training posts in community psychiatry . |