Example sentences of "and few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of neither plan was attention drawn to this fundamental change in the plans accompanying the text , or at public consultation displays , and few members of the public have therefore been aware of the prevailing washed-over status of Skelton , and consequence consequently of the intended change to it . |
| 2 | The wooden articles became very popular in the gift and souvenir markets and few resorts or other places of interest in Britain were not represented both by name and a view on the list of decorations available from Smith 's boxworks . |
| 3 | She had n't a penny piece with which to bless herself and few skills . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There was no precedent for this holy marriage of radiant beat tunes and absorbing , idiosyncratic words and few parallels since , no matter how hard a welter of imitators tried . |
| 6 | THE PATTERN OF PARLIAMENTARY ENCLOSURE IN NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE This ‘ open ’ pattern of compact villages and few roads and lanes should be compared with Fig. 7 , which shows the ‘ close ’ pattern of early medieval colonisation on the heavy London Clays of south-east Hertfordshire . |
| 7 | A Supreme Soviet of fine words and few deeds could quickly become just an irritant , a scapegoat for a ‘ democratization ’ which does not put goods in the shops . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , strips are generally unpopular with female guests , and few hoteliers can boast well-lit mirrors which eliminate shadows and flatter the skin tone . |
| 10 | Many teenagers feel embarrassed when asked to sing , and few adults are heard singing around the house or whistling on street corners . |
| 11 | Although behind them was a six-foot-high beer-bottle , with the red-lettered statement ‘ A Man 's Drink ! ’ across it , they superimposed upon it a silent and rocky country where there was always a wind blowing with a touch of rain on it and few birds sang . |
| 12 | With its sounds of many cars and few birds , dawn faded . |
| 13 | The impact of any examination of variation between brooches in early Anglo-Saxon England is lessened by the near-absence of moulds , and few studies have been made . |
| 14 | And few players could require more . |
| 15 | In the twentieth century the focus of government policy shifted from the judiciary to the police , and few changes were made in the structure or procedure of the courts . |
| 16 | You did the job in hand the best you could and few things irritated her more than people wasting energy bemoaning the starving millions . |
| 17 | Try and few things on and go from there in n it ? |
| 18 | There were few mouldings to interrupt this pattern and few corners or sharp edges . |
| 19 | These buildings are not large or ornate ; they were usually very sturdily built to withstand the elements ; the roofs normally have stone slates ; and the walls are plain , with little ornamental carving and few mouldings . |
| 20 | There had been no sense of impending crisis and few newspapers were seriously featuring the Falklands situation prior to the invasion . |
| 21 | In online catalogue searching , the mean number of significant words is usually a little over two and few searches contain more than three words . |
| 22 | And few bids have ended up in bankruptcy . |
| 23 | Limited bedding and few pillows — people seem to prefer to take their own . |
| 24 | Very few classrooms are without this almost traditional teaching aid , and few teachers omit to use it . |
| 25 | These cultures are viewed as remote and distant , and few teachers go out into the community to learn or take part in community activities … |
| 26 | Many nomads have settled in villages , bringing with them their ancestral compositions and weaving techniques , and few villages have escaped the broader cultural and rug-making influences spreading outwards from the towns . |
| 27 | The British hardly conceived the French could be defeated and few Americans expected to be embroiled in a global war . |
| 28 | And few Americans are bothered by this either . |
| 29 | Some destruction has been effective , papers still private conceal the sources of some important decisions , and few states permit access to their most recent archives . |
| 30 | By this time , the hour was getting late , and few lights burned in the windows of the Salamanca household . |