Example sentences of "with few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Macao 's economy has weathered the turmoil in China with few signs of damage . |
| 32 | The sandhills of Squires Gate Lane with few signs of civilisation , although the scrolled bracket poles lend a touch of elegance . |
| 33 | Despite a week of little rain the crystalline waters flowed well with plenty of power over countless drops , grade II–III to start , through rolling unspoilt countryside with few signs of habitation . |
| 34 | Carter entered office on a wave of enthusiasm , yet with few signs of a clear policy . |
| 35 | In a country the size of Zambia , with few telephones in rural areas and few reporters based anywhere outside the few major towns , it is impossible to check such a story speedily . |
| 36 | Individuals lower down the organisation may be given little responsibility with few decisions delegated down the organisation to them . |
| 37 | The Lesbianism and Socialism workshop raised many issues , but with few answers . |
| 38 | It was a table with few delicacies . |
| 39 | The pay is usually appalling for those who do n't speak much of any language but their own and want cash in hand with few questions asked . |
| 40 | Bare heads with few feathers enable them to reach into carcases of dead animals without becoming matted with blood . |
| 41 | The Chart parser thus fulfills the architectural requirements outlined above and , in addition , reflects the paring down of the graph-searching task to its barest requirements with few restrictions on how the graph should be constructed and explored . |
| 42 | Competition in a market with few suppliers , none of them controlling the market but each relatively large ( oligopoly ) is much more likely to be distorted if one of those suppliers takes over or acquires an interest in another , than in a market characterised by fierce competition among many suppliers . |
| 43 | This simplicity is , of course , in many respects the precise object of their management , because energy and nutrients are thereby channelled as directly as possible into human consumption with few sidechains and reduction in the losses involved in transferring energy between trophic levels . |
| 44 | They are square in plan and rise sheer to varying heights without ornament , abutment and with few openings . |
| 45 | The high school environment , it would seem , is one with few peaks and troughs , undemanding and emotionally flat . |
| 46 | The panel is not cut down though it may have had an adjoining predella and lunette with few areas of paint loss , and the intensity of the original pigments preserved . |
| 47 | The conditions for a girl friendly school may be more difficult to bring about , for it would seem that teachers must be openly and visibly concerned about equality before pupils will change their choices ; schools with traditional norms , limited or formal communication channels , and with few women in senior positions will be much slower to adapt to changed female expectations . |
| 48 | Only Haynes and Logie put up much resistance and 154 all out , with conditions improving all the time , presented England with few problems ; had the situation been reversed , one knew that West Indies would have won by eight or nine wickets , but English fans were happy enough to have six still in hand . |
| 49 | Eva 's knowledge of mathematics meant she could handle the budget at Usher with few problems — apart from the usual one of there never being enough money to do all that needed to be done . |
| 50 | The route from Bordeaux to Bergerac had been straight and fast , and presented her with few problems . |
| 51 | THE market continued to drift during the Wall Street holiday , with few investors prepared to put their hands in their pockets . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | Not surprisingly , Reilly has gone for tried and tested players , with few surprises , as he prepares for the most important assignment in his five-year international coaching reign . |
| 55 | After months of informal briefings , Novell Inc launched version 4.0 of its NetWare network operating system yesterday with few surprises . |
| 56 | A series of police operations in Istanbul , Ankara and Adana , mainly directed against safe houses of Turkey 's principal urban guerrilla organisation , Devrimci Sol , in which casualties were high with few prisoners taken , fuelled allegations that the police were shooting to kill with out giving a warning or an opportunity to surrender . |
| 57 | Butyl liners ( unless they are bonded to a coloured plastic , which adds a cost , with few benefits ) are black . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | Those early days , when he shared a hovel with Linder and Ian Devine , were spent with few friends and ‘ How Soon Is Now ’ , an indication that his personal situation had n't improved with success , was hardly the typical Top Of The Pops sentiment of the day . |
| 60 | Girls with few friends in childhood report more abuse , though this may be an effect of abuse and not a risk factor . |