Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adv] few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For it is one of the most noticeable features of the " actually existing democracies " ( to adapt a useful phrase of Rudolf Bahro 's ) that the democratic principle is confined to a very few public institutions and many voluntary organizations , while a vast range of centrally important institutions continue to be run by largely unaccountable and unelected oligarchies and individual autocrats . |
| 2 | Clinton 's second allegation , that there has been collusion between the security forces and Protestant para-military groups , is based on a very few isolated cases in which part-time members of the Ulster Defence Regiment ( UDR ) have been found guilty of passing on sensitive information . |
| 3 | Beyond the shelf , accumulation seems to be concentrated In a comparatively few deep water basins . |
| 4 | Moreover , they are concentrated in a very few geographic locations . |
| 5 | Clearly the ornithologist must expect the evolution of agriculture to continue , and its most likely result will be to produce a much more uniform habitat with consequently a much less varied bird population than at present , composed of a comparatively few widespread and adaptable species . |