Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] a [adv] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , they are concentrated in a very few geographic locations . |
| 2 | Beyond the shelf , accumulation seems to be concentrated In a comparatively few deep water basins . |
| 3 | Even the works of a poet such as Spenser , highly acclaimed by many other contemporary writers and influential on them , were only available to be read by a very few . |
| 4 | Although there are specialist personnel and industrial relations roles , we found that in smaller firms the negotiations with trade unions were carried by a very few managers . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If I stayed on at Bletchley — which I was reluctant to leave — I should scarcely ever see Leslie before the invasion of France , which we all knew was expected within a very few months . |