Example sentences of "have few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Observers commented that the limited extent of the survey favoured London , which has few shopping or residential areas close to parliament , at the expense of cities such as Rome , which has a dense central street pattern . |
| 2 | The mentum is often ill-defined and has few muscle attachments . |
| 3 | Japan has few energy resources of its own and it has learnt to be frugal : energy prices are approximately twice those in Britain . |
| 4 | Although it has few pension funds , France will be especially suspicious of liberalisation . |
| 5 | Glucagon has few side effects , with headache and gastrointestinal upset being occasionally reported . |
| 6 | The annexe has few refectory facilities , and on some days it seems that the queue for the coffee machine snakes endlessly around the corridors . |
| 7 | Allan Border might also have few cricket days left , but he and his team can , like Waddy 's , sow much goodwill and good work in an isolated cricket outpost this month . |
| 8 | Despite having few home comforts , Clare is totally committed to what she is doing . |
| 9 | When they understood what was expected we had few communication problems . |
| 10 | Structurally they have few cuticle appendages and the buccal capsule is vestigial . |
| 11 | They frequently work within structures of insecurity — their jobs are unskilled , poorly paid and often part-time ; they have few fringe benefits ; and they may work unsocial hours in poor working conditions , lacking the security of trade unions or protective legislation ( see Susan Lonsdale 's chapter in this volume ) . |
| 12 | The librarians in the academic sector are particularly aware that students have few library and information needs and problems it the outset of their academic careers , but are mindful nevertheless that they may not have easy access to the students ( especially in the polytechnics and the universities ) until a much later stage of their courses , if at all . |