Example sentences of "in very few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the long housing period very close attention at lambing was possible resulting in very few losses . |
| 2 | Rather , they represent ( in very few pages ) the continuities of people 's lives through and beyond the ordinary accidents of birth , marriage , death , fortune and misfortune . |
| 3 | The interactions of X-rays with living tissues were studied in very few laboratories , perhaps because physicists working with the new rays were not usually well informed about the biological problems which might be worth approaching , and biologists lacked the background and training in physics necessary to use X-rays in their work . |
| 4 | In practice it may be possible to make an enlightened guess as to the origin and type of infection involved , but in very few cases can the physician be one hundred per cent sure of his diagnosis . |
| 5 | In very few cases should human beings be tempted to fight violence with violence . |
| 6 | In very few seasons , the practice of jumping off mountains with a ram-air parachute in tow , and prolonged descents with steerable harness has accelerated design at a rapid rate . |
| 7 | ‘ In London , in 1934 when the knowledge of the power of the atom was a dream in very few minds , ’ Dr Tariq said , ‘ there was a Hungarian refugee . |
| 8 | The House has , however , departed from its own previous decisions in very few cases . |
| 9 | 1980 ) were involved in very few interactions with their teachers . |
| 10 | In very few places does this economic function survive . |
| 11 | In very few cases is homework a freely chosen option and the more women are trapped into it the more likely is the erosion of services , nursery centres and transport , to trap them into it . |
| 12 | In very few education committees did the passing of the Act cause any change in the selection process at all ; in many the change was cosmetic . |
| 13 | In very few instances are we considering sites which were especially close to large or varied supplies of stone . |