Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | An intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to a few |
| 2 | Laboriously tilled fields of corn became within a few hours torrents of mud , houses slipped down hillsides , church-towers were struck by lightning , sheep and cattle were carried away in swirling waters and dawn revealed their bloated corpses jammed against the piers of bridges that had themselves been partially destroyed by the weight and fury of the swollen waters . |
| 3 | It was only when I entered the Arab quarter , a network of dusty roads and wastelands of rubble interspersed with a few small houses just south of the city , that a Palestinian remembered the name . |
| 4 | There is no good evidence for the widespread and effective use of any methods of family planning outside a few élite or urban groups until the end of the eighteenth century ( Wilson 1984 , Livi-Bacci 1986 ) , and even then appliance methods do not become important for another century . |
| 5 | Here , clinging like autumn leaves to a few favoured trees , some 200m butterflies sleep through the winter . |
| 6 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
| 7 | Decorate with grated orange rind and serve warm with yogurt sprinkled with a few poppy seeds . |
| 8 | All are strongly seasonal , with activity limited to a few days or weeks in summer . |
| 9 | Another treats the upheaval as a crusade for liberty led by a few heroic dissidents . |