Example sentences of "[art] [adv] few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For among the rather few objections by Pound that Eliot paid no attention to were one or two which would have required him to make consistent , in terms of locality and historical period , some of his references to London life . |
| 2 | Nor were the comparatively few letters of Walter Machin himself much more revealing . |
| 3 | I begin here , therefore , with a discussion of the relatively few reports of attempts to replicate and extend his findings . |
| 4 | We are ( sadly ) used to antagonism from some anglers and landowners but when a leading conservation officer says ( as has been reported ) that the World Wild Fund for Nature 's contribution of around £40,000 would be well worth while if boats were kept off one mile of water , it is hard to swallow , especially when you bear in mind the relatively few miles of water which are available to use even with the protection of the Rights of Way Act ! |
| 5 | The very few cases in point suggest that his confidence would not be misplaced . |
| 6 | Tanzania is one of the very few countries in Africa that broadcasts in only one African language plus that of the former colonial power . |
| 7 | Salt was one of the very few necessaries of life that could not be produced anywhere and had to be transported from the centres of production on the sea coasts , on tidal rivers , and from certain inland centres . |
| 8 | He was one of the very few men of science who gave a welcome , albeit qualified , to Vestiges ( 1844 ) presumably because he could see the wood for the trees ; but when the Origin of Species came out in 1859 he disliked it heartily , and became one of the most formidable opponents of Darwin and Huxley . |
| 9 | There were a very few sources of material which were unrationed : parachute nylon could be bought sometimes and this was used for underclothes and men 's shirts . |
| 10 | The other evening , with the help of a lot of film , he put the spotlight on a very few areas of endeavour where he thought we might be actually going right . |