Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] [adv] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the 1960s , Soviet economic relations with Latin America were highly sporadic , unstable and confined to only a few countries , principally Argentina and Uruguay . |
| 2 | Buddie had taken out his little silver tin and was in the process of rolling one of those thin straggly cigarettes that flared when lit and vanished after only a few puffs . |
| 3 | She too should find suitable work , and start with just a few hours , perhaps one or two days a week , before building up towards full-time work if she wishes . |
| 4 | Turner from St Michael 's Mission to the Blind , who had been attacked by dacoits a few days earlier and left for dead a few miles out of Shwebo . |
| 5 | The initiating processes in all these interactions are referred to as biological interface conversion processes and can be easily studied in the eye because contact lenses can be removed and analysed after only a few minutes ' wear . |
| 6 | There are undoubtedly great advantages to the student if a staff member transmits his ideas and experience to only a few individuals at a time in a tutorial session . |
| 7 | The ancient conception has enormous ethical and intellectual scope but applies to only a few people ; the modern conception concerns a limited number of protective arrangements which concern every member of society . |