Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typhoid is more difficult to eliminate because symptomless ‘ carriers ’ can transmit the disease to others , although most of the few cases today are imported ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 2 | For instance , one of the manuscripts containing a copy of only Book 1 , describes it as the first part of the book called " The Mirror of Contemplation by Canon Walter Hilton " ( Lansdowne MS 362 : Prima pars libri qui dicitur Speculum contemplacionis — Walterus hiltoun canonicus while one of the few manuscripts to contain Book 2 alone refers to it as " the secunde part of the reformyng of mannys soule drawyn of maister Watir hiltone hermyte " . |
| 3 | Last Friday I was there as usual with a few mates . |
| 4 | In 1835 , as one of the few surveyors with geological knowledge , he was seconded to work with ( Sir ) Henry de la Beche [ q.v. ] to add geological data to the Cornish OS sheets . |
| 5 | As one of the few insurgents with military experience he was a valuable recruit . |
| 6 | This ranks as one of the few occasions in the past 20 years when I have forked out for a little bottle . |
| 7 | As it is , he emerged as one of the few Democrats to have had a ‘ good war ’ . |