Example sentences of "the few areas [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At its best it remains one of the few areas of the modern press where imagination , honesty and idealism , however fatuous , can still , occasionally , be found .
2 Certainly it is one of the few areas of growth : between 1985 and 1990 the advertising spend in Britain grew 75 per cent , but the spend on direct mail grew 101 per cent .
3 These reasons may not be entirely true , but since formal advice on radon exposure was first issued in 1987 by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) great concern has arisen in the few areas of the country that have high radon levels .
4 For the men , work means construction or security — one of the few areas of economic expansion .
5 And in the few areas of the UK where fluoride is added to the water , dental carries have been reduced by around 50% .
6 One of the few areas of common ground which both Keynes and Friedman occupy centres on the definition of a state of overall full employment : full employment prevails when the aggregate supply of labour , L s , equals the aggregate demand for labour , L d , at a unique , market clearing real wage rate , w * ; .
7 This is perhaps one of the few areas in which more research may provide genuinely useful insights for more realistic conservation programmes .
8 Shetland is one of the few areas in Britain which remains free of feral mink .
9 It is after all one of the few areas in our lives over which we have control .
10 Indeed , this was one of the few areas in the early 1980s to be aware of the significance of these centres for early intervention in psychiatric illness , aimed at countering the drift of clients into inpatient facilities and dependency .
11 I was lucky to have chosen to work in theoretical physics because that was one of the few areas in which my condition would not be a serious handicap .
12 Firstly , the altitude and harsh weather in the winter meant Teesdale was not good for tree regeneration , so it is one of the few areas in England and Wales which never became deeply forested .
13 It was easily accessible from the Awash railway station and was one of the few areas in Abyssinia where wild animals survived in any number .
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