Example sentences of "scarcely any [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were scarcely any towns of significance near Poltava . |
| 2 | If the hon. Gentleman had showed even a tiny amount of the indignation that he expresses about empty houses in Swindon in relation to all those in areas under Labour control , there would be scarcely any problems of homelessness in Britain . |
| 3 | Scarcely any aspect of life in the countries where he passes his voluntary exile has failed to incur his pessimistic censure . |
| 4 | I consider this to be substantially true , and particularly true of my own childhood , although in this case there was scarcely any need for translation . |
| 5 | If this was a late addition , one that went into the quarto at the last minute , the printer may have lost four lines of type in the process — or even cut them in order to be able to finish Act 3 tidily on the last page of a quarto sheet : the very next page , as it happens , which left scarcely any room for manoeuvre . |
| 6 | This unexpected blow left the Big Five ( as the Cabinet Committee came to be called ) with scarcely any room for manoeuvre . |