Example sentences of "in [det] [coord] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem here is not so much to prevent partners leaving before reaching retirement age ( any such general prohibition would be unrealistically restrictive in all but a few firms ) as to ensure that as little damage is done to the firm as possible when they do . |
| 2 | For example , foreign electronics firms have pre-empted the creation of a domestically-owned electronics industry in all but a few countries . |
| 3 | Schools in all but a few pockets of the county are expected to find enough people willing to stand for election in September when 1,600 governors are due to be appointed . |
| 4 | The Scottish Institute , however , feels that the system is ‘ satisfactory in all but a few cases ’ . |
| 5 | As suggested above , one of the central planks in Lord Devlin 's argument that the law does not simply exist to protect the individual , but also to protect society , was the fact that in all but a few cases the victim may not consent to the commission of an offence against themselves . |
| 6 | In all but a few cases their treason had been petty , enlisting in the German ranks after being taken prisoner or something of that sort . |
| 7 | In all but a few cases interviews were taped . |
| 8 | In all but a few cases , a solution will be provided immediately or within a couple of hours . |
| 9 | Registered land conveyancing is delightfully simple , both as to deducing and investigation of title , and official forms are obtainable that , with minor adaptation , will serve in all but a few cases . |