Example sentences of "few [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile pacifists were generally content with the abstract moralizing suggested by the Manchester Guardian 's opposition to the formation of a Liberal Foreign Affairs Committee on the grounds that the ‘ success or failure [ of foreign policy ] depends on the application of a few simple principles to facts which as a rule are not very numerous nor very complicated . ’ |
| 2 | The few contemporary references to Traherne which survive all speak highly both of his learning and of his character . |
| 3 | As I expected , there was no evidence of an alternative culture , and there were no obvious homosexuals , though I received a few long looks from passers-by which I was careful not to return . |
| 4 | One of the few circumstantial items of information we have suggests that if the Romans had not destroyed Carthage the Carthaginian intellectuals , like the Greek intellectuals , would have become pro-Roman . |
| 5 | There can be few other places in Europe which offer the wildlife art student such a plethora of interesting species ; Black Necked Grebe , Spoonbill , and Purple Heron to name only a few . |
| 6 | The Center is one of the few Christian organisations in Japan which are actively concerned with social and political issues affecting the life of the nation . |
| 7 | There are a few reported cases of lesbians who have been infected with HIV through sex with other women . |