Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] this [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the old Roman city was revived and became London again , from the late ninth century on , one of its prime functions in the eyes of King Alfred and his successors was as a bulwark against the Danes ; his boroughs had a major defensive role to play , and London was the greatest of them — one of the very few cities of this age which came wholly to fill a Roman enceinte . |
| 2 | During the first few months of this year I made extensive fuel consumption checks and my overall mpg is 22.73 . |
| 3 | Here they had to part with their horses , for of course there could be accommodation for only a few animals in this castle itself . |
| 4 | Samuel is one of the few informants in this study who was actually born in Jamaica and spent several years there . |
| 5 | It seems that every few decades in this country we have a major battle over divorce law reform . |
| 6 | ‘ That is one of the exceptions , made by one of the few directors in this country who has huge energy , a great deal of talent and knows how to address an audience . |
| 7 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
| 8 | There will be very few privacies in this family which wo n't be relevant to your investigation , Commander . ’ |
| 9 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |
| 10 | One is the actual career breaks that happen for any woman , unless she is in a very highly paid job , where she can afford child care of her own , or unless she 's in those very few jobs in this country which actually erm are with employees who are responsible enough to either provide their own child care , or to allow women those sorts of career breaks in order to bring up children . |