Example sentences of "few [noun pl] in [det] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The language that most of the home computers are used with is BASIC , and although there are a few words in that language which look like English words , like ‘ If ’ and ‘ Let ’ and ‘ Go to ’ and perhaps some others depending on the dialect of BASIC that you have , these words do not work in the way that ordinary English speakers are used to . |
| 2 | Here they had to part with their horses , for of course there could be accommodation for only a few animals in this castle itself . |
| 3 | Samuel is one of the few informants in this study who was actually born in Jamaica and spent several years there . |
| 4 | It seems that every few decades in this country we have a major battle over divorce law reform . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | A major part of the effort in user education in university and polytechnic libraries is the preparation of guides to the subject literature , guides to individual reference works , guides to particular forms of literature , guides to techniques of information handling etc , and there are few libraries in these sectors who do not have at least a dozen in current production . |
| 7 | There will be very few privacies in this family which wo n't be relevant to your investigation , Commander . ’ |
| 8 | In all probability there were always a few freeholders in any county who could be prevailed upon in this way to swing their votes behind a candidate who offered a guarantee of advantage . |
| 9 | 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 . |