Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] few [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Thus circumgranular ( or rim ) cements ( Fig. 5.24a ) form where there are many nucleation sites on a sediment grain , whereas poikilotopic cements ( Fig. 5.24b ) are the result of few nucleation sites and , in general , slower crystal growth .
2 Barron and Norris ( 1976 ) suggest that the labour market is divided into two segments — a primary sector which provides skilled , secure work at good levels of pay which is reached by long promotion ladders , and a secondary sector characterized by unskilled , insecure work with few promotion prospects and low levels of pay ( see figure 4.6 ) .
3 It is particularly important to remote rural areas with few employment opportunities and to industrial areas experiencing high unemployment .
4 They will generally consider construction developments only on prime sites with few planning problems , preferably a freehold pre-let scheme , using an established developer .
5 Another advantage of small chips with few address lines is that each cell of a chip only stores a very crude fragment of knowledge about the image on the retina .
6 Hedges with few shrub species , wire fences , or even no features at all , can all mark the edge of early documented parishes .
7 Nevertheless , as an oral drug with few side effects , it may find a role in maintenance suppression in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection .
8 Traditionally , psychiatric hospitals have worked a two-shift system by day with few meal breaks and with a limited overlap in the middle , whereas acute hospitals tend to provide unpaid meal breaks and large overlap between the morning and afternoon shifts .
9 At a time of few exchange controls , vast sums of money can be freely moved around by companies , investment managers and individuals to obtain the best return and seek the safest protection of capital .
10 It differs from the rest of Newham in that it is less typically an inner-city area and rather more middle class with few tower blocks and a higher proportion of owner-occupied housing .
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