Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [prep] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tested this by measuring museum skins to compare tail dimorphism ( male:female tail length , standardized to body length ) in pairs of closely related , long-tailed species , which differed in the shape of their long tails but in few other potentially confounding variables . |
| 2 | He was heading for a desolate inland area in the north-east , a region without large cities and with few towns , a flat endless landscape of black earth , dotted with primitive cottages made of sods of turf and sticks . |
| 3 | Some plants , most notably grasses , can be consumed without much difficulty and with few penalties , but a surprising number defend themselves . |
| 4 | I was n't a particularly happy person at the time ; lonely , in a rather dead-end job and with few personal relationships . |
| 5 | At the centre , community care has been talked of for thirty years and in few areas can the gap between political rhetoric and policy on the one hand , or between policy and reality in the field on the other hand , have been so great . |
| 6 | The frequency with which the operation is carried out depends upon the plants involved and the compost or soil in which they were originally planted , but its need becomes apparent when the leaves of the plant become yellowish and get progressively smaller , and the blooms are of poor colour and with few petals . |
| 7 | The third common explanation suggested that growing up in a white racist society and with few positive black public images created low self-esteem and self-concept in black children which in turn led to poor performance in schools . |
| 8 | They are square in plan and rise sheer to varying heights without ornament , abutment and with few openings . |
| 9 | Long was supported by the bulk of the English county members but by few of the party 's men of talent . |