Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] with few " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Some plants , most notably grasses , can be consumed without much difficulty and with few penalties , but a surprising number defend themselves . |
| 3 | I was n't a particularly happy person at the time ; lonely , in a rather dead-end job and with few personal relationships . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They are square in plan and rise sheer to varying heights without ornament , abutment and with few openings . |