Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there appear to be few operational savings planned from combining the two groups , three major benefits are expected to result from the merger : |
| 2 | There appear to be few limits to the human capacity to learn . |
| 3 | But there appear to be few clear criteria governing the selection of these specialities and those which are experimental are not monitored or evaluated in any rigorous way ( Hogg 1988 ) . |
| 4 | Links with parents and with associated schools — which were reported to be few and far between — could have been developed in this situation . |
| 5 | There would appear to be few situations when access to the premises at high level would be of value or desirable in emergencies . |
| 6 | There seemed to be few females outwith these two categories . |
| 7 | Woburn usually sees one or two newly-rebuilt Moths appearing each year but these seemed to be few and far between this time although one impressive exception was Torquil Norman 's immaculate DH.90 Dragonfly G–AEDU which made its debut here finished in a smart red and silver scheme . |
| 8 | There seemed to be few ethnic minority children , one in each class perhaps , certainly none in the youngest group . |
| 9 | On the other hand there seem to be few who favour : |
| 10 | There seem to be few other candidates for such a mystery . |
| 11 | While it is difficult to give definitive answers to questions about control , the prevailing pattern does seem to be loose and informal : there seem to be few cases of actual censorship . |
| 12 | We can not expect to detect boundaries bottom-up , since there seem to be few reliable cues to word boundaries . |
| 13 | First , small farmers are many — while bigger farmers tend to be few . |
| 14 | In the wild , there tend to be few old-man babirusas . |
| 15 | First a request , and no more than a request , for an amendment to the order or some sort of assurance concerning its implementation ; these tend to be few in number . |
| 16 | Since by the end of the period there appeared to be few unworked fields left within the discipline , its overall stability seemed endangered by excessively specialized work . |
| 17 | Since most societies would appear not to match up to Goody 's ideal , there would seem to be few studies that can avoid the question . |