Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had , after all , just spent some years in a country where shortages were common and varieties of goods few . |
| 2 | Though the man in front of him looked human enough , he had the voiders in tow , and spoke with knowledge of things few humans had access to . |
| 3 | Her long dark tailored suits , with ridiculously feathered matching hats pinned to silvery hair , gave her the respect of all and an air of authority few would dream of challenging . |
| 4 | However , as Captain Robert Cunningham pointed out , as watchman Main was actually paid his £15 , while in his promoted post he had not been appointed to any port and held an appointment as tidesman at large , which meant that he was only paid when he was actually employed , and Haldane interest with the commissioners would make his tours of duty few and far between unless he experienced a timely political conversion . |
| 5 | He brings to his games an intensity of concentration few can match , but he has always found Karpov a very difficult opponent . |
| 6 | It appears that for these types of conditions few new cases are identified in later life . |