Example sentences of "[verb] few [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular the deterrent effect is weak since the penalties for operating an illegal cartel are inadequate , and the Director General of Fair Trading has few powers to intervene and initiate investigations in situations where there is a suspicion that a secret cartel is in operation . |
| 2 | The city centre has few residents left . |
| 3 | However , the skilled human reader has few problems reading text in many different fonts , including new ones , or with handwritten material , including un-familiar handwriting . |
| 4 | Siemens is keen to add more logic devices to its semiconductor line , and Hewlett has few licensees fabricating Precision Architecture — and several US chipmakers fabricate more than one RISC family . |
| 5 | The annalistic tradition has few facts to relate ; a few purchases of corn in times of famine , and the offer to Delphi after the destruction of Veii . |
| 6 | When it comes to mobilising support , the left wing has few lessons to learn . |
| 7 | Actually , I think that life has few pleasures to compare with dam-building . |
| 8 | With so many players forced to defend , Everton found few opportunities to attack in any strength . |
| 9 | The instrumental guitar album boom of recent years has seen few players survive with their credibility intact . |
| 10 | I have seen few women smoking a pipe . |
| 11 | Social workers appear to expect few benefits to accrue from residential care . |
| 12 | Important decisions have been put on hold and departmental press offices , including the normally hard-pressed unit at Downing Street , have had few calls to field . |
| 13 | Viscount Eversley , who as Charles Shaw-Lefevre had just retired as Speaker , like the Duke of Buccleuch , appears to have had few qualifications to enable him to assess the competition and in the end , like the Duke , was not involved in the final outcome . |
| 14 | Casual encounters on the beat are kept to a minimum by the public , primarily , the police claim , as a result of intimidation , and constables get few opportunities to display the interactive skills that might foster good community relations , although the rare occasions when this happens are seized upon by the men and recalled with pleasure thereafter . |
| 15 | In Bangor 's Good Temple Hall , where all five candidates held their only public meeting together under the auspices of the Christian Election Forum , Mr Kilfedder lost few opportunities to emphasise his lengthy Westminster experience to an audience of more than 300 . |
| 16 | Given what has happened in Britain , certain enterprises could lend themselves to being sold to the Polish public who , surprisingly , might have few difficulties putting up hard cash to buy shares . |
| 17 | The overall effect of the system therefore , it could be argued , was to produce a rather impotent self-evaluation which took few risks followed by a local inspection little different from that of any other LEA . |
| 18 | Even when the highest part of a secular model was more obviously tuneful than that of ‘ Misericorde au martir amoureulx ’ — as we shall see , such songs were very fashionable in Paris at this time and the composer took few pains to disguise it ( e.g. Gombert 's Mass ‘ Je suys déshéritée ’ on a chanson attributed in the earliest source , Attaingnant 's Trente chansons musicales ( Paris , 1533 ) to Lupi , in later ones to Pierre Cadéac ) , the incongruence evidently did not disconcert contemporaries . |
| 19 | Juveniles dominated the exposed shore and she thought few adults survived more than two years . |
| 20 | Under the circumstances it was almost unbelievable that there were do few problems given the fact that ticket holders could see so little of the action . |
| 21 | Not only do few children enter school with a wide repertoire of nursery or religious songs learnt at their parents ' knees , but many primary schools lack a full-time music specialist . |
| 22 | As Sir John Fielding put it in 1758 : The infinite variety of professions , trades , and manufactures joined to the army , navy and services , leave few men idle , unless from choice ; whilst women have but few trades , and fewer manufactures to employ them . |
| 23 | So , around the middle years of the nineteenth century , Britain was seen to have acquired a new liberal constitution — that is a constitution of limited public participation where there was an executive which was responsible to a directly elected parliamentary assembly and which had taken few powers to intervene in economy and society . |
| 24 | If time is of the essence , sole trading or partnership may be the preferred forms , since they require few formalities to commence trading . |
| 25 | Anne managed to get a few days off work during his ten-day leave , and as he had few relatives to visit , they were able to spend blissful hours alone . |
| 26 | He was a Persian provincial governor , whose powers had few limits provided he stayed loyal . |
| 27 | One survey indicates that their average age was over 55 ; they had a strong leisure orientation , and had few plans to expand their businesses ( Perry 1982 ) . |
| 28 | In 1825 , however , he badly needed money to finance his Italian armies and had few options left but to convene the long-neglected Hungarian parliament . |
| 29 | The English church was thus an essentially Erastian church , and by 1500 the English crown had few reasons to complain about the otherwise privileged position that it had acquired within the realm . |
| 30 | The laity , therefore , became reluctant to invest in their local churches , while an impoverished ecclesiastical establishment had few resources to spare for its buildings . |