Example sentences of "[verb] few [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nell Gwyn offers few Guineas clues |
| 2 | On the one hand , there has been the approach which emphasizes the complexity of financial accounting and thus produces many user groups ( which we might call the differential approach ) ; alternatively , there has been the approach which emphasizes the commonalities and produces few user groups ( which we might call the integral approach ) . |
| 3 | They have thereby developed few class allegiances and few commitments to large-scale theories about how society is , or should be , organised . |
| 4 | The mentum is often ill-defined and has few muscle attachments . |
| 5 | Japan has few energy resources of its own and it has learnt to be frugal : energy prices are approximately twice those in Britain . |
| 6 | Although it has few pension funds , France will be especially suspicious of liberalisation . |
| 7 | Glucagon has few side effects , with headache and gastrointestinal upset being occasionally reported . |
| 8 | The annexe has few refectory facilities , and on some days it seems that the queue for the coffee machine snakes endlessly around the corridors . |
| 9 | Further , since the previous examination record of the majority of our students was the minimum required , we could anticipate few B.Ed candidates — even if students ' response to what we had to offer proved to be very satisfactory indeed . |
| 10 | It may be that the growth of desk-top publishing will allow a wider circulation of material ( a great advantage of Renaissance texts is that they present few copyright problems ) , but there is little evidence so far . |
| 11 | Allan Border might also have few cricket days left , but he and his team can , like Waddy 's , sow much goodwill and good work in an isolated cricket outpost this month . |
| 12 | 25g/1oz dried mushrooms , preferably ceps 500ml/1pt/2½ cups boiling water 25g/1oz butter 2 × 15ml/tbsp olive oil 1,800g/4lb joint boned and rolled rib of beef 1 clove garlic , crushed few drops Tabasco sauce salt and freshly ground black pepper 125ml/5fl oz/⅔ cup double or thick cream 1 egg yolk |
| 13 | This , she explained , is because the politics of the country have provided few government institutions or educational bodies capable of guiding people and industry through such an upheaval . |
| 14 | Despite having few home comforts , Clare is totally committed to what she is doing . |
| 15 | The party addressed much of its effort to workers and it enrolled few peasant members , yet the peasant question was central to its programme and during the revolution of 1905 it exerted considerable influence in the All-Russian Peasants ' Union . |
| 16 | When they understood what was expected we had few communication problems . |
| 17 | Most modern hymn books contain few office hymns . |
| 18 | Agathist , a good looking winner of National Hunt races for Gavin Pritchard-Gordon and David Nicholson is prone to leg injuries and makes few race course appearances but is hard to beat when he gets there all in one piece . |
| 19 | Structurally they have few cuticle appendages and the buccal capsule is vestigial . |
| 20 | They frequently work within structures of insecurity — their jobs are unskilled , poorly paid and often part-time ; they have few fringe benefits ; and they may work unsocial hours in poor working conditions , lacking the security of trade unions or protective legislation ( see Susan Lonsdale 's chapter in this volume ) . |