Example sentences of "[verb] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , until very recently , the leading ethnographers of the police made few disclosures on the difficulties they encountered , implying that their entry into the field and relations with police officers were unproblematic . |
| 2 | Throughout the colonial period they made little use of the judicial system set up by the British and made few requests of their administrators . |
| 3 | In 1963 he made few changes to Adenauer 's cabinet and emphasised the element of continuity in government , though his personal style was very different to that of ‘ the old man ’ . |
| 4 | Following the coup the ruling junta made few changes to economic policy . |
| 5 | Otherwise he made few changes in personnel . |
| 6 | Dulles in any case made few friends among foreign politicians apart from the dour West German chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , and Jean Monnet ( chairman of the European Coal and Steel Community who was doing more than any other figure to create the sort of Europe desired by Washington ) . |
| 7 | Klemperer made few records as an orchestral accompanist , and whilst listening to this performance , I was intrigued to know as to how far his towering musical personality affected Fischer 's own interpretation . |
| 8 | She made few demands on her parents but sat quietly , playing with an orange in a plastic mug . |
| 9 | Advisers in feedback sessions made few references to the self-appraisal and mostly reported on their own visits . |
| 10 | Like all professional photographers working for the city 's major advertising agencies , Tony Bowran 's diary offers few spaces for those not wholly involved with the business of photography . |
| 11 | Surely such a spot offers few inducements for its selection as a place of permanent abode … an area of Jews , thieves , rags , filth , foul smells , and wretchedness . |
| 12 | Beat work and manning the Dock gates produced few opportunities for praise . |
| 13 | They are mostly technical and make few concessions to the casual browser . |
| 14 | No responsible Opposition could , either — yet I have heard few thoughts from them tonight about how to deal with that effectively . |
| 15 | In fact without sufficient regular income , individuals can make few choices about their lives . |
| 16 | The president 's men hope the assembly will make few changes to the draft , which already grants the regions wide powers . |
| 17 | He described pre-1914 espionage as ‘ capital sport ’ , but was given few resources with which to pursue it . |
| 18 | Certainly for the king who died , and for the politicians who survived , the last two years of the reign had given few grounds for pleasure , in sharp contrast to the enormous activity and success of the previous decade . |
| 19 | Another problem is that the administration has given few details on the cash that it will put up to induce mining companies to begin new ventures . |
| 20 | The government has given few details of its hoarding scheme . |
| 21 | This suggests that many older people will experience few problems as the result of retirement . |
| 22 | Police are revealing few details about the fifth victim , who at this stage they are not linking definitely with the others . |
| 23 | Worryingly , the plan contains few details on how spending on the army and the bureaucracy will be cut — and it is excessively vague on other points . |
| 24 | This fractured pluralism , as I have described it , contains few points of common agreement . |
| 25 | But even if the Church takes this controversial step , there remains the fact that it has few structures for evaluating its chief resource . |
| 26 | The park authority itself has few powers over agricultural change — control of the largest and a few other farm buildings but little else — and must operate by giving counter advice and offering compensation to the Farmer who proposes an action that is seen to be damaging . |
| 27 | INSURANCE giant General Accident has few grumbles over its £21 million loss in the first six months of the year . |
| 28 | The human information processing system generally has few problems with spoken or written language , even when the stimulus is noisy or ambiguous . |
| 29 | The Office is currently considering the establishment of a computer-readable data archive ( CRDA ) , and although it has few answers to the problems facing the world archival community in such matters , I hope that it is in the position to ask some interesting questions . |
| 30 | Biodiesel , made from rapeseed , has few advantages over conventional diesel , according to a report by Germany 's Federal Environment Office , which states that there are cheaper and more effective ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions than by subsidising biodiesel production . |