Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few will tire of the vast range of activities and attractions offered by these resorts , but for a change , the incomparable beauty of Venice — Italy 's unique waterways city of stunning mirror image landscapes — attracts like a magnet few will resist , and further afield , Veneto unfolds a host of other magical towns and monuments waiting to be explored . |
| 2 | Reach out here ( whoops ) for a cleansing few gulps of … |
| 3 | As a spectacle few events match the ADT London Marathon . |
| 4 | Such were the army , in which both George I and George II took a strong personal interest , and foreign policy , about which as a rule few ministers knew or cared very much . |
| 5 | Expert systems can teach people with a patience few human instructors could ever display . |
| 6 | The entry for ‘ home ’ , for example , defines it in several ways , including a sense few male lexicographers would ever consider : most women 's place of work . |
| 7 | No doubt it will have given satisfaction to the chairman of BR and his chief executive as they sit , to quote your article , ‘ in their new headquarters building next to Euston Station … ( feeling ) … confident about the future in a way few other British executives might , notwithstanding the recession ’ and waiting it would seem , either for rescue in the form of ‘ more generous ’ support for rail from the present government ( ‘ always mindful that its majority is dependent of MPs representing the London commuter belt ’ ) or , conversely , a doubled grant from a future Labour administration . |
| 8 | Also , when describing the work in a bookshop few of them mentioned the fact that the bookseller had to decide what books to buy for his stock and few realized how much financial expertise was needed . |
| 9 | But even improbably swift , prudent action , does not solve the problem of the GDR 's lack of any other reason for existence except a Socialism few now want . |
| 10 | This challenges the assumption that such programmes are of interest only to a specialist few : |