Example sentences of "[prep] few [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a time for few windows and we have many , and maybe it 's even a time for living in town or city with lights and movement and not just the dead nettles of the water meadow to gaze at . |
| 2 | Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble … |
| 3 | Government subsidies were also , in effect , greater for higher-density development ( subject to Parker Morris minimum standards ) , and all these factors have combined to militate against the building of few dwellings and small estates in isolated locations . |
| 4 | And it was here , after the house-warming party which began with hours of few arrivals and long silences , that she and Hugh had finished what was left of the Carafino and found themselves in the narrow bed in the basement where this dramatically argumentative child had been conceived . |
| 5 | He was a man of few words but many graphic gestures . |
| 6 | An appropriate name for a drama group of few words but plenty of action . |
| 7 | lead naturally to a consideration of market possibilities in which there is trade and negotiation amongst few traders and to the possibility of non-market institutions . |
| 8 | The problems of physical shortages and the volume of highly liquid financial assets accumulated during the war ( high incomes during the war period , with few goods and services to be bought , led to high savings ) probably meant that attempts to regulate the economy by monetary means would have failed . |
| 9 | ‘ Post-war buildings have a relatively thin structure with few columns and lots of windows , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Organisational structures are simple with few layers and few people in senior executive positions . |
| 11 | There are flourishing schools which reflect the growing affluence and improved living conditions of a portion of the population , but there are other schools which are little more than shells , with few materials and facilities . |
| 12 | It is an Accrington brick-built town with few pretensions and it no doubt contributed to saving Gedge from a terminal dose of wetness . |
| 13 | This simplicity is , of course , in many respects the precise object of their management , because energy and nutrients are thereby channelled as directly as possible into human consumption with few sidechains and reduction in the losses involved in transferring energy between trophic levels . |
| 14 | The high school environment , it would seem , is one with few peaks and troughs , undemanding and emotionally flat . |
| 15 | Those early days , when he shared a hovel with Linder and Ian Devine , were spent with few friends and ‘ How Soon Is Now ’ , an indication that his personal situation had n't improved with success , was hardly the typical Top Of The Pops sentiment of the day . |
| 16 | They lived as cheaply as possible , permanently on the brink of destitution , and were often withdrawn , self-isolating personalities with few friends and no contact with their families . |
| 17 | He could build his own Government with few debts or commitments . |
| 18 | He assisted nevertheless in keeping the Protectionist party together in a difficult period , with few resources and little help from his leaders . |
| 19 | The skua colony turned out to be impressive , with few eggs but a host of great and Arctic skuas all intent on protecting their chosen nest site at all costs . |
| 20 | At the other extreme , women still childless at age 32 were more likely to be from a professional background with few brothers or sisters , and with mothers who themselves married late , and to have more than average personal ambition and parental interest . |
| 21 | Most of those closed were known as paper or ‘ brass plate ’ banks — banks in name only , with few assets but with the precious protection of confidentiality and secrecy . |
| 22 | The analysis of such accidents is also bedevilled by the fact that they are scattered widely through residential areas , with few clusters or ‘ black-spots ’ in evidence . |
| 23 | Traditional grammar was developed on the basis of Greek and Latin , and was subsequently applied , with few modifications and often uncritically , to the description of a large number of other languages . |
| 24 | This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence . |
| 25 | She recalled her own efforts , with few words and much gesturing , to find out if she could collect the washing , all clean and dried , in two hours . |
| 26 | They are constructed with few weaknesses and have a sound , strong constitution . |
| 27 | It was a dour afternoon , with few men and women in the streets , which had a pinched , frozen look as if there were not enough fires burning in the houses to keep them snug . |
| 28 | The tendency was for buildings with a horizontal rather than a vertical emphasis , with few piers or columns or any obvious constructive members . |
| 29 | Around you will be young people , with few responsibilities and seemingly unlimited possibilities . |
| 30 | With few spares and no reserve aircraft , their service was not expected to be sustained . |