Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were few players who were not complete gentlemen . |
| 2 | There were few mouldings to interrupt this pattern and few corners or sharp edges . |
| 3 | The Malthusian of June 1914 estimated that 100,000 women a year took drugs to induce miscarriage , and there were suggestions at the time that there were few mothers of large families who had not attempted abortion . |
| 4 | There were few evaluations of successful innovation which matched , for instance , the clarity of Warburton and Southgate ( 1969 ) in their work on the initial teaching alphabet . |
| 5 | In 1988 , more than 14,000 arrived in Hong Kong but there were few offers of permanent resettlement for them elsewhere . |
| 6 | There were few Americans who were not relieved when at last , in January 1973 , the long-drawn out peace talks in Paris produced a truce . |
| 7 | It was nearly two o'clock and there were few soldiers drinking the hot soup and ersatz coffee . |
| 8 | There were few outcries by settlers , as in France with regard to Indo-China and Algeria , no crisis comparable with the chaotic fate of the former Belgian Congo , no agony approaching that of the United States over Vietnam . |
| 9 | He had been shooting since he was about five years old ; there were few clubs or competitions around at the time but the Scorton was one of the leading ones . |
| 10 | Now there were few options open to her ; rather on the old side to be sure of getting married , she decided to do what most of those who wanted to survive usually did : she left Frome . |
| 11 | There were few records kept , and those were transferred on to tape by the Americans years ago . |
| 12 | There were one or two controversial incidents , such as the Kallicharran run-out , over the years , but it was generally agreed that these arose from misplaced exuberance rather than any darker motives ; and despite his South African origins , there were few complaints when he replaced Denness as captain in 1975 . |
| 13 | There were few complaints about the mode of election . |
| 14 | There were few adults with them , but those who recognised Burun bowed . |
| 15 | writes : The Guinness PLC Annual General Meeting held on May 26th was well received in the circumstances by the City and shareholders alike — there were few surprises . |
| 16 | There were few casualties on shore but forty-five seamen lost their lives when their ships sank . |
| 17 | There were few predictions of a Tory victory at the next general election and even some concern that the country might topple over into serious civil strife . |
| 18 | Administration of IPV resulted in substantial increases in the seroprevalence and GMTs 4–6 weeks after vaccination , but there were few differences between the study groups when antibody titres were measured 13–17 months later . |
| 19 | There were few things more calculated to endear a prince to his subjects than a display of stern retribution on unjust officials . |
| 20 | There were few women in senior positions in the school and it was widely rumoured that being Catholic and male were important factors in staff appointments in Bishop McGregor School . |
| 21 | In Scotland too , apart from Edinburgh there were few women compositors . |
| 22 | But there were few women involved . |
| 23 | There were few difficulties in actually introducing a worker into a client 's home ( although some , to be discussed below , developed later ) . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , among the middle class , there were few institutions so revered as the schools , and their influence in clubs was held to be of great consequence as reformers regularly called for public-school men to come forward to work in the clubs . |
| 25 | Born and dying within a decade of each other , both lacked formal university or professional training , both rejected Christian dogma but felt lost without it , both carved out careers for which there were few models , and both preferred to work with men , refusing to acknowledge the personal benefits gained from the feminist struggle . |
| 26 | Having completed his course , he found that there were few vacancies for horticulturists and he is once again on the dole . |
| 27 | It involved quick learning of the part , for she would have to appear at the matinée ; but in fact there were few lines to say , and most of the acting involved being laid on a sofa by a young man and proposed to , after various adventures which were mostly physical . |
| 28 | Life had been-kind to her and there were few lines on her face , except in the corners of her eyes and around her swanlike neck just beneath the chin . |
| 29 | There were few customers and the landlady had been leaning over the bar reading the Daily Mirror . |
| 30 | But ‘ there were few signs as yet that standards of work were benefiting as a result . ’ |