Example sentences of "[adv] few [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the positive part of conventionalism shrinks in practical importance in court , because there are so few occasions for judges to rely on law as conventionalism construes this , so this particular defense of the negative part becomes weaker , for the exceptions steadily eat up the rule . |
| 2 | The Cambridge Board also had its own resident tutor in the county even thus few opportunities for development were missed in the county even though thy LEAs support was limited to specific grant-aid for classes and courses provided by the district and the Cambridge Board . |
| 3 | This exemption aside , there are surprisingly few perks for the RIE . |
| 4 | There are relatively few customers for industrial kilns , but many consumers buying tins of baked beans ! |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the relatively few persons for whom special knowledge and training are reserved are freed so far as possible from the obligations of simple labour ’ ( Braverman , 1974 , pp. 82–3 ) . |
| 6 | And , despite the fact that employment is a means by which personal and social respect can be gained , it offers relatively few prospects for the presentation of ‘ self ’ as a unique individual . |
| 7 | The effect of restricting the offence to reckless driving , a restriction which was enacted in 1977 ( previously it had included dangerous driving , a less demanding standard ) , has been that relatively few convictions for this offence are obtained . |
| 8 | Studies such as these show that the workplace , although it may present relatively few opportunities for ‘ escape ’ is also a context within which personal identity and social esteem are formed . |
| 9 | Prostatitis is one of the very few conditions for which doctors may sometimes recommend more sex . |
| 10 | Although we are in a missionary situation very few plans for evangelism and church planting are being drawn up by British denominations . |
| 11 | There are very few patterns for the garter carriage , so to really use its full potential it is necessary to work out your own patterns . |
| 12 | There are , however , very few indications for tranquillizers in people who are experiencing personal and interpersonal problems . |
| 13 | There are very few facilities for the encouragement of effective communication in either church-related or general community development work . |
| 14 | In many small rural districts these obligations can effectively pre-empt almost all ‘ voids ’ ( vacancies ) occurring during the year and leave very few opportunities for housing applicants from the general waiting list . |
| 15 | Although they had checked twice before booking that there would be no smokers on their coach , the firm , Land Travel , had received too few bookings for the special trip and had consolidated the bookings with another coach party where most of the passengers were heavy smokers . |
| 16 | There are far too few illustrations for the size of the volume : ideally a dictionary of this size should contain many more , displayed in either date , alphabetical or country order , or perhaps in a comparative sequence . |
| 17 | There are far too few structures for democratic representation and control over union education , so that decision-making depends mostly on a smaller number of individuals . |