Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herein are contained significant elements of the dominant nineteenth-century ideology of local government-depoliticisation , economy and utilitarianism — around a limited conception of municipal enterprise that bore few traces of the brand of municipal socialism forced onto the political agenda by the labour group . |
| 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 | The client , who generally accepted the traditional process , also accepted the form of contract for what it was : a formal document encapsulating the procedures which seemed to work well and produced few disputes . |
| 4 | I walked around the bedroom which , unlike mine , was neat and showed few signs of its occupant : a small pile of books , with Psychological Correspondences on top ; a pair of flesh-coloured tights drying on a radiator ; some cosmetics . |
| 5 | It became even more individualistic and displayed few signs of the closely knit and hierarchically organized structure of the previous era . |
| 6 | WPC Dick 's salutary essay ( 1985 ) changed little and generated few ripples on the ACPO pond , while one of the most powerfully critical books on policing in recent years ( Jones 1980 ) seems to have had little effect on the structures of the organization , except , perhaps , to help draw its author — then a chief inspector — into the ACPO ranks . |
| 7 | It contained no clues to Henry 's professional interests and gave few hints about his private tastes . |
| 8 | One survey indicates that their average age was over 55 ; they had a strong leisure orientation , and had few plans to expand their businesses ( Perry 1982 ) . |
| 9 | In 1825 , however , he badly needed money to finance his Italian armies and had few options left but to convene the long-neglected Hungarian parliament . |
| 10 | Although he had passed Responsions and had few debts at Oxford except for books , his father was already apprehensive about the cost of an Oxford education , with Ernest in his final year of training to be an art-teacher and Reggie with a consuming passion for Shakespeare and the stage , and no other interest . |
| 11 | The sergeant knew she was a tough woman and had few weaknesses . |
| 12 | Whoever used it did so rarely and left few traces . |
| 13 | ( This is how the story is recorded in Luke 13:6–9 , where the fig tree stood for the self-righteous people , such as the Pharisees , who made a great show of their religion but produced few results . |
| 14 | Chris reckons she put about 650 letters through the doors of her neighbourhood , but had few replies . |
| 15 | Palestinian nationalists remained opposed to Abdallah 's plans but had few alternatives . |
| 16 | In an effort to market Leapor 's poetry as that of a natural genius , the note to the first volume attempts to minimize her reading : ‘ Mrs. Leapor from a Child delighted in reading , and particularly Poetry , but had few Opportunities of procuring any Books of that kind ’ [ ML , 1 , p.i ] . |