Example sentences of "[conj] a very few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless it is worth citing some instances where the continual use of one or a very few gestures can fully describe the feelings of some characters and convey their reactions to the circumstances of the plot or theme . |
| 2 | Many cases of resistance depend on only one or a very few genes . |
| 3 | In fact islands with multiple barrier reefs are unknown , although a very few double reefs are known . |
| 4 | In fairness , more than a very few did stand up to the committee in spite of the danger to their swimming pools and their popularity . |
| 5 | For I do not think it possible to study philosophy profitably without entering fairly deeply into the history of the subject , and for this there is not time at school , nor could it be a subject that would interest more than a very few pupils . |
| 6 | We need to remind ourselves of the variations between different types of employer , different types of job and different types of qualification ; but also of the difficulties employers may have in understanding the meaning of more than a very few qualifications . |
| 7 | It is clear that we do not in fact have the capability of sharply recalling more than a very few of our mental events as defined , even immediately afterwards . |
| 8 | Yes , computers have practically infinite branching capabilities , but this matters little when we are unable to foresee more than a very few of the more common possible learner responses . |
| 9 | In some cases this is apparently not as arduous a task as it may seem , simply because dischargers find it extremely difficult to portray themselves as ‘ similar ’ to their rivals on more than a very few criteria . |
| 10 | Non-swimmers wore coloured bathing hats ; those who could swim at least a length wore white hats , those who had passed the bronze medal wore black caps , and a very few wore silver for the silver medal . |
| 11 | After following ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ and ‘ Princess Elizabeth ’ last summer there was a wealth of material , but no outlet for it , and a very few production companies showed any interest . |
| 12 | All have telephone , most with views over the enchanting surroundings and a very few also have terrace or balcony . |
| 13 | Well Sandy , we 've only looked at a few of the things in your shed and a very few of your photographs but it 's been fascinating . |
| 14 | It showed that most species are patchily dispersed , while many appear to be randomly distributed and a very few are uniformly distributed . |
| 15 | Of this number the great majority went unrecorded , probably even unobserved , but a very few made such an impact on human affairs that they have become significant historical events , and have been described and discussed in the minutest detail . |
| 16 | But a very few aphids transmitting a virus can cause havoc to sugar beet , for instance . |
| 17 | The rewriting of all but a very few of these definitions was deliberately excluded from the programme of the Supplement , as it would have been both impracticable and prohibitively expensive . |
| 18 | The defendants ( A ) were officials of a union to which all but a very few watermen belonged and wished to bring pressure on C in connection with a grievance at another company controlled by him . |
| 19 | Assuming a mean temperature of 14°C for the earth and lower atmosphere as a whole , all but a very few homeotherms in tropical regions lose heat constantly to the environment . |
| 20 | Yet in all but a very few , it is people that are the organisation 's most costly and most valuable asset . |
| 21 | As figure 4.3 shows , in 1984 , 41.5 per cent of fulltime women workers were to be found in clerical employment , while a very few further occupational groups account for the rest of most women in paid work . |