Example sentences of "[conj] by [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The valleys of the choked and overflowing streams were speedily transformed into long stretches of bog , impassable except by a few well-defined tracks , which became marks for the enemy 's artillery . |
| 2 | 13–1–1877 Christmas passed off here very quietly , little notice being taken of it except by the few English residents amongst us . |
| 3 | This latter conclusion would be held by many psychologists and by a few sociologists , and it is a consistent one , given positivist premises . |
| 4 | This in fact became so only because of the policies Wilson adopted in the way of providing arms to the other side , for which there was insufficient compensation from the rather half-hearted support given by the Soviets and by a few other countries to the Biafrans . |
| 5 | Though agreed between the parties , these proposals were bitterly attacked by some Conservatives as destroying the traditional upper House and by a few Labour members as creating a large new area of patronage for the Prime Minister . |
| 6 | So oligarchy meant government not simply by a few , but by a few of the " rich and well-born " ; democracy was government by the many poor . |