Example sentences of "[be] few [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly there are few barriers to filling the site 's personal computer with survey data , but what can be done with it ? |
| 2 | There are few tears to be shed . |
| 3 | There are few lessons to be learned from history . |
| 4 | There are few diamonds to be found , nor is there much cocoa ; and considering the amount of space the Pacific commands it might seem a little odd ( unless one remembers the geology ) that only a fifth of the world 's proven oil reserves are there . |
| 5 | The authors quoted above , Brewer and Hills , stated that ‘ It is significant that there are few references to evaluation in the literature of reader instruction and until very recently they have been virtually non-existent ’ . |
| 6 | There are few votes to be won in the rich white suburbs by promising to move poor blacks there . |
| 7 | Other assessment and gatekeeper roles exist because , at least in the past , there have been few alternatives to doctors as sufficiently skilled and entrusted guardians of limited public resources . |
| 8 | There appear to be few limits to the human capacity to learn . |
| 9 | And I 'm sure there 'd be few objections to such a worthwhile cause . |
| 10 | Although the growth of Brighton accounted for some of this expansion , most of the burden fell on an economic base too narrow to cope adequately , there being few alternatives to agriculture . |
| 11 | Wherever she turned , there were few answers to her frustration . |
| 12 | There were few fences to be seen with zero grazing of cattle and ‘ herding ’ of sheep being common . |
| 13 | There were few exceptions to the rule that the peoples of Siberia were illiterate before the Russians came . |
| 14 | There were few guests to be seen . |
| 15 | Innovation and experimentation in the classroom , both in educational content and teaching methods , were discussed but there were few examples to be seen in practice . |