Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , how important you think it is to justify your assertions will depend partly on what sort of writing you are engaged in ; a film review in a newspaper , for instance , is a genre where few assertions are justified . |
| 2 | True , there were few creature comforts behind the wheel and few concessions from the car itself once you were on the move . |
| 3 | Of course a woman should know her own mind and few men really relish a life with a clinging vine , but it can be taken too far . ’ |
| 4 | Arnold Schwarzenegger , man of action and few words on the big screen . |
| 5 | Much has been written about the ‘ new technology ’ methods currently being introduced throughout the newspaper and magazine industry but few individuals ever come into actual contact with the equipment and working methods they use , we merely read the end results at our breakfast table . |
| 6 | There are , however , advantages in delaying entry , particularly in this faculty where few subjects form part of the school curriculum . |
| 7 | It did so only at a price ; but it is the measure of his greatness that few others in ancient or modern times have attempted , let alone carried through , a comparable essay in the reorientation of Christian thought . |
| 8 | Independence , in so far as this entailed freedom from obligation to a politician , was thus restricted to men with independent wealth and few dependents , but for most freeholders the friendship of a politician was a necessity at some point in their lives . |
| 9 | Resistance , other than to the organocholorines , is confined so far to only five important malaria vectors so the potential for chemical control still exists in many parts of the world It is very easy to advocate the use of alternatives to these chemicals but if you examine those for vector control in detail you will find that most are directed against the aquatic stages of the mosquito and few cases of adequate malaria control by such an attack on any significant scale can be cited . |
| 10 | There is little or no formal requirement and few incentives . |
| 11 | The situation clearly needs to be monitored , but it is extremely difficult to prove discrimination and few bidders would wish to alienate potential clients . |
| 12 | THE BUDGET provided few crumbs of comfort for Scotland 's unemployed , with only one in 26 people out of work north of the Border benefiting from the measures , according to an analysis by Henry McLeish , Labour 's Scottish affairs spokesman . |
| 13 | Obviously , as a young woman , with only enthusiasm and few resources , I did not know that the Blackwomen 's Creativity Project would be creating history by staging exhibitions and events . |
| 14 | Corporate executives contemplating the possibility of being required to commit corporate crimes know that they face a regulatory agency which for the most part will be unable to detect what is going on , and in the minority of cases when it does , it will have no heart and few resources to pursue the matter into the criminal courts . |
| 15 | Taiwan suffered one of its periodic earthquakes early on the Tuesday of the following week , mercifully less severe than many and leaving Taipei itself badly rocked but suffering only superficial damage and few casualties . |
| 16 | It is perhaps because of the unpredictable nature of the outcome that few cases come to court on ultra vires conditions . |
| 17 | In practice registry work and the storage of ‘ dead ’ records have been given a low profile and few resources . |
| 18 | There had been no sense of impending crisis and few newspapers were seriously featuring the Falklands situation prior to the invasion . |
| 19 | The person who graduates from television 's school , then , is someone who has little imagination and few skills in logical analysis and critical discussion ; they have a marked preference for images rather than reality ; and a deep and increasing commitment to just one activity : watching television . |
| 20 | Large areas of India were at a virtual standstill on May 22 , with little public transport and few shops open . |
| 21 | Endoscopic ultrasound has been considered the best procedure for assessing the preoperative staging of oesophageal carcinoma but few studies have considered its efficacy in evaluating the response to chemo or radiotherapy . |
| 22 | Abbey National might be feeling perky at the moment but few others of the major players share its rosy view . |
| 23 | We chose 55–60 for screening by flexible sigmoidoscopy because few cancers occur before age 55 and the prevalence of distal bowel adenomas plateaus towards the end of the sixth decade , suggesting that most adenomas destined to develop in this region will have done so by this age . |
| 24 | For the few hours , the day or few days ' duration of the " event " , their labour force at the location in question increases many times in size . |
| 25 | Primitive their house certainly was , with its earthen floor , mud walls , thatched roof and rude furniture ; but it was imbued by those two remarkable and lovable people with a warmth that few homes can ever have equalled . |
| 26 | However , to Claudia , Dana was part of her — together they formed a whole that few sisters could hope to achieve . |
| 27 | There is nothing new in these guidelines , but there is evidence that few authorities are giving the issue the attention it warrants . |
| 28 | There was no short cut : farming was an art and few men had it unless they 'd come by it the hard way . |
| 29 | All this was indeed ‘ daring ’ stuff and few moviegoers in that 1914–16 period could have failed to appreciate that the messages were coming at them thick and fast as the motion-picture industry tried hard to prove that it was a mature social agency . |
| 30 | By 1900 no gentleman and few ladies would have gone out without a smart , tightly furled umbrella of black silk with a touch of silver on the handle . |