Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dulles in any case made few friends among foreign politicians apart from the dour West German chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , and Jean Monnet ( chairman of the European Coal and Steel Community who was doing more than any other figure to create the sort of Europe desired by Washington ) . |
| 2 | The vitriolic attack on Mr Lawson in the Daily Mail had few supporters . |
| 3 | The labour force rose from 45 million in 1940 to 60 million in 1944 , and even the addition of many women and young people to the numbers at work caused few problems . |
| 4 | The campaign showed few issues and , with the Conservatives overwhelmingly backed up in the popular press , was wholly one-sided . |
| 5 | Opinion surveys showed that public ownership won few votes for Labour and that even many loyal supporters disapproved ofthe party 's commitment to further nationalization . |
| 6 | A LOW-KEY first half witnessed few chances until Cannon opened the scoring in the 35th minute with a cross-shot but Darwen equalised after the break through Pilkington . |
| 7 | The feeling was that Richards should have declared before he did as the last hour 's batting produced few runs , but when England set about playing out time , Larkins , having gone first ball in the first innings , lasted only one more this time . |
| 8 | None the less , the English Protestant outlook remained essentially parochial and chauvinist , and the ideology of international Calvinism made few converts . |
| 9 | A succession of bright alert female graduate assistants decided that the job offered few prospects for their particular talents and rapidly moved on . |
| 10 | Conditions in the camp were deplorable ; the temporary buildings had deteriorated considerably and the site had few amenities . |
| 11 | This group had few interests outside London . |
| 12 | The laity , therefore , became reluctant to invest in their local churches , while an impoverished ecclesiastical establishment had few resources to spare for its buildings . |
| 13 | The Fisher Row community had few surnames and they used the same Christian names over and over again . |
| 14 | As a trial for the Cheltenham Gold Cup , the outcome of the race caused few ripples in the ante-post market , although Chatam has shortened to a best priced 10-1 ( from 16-1 ) with Ladbrokes . |
| 15 | The captain spoke few words , but agreed that the crew were better than he 'd hoped for , and that the ship was a fine one . |
| 16 | Here , the District had few branches and had failed in its bid to secure funding for its own tutor-organiser . |
| 17 | The marginal impact on the local economy left few traces on the record . |
| 18 | Other important trading statements from Shell , Royal Insurance and British Gas caused few surprises and left little or no change in the share prices . |
| 19 | Even when the highest part of a secular model was more obviously tuneful than that of ‘ Misericorde au martir amoureulx ’ — as we shall see , such songs were very fashionable in Paris at this time and the composer took few pains to disguise it ( e.g. Gombert 's Mass ‘ Je suys déshéritée ’ on a chanson attributed in the earliest source , Attaingnant 's Trente chansons musicales ( Paris , 1533 ) to Lupi , in later ones to Pierre Cadéac ) , the incongruence evidently did not disconcert contemporaries . |
| 20 | The song contained few words and had a different lyrical slant than most of his material . |
| 21 | The total presented few problems to Southport , with Jamie Butler 's unbeaten 70 and Malcolm Swift 's 28 not out guiding them home in 21 overs . |
| 22 | The National Socialist League won few converts and lost most of its original members . |
| 23 | Setting up links between spreadsheet , chart and database presented few problems , and it 's the only package of the trio that fully supports Object Linking and Embedding ( OLE ) . |
| 24 | This Polish parliament had few friends . |
| 25 | Academy assistant manager Mette Doessing promised to look into Mr Doblin 's case , but said the hotel received few complaints about telephone charges . |
| 26 | The English church was thus an essentially Erastian church , and by 1500 the English crown had few reasons to complain about the otherwise privileged position that it had acquired within the realm . |
| 27 | Following the coup the ruling junta made few changes to economic policy . |