Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] 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 | There are , however , advantages in delaying entry , particularly in this faculty where few subjects form part of the school curriculum . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There was reduced income because few houses were sold and there were high overheads and staff outlays to manage an increasing stock of unsold houses . |
| 6 | The deeper forests are virtually hostile territory where few humans venture . |