Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This infill bears few craters , and only a few craters have been partially obscured , indicating that the whole Caloris basin since its creation has suffered few impacts and is therefore comparatively recent . |
| 2 | The study identifies few holdings where the occupiers could claim ‘ primary dependence on farming as a livelihood ’ , and that there was no valid reason for those farmers to expect any benefit from the CAP . |
| 3 | Worryingly , the plan contains few details on how spending on the army and the bureaucracy will be cut — and it is excessively vague on other points . |
| 4 | Cold holds few fears for them . |
| 5 | The shelter sees many dogs which have just been dumped on Dartmoor — a favourite spot for ‘ losing ’ pets , as the wilderness has few witnesses . |
| 6 | The same applies today : contract law places few limitations on how parties may contract in the market and generally upholds the bargains struck . |
| 7 | Once the conditions for the enforcement of a charge have arisen English law places few constraints on the right of the security holder to enforce his charge and in this respect it is pro-security holder . |
| 8 | Provided the rain falls , and the grass grows , the team has few worries . |
| 9 | Rasbora daniconius has few devotees , often being dismissed as ‘ too ordinary ’ . |
| 10 | SLUSHY LOVE MATCH HOLDS FEW TWISTS |
| 11 | When it comes to mobilising support , the left wing has few lessons to learn . |
| 12 | As an object-lesson in how to reveal the personality and qualities of one composer by setting him against opposites , this record has few peers . |
| 13 | INSURANCE giant General Accident has few grumbles over its £21 million loss in the first six months of the year . |
| 14 | Today 's only surviving meeting presents few opportunities , but the Chris Nash-trained Jokester should brighten up a damp afternoon with victory in the Ruddington Handicap Hurdle ( 3.35 ) . |
| 15 | Like all professional photographers working for the city 's major advertising agencies , Tony Bowran 's diary offers few spaces for those not wholly involved with the business of photography . |
| 16 | In particular the deterrent effect is weak since the penalties for operating an illegal cartel are inadequate , and the Director General of Fair Trading has few powers to intervene and initiate investigations in situations where there is a suspicion that a secret cartel is in operation . |
| 17 | After an insect has emerged from the egg the completed head shows few indications of a segmented origin apart from the fact that it carries paired appendages . |
| 18 | The backdrop of 1950s Harlem is violent and sinister and the direction pulls few punches . |
| 19 | Actually , I think that life has few pleasures to compare with dam-building . |
| 20 | The church contains few memorials , the earliest being the grave of John Colard , with the inscription : " Nuper unius clericorum , regis in scaccario son per XXXVII anno , et Margerie , confortis ejusdem , Quorum animabus " . |
| 21 | The city centre has few residents left . |
| 22 | The live recording shows few signs of an audience present and is evenly balanced between voices and orchestra . |
| 23 | Although the county possesses few equivalents of the great churches built by wealthy communities elsewhere in England , it has a wealth of small-scale buildings in a range of styles imported in the latest continental fashion and modified by local needs and customs . |
| 24 | Duty of care presents few problems in this area . |
| 25 | The report makes few comparisons , however , between the cost of renewables and that of nuclear power . |
| 26 | The Minister has few suggestions on how to combat that problem and the Government have cut the number of customs officers by 400 . |
| 27 | THE sky is no limit for John Broome so an international airport holds few fears . |
| 28 | A dissenting member has few options available to it in making its protest . |
| 29 | Her down-at-heel 1940s hotel on the edge of the Mexican jungle has few guests , but each is extraordinary — from the defrocked priest ( Alfred Molina ) to an artistic spinster ( Eileen Atkins ) . |
| 30 | The annalistic tradition has few facts to relate ; a few purchases of corn in times of famine , and the offer to Delphi after the destruction of Veii . |