Example sentences of "[noun sg] with few [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is a piece with few reasons to be a film , and mercifully few pretensions to cinematic status . |
| 2 | May British courses are constructed on exposed land adjacent to the sea , or on rugged heathland with few trees . |
| 3 | Sarah came through the first week of marriage with few hopes of real happiness , though she was pleased enough with her elevated circumstances . |
| 4 | This simplicity is , of course , in many respects the precise object of their management , because energy and nutrients are thereby channelled as directly as possible into human consumption with few sidechains and reduction in the losses involved in transferring energy between trophic levels . |
| 5 | Whatever Aachen may have been in the past , it has settled down now to being a prosperous commercial town with few pretensions . |
| 6 | It is an Accrington brick-built town with few pretensions and it no doubt contributed to saving Gedge from a terminal dose of wetness . |
| 7 | Both the French government and French farming unions traditionally favoured linking farm incomes mainly to prices rather than to " social handouts " ( although , according to the Financial Times of May 22 , there was in late 1991 " a growing realization by farming leaders that some kind of social help was needed to enable an ageing farming population with few successors to retire peacefully " ) . |
| 8 | This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence . |
| 9 | The sandhills of Squires Gate Lane with few signs of civilisation , although the scrolled bracket poles lend a touch of elegance . |
| 10 | Individuals lower down the organisation may be given little responsibility with few decisions delegated down the organisation to them . |
| 11 | The two other big diversified computer companies are Unisys Corp at $8,400m or so , and NCR Corp at $7,100m — only the same size as Apple Computer Inc , a pure personal computer play with few designs on the data centre — and if AT&T Co is really serious about making it big in the computer industry , it will soon have to start thinking of buying NCR a present — and Unisys begins to look tempting now that James Unruh has finally got the company onto an even keel and Unisys ' own mainframe millstones under control . |
| 12 | While some checklists may simply identify a list of ‘ useful linguistic skills ’ which may serve as a selection menu with few constraints on the sequence in which separate items are taught , those which are based on a developmental sequence place strong constraints on the selection of teaching objectives . |
| 13 | receiving secondary education was checked by the presence of a divisive system of private education with few parallels in other countries . |
| 14 | Rain guessed what had caused such changes : the realization that her talent did not stretch very far ; the passing of a way of life which had been so thrilling ; impending old age with few friends , little money and no certainty of a roof over her head . |
| 15 | Despite a week of little rain the crystalline waters flowed well with plenty of power over countless drops , grade II–III to start , through rolling unspoilt countryside with few signs of habitation . |
| 16 | Cream or white flesh with few blemishes . |
| 17 | Even if an officer is working on a pollution problem requiring repeated visits , he continues to do the unpredictable wherever possible to provide the polluter with few opportunities to organize his activities so as to create a spurious impression that things are under control . |
| 18 | It is a society with few sanctuaries when protectors turn upon you . |
| 19 | For example , a pupil who is mastering literacy and numeracy with few difficulties will spend a considerable amount of time in the ordinary classroom , but another may need a good deal of specialised help and be at a stage of going to only one or two lessons daily in the fully integrated situation . |
| 20 | He could build his own Government with few debts or commitments . |
| 21 | ‘ I gather that he led a lonely life with few friends . ’ |
| 22 | To a small parish church with few resources , the laws of copyright may seem somewhat overbearing . |
| 23 | At the other extreme , women still childless at age 32 were more likely to be from a professional background with few brothers or sisters , and with mothers who themselves married late , and to have more than average personal ambition and parental interest . |
| 24 | Not so long ago , a haulage company would send its drivers out into the world with few opportunities to communicate with then until they returned . |
| 25 | Born n 1939 he lived in Sighthill , an estate on the city fringe with few facilities for anything but basic living . |
| 26 | The panel is not cut down though it may have had an adjoining predella and lunette with few areas of paint loss , and the intensity of the original pigments preserved . |
| 27 | The pay is usually appalling for those who do n't speak much of any language but their own and want cash in hand with few questions asked . |
| 28 | After the fighting had ceased women would go out and scavenge amongst the bodies , removing useful clothing and equipment which could be passed on to others , They became very skilful in preparing food with few resources , relying on the plants and small animals in the area they were camped . |
| 29 | ‘ Post-war buildings have a relatively thin structure with few columns and lots of windows , ’ he said . |
| 30 | The Scottish Nationalists are also considering a programme of civil disobedience in protest at a fourth term of rule by a party with few seats north of the border . |