Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this storm of righteous indignation few commentators made the important but disheartening point that , except in moments of obvious crisis , the man in the street was as a rule little interested in foreign policy questions . |
| 2 | When international marketing first appeared as a distinct subject few writers described it by any title other than that . |
| 3 | After a dangerous illness few patients willingly looked back . |
| 4 | Zweig explains that faced with the vast quantities of surviving documents in conventional archives few historians can be comprehensive , but with an electronic archive and a toolchest filled with versatile software historians could work with digital information more exhaustively ( 1993 : 256 ) . |
| 5 | Even with child the woman was incredibly lovely , a graceful creature with an aura of that unique beauty few women possessed . |
| 6 | Worst match I 've ever seen ? losing away to Frickley Athletic in a pre-season friendly aa few years back — even worse than losing at home to Chester in the league/milk/littlewoods/whatever cup |
| 7 | We do not know if the cause is genetic , the result of physical or mental antecedents such as infection or early childhood experiences or , as has been suggested by some observers , the outcome of growing up feeling disaffected and disenfranchised in a rejecting society which offers black people few prospects of work , wealth and the good things in life to which white people aspire . |
| 8 | Further , although half were involved in general inspection few advisers wanted to spend more time on it ( again senior staff were the exception ) . |
| 9 | Edward gave successive popes few grounds for complaint with regard to episcopal appointments . |
| 10 | In the congested space few bullets could have missed their mark and the slaughter would probably have continued but for the presence of mind of the officer in charge of the war drums , who ordered them to beat the signal for silence , when the madness ceased as soon as it had arisen . |