Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large wheatfields have few earthworms for baby starlings , with the result that many starve . |
| 2 | Flat hierarchies have few layers of management with large spans of control ( see figure 25 ) . |
| 3 | Sown grasslands support few insects , mammals or birds . |
| 4 | However , by early Tudor times this had changed , and strangers , though still a substantial element , were generally less in evidence than in rural parts , while natives show few signs of having flocked in to replace them . |
| 5 | On the other hand , an unmuzzled ferret is more capable of looking after itself underground and the most powerful rats present few problems the ferret can not master . |
| 6 | European and Asian countries , where companies have few scruples about exploiting their American rivals ' legal handicap , could pass anti-bribery laws of their own and TI says that it will lobby for such legislation . |
| 7 | But workers say few employees will volunteer for redundancy when they 've little chance of finding another job . |
| 8 | Surface waters retain few algae from the summer crop ; there is little light , and the amount present is insufficient to stimulate the cells to division . |
| 9 | In England and Wales , most of the major housing associations ' tenants have few rights of democratic control over their landlords . |
| 10 | Whatever the style , congregations show few inhibitions in facial expression and in their use of the body to express devotion . |
| 11 | Although most trees produce few seeds in any year , the energy stored in each seed is sufficient for a seedling to grow for several weeks with little or no photosynthesis . |
| 12 | Compared with equivalents in the rest of India , these households have few servants — often only one . |
| 13 | But it is true that , with some 70% of outstanding shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the vaults of friendly business partners , Japanese firms are under little pressure to increase dividends and their managements have few fears of being replaced in a sudden stockmarket coup . |
| 14 | As Orcs keep few records of any kind it is uncertain what happened to Gorbad . |
| 15 | He argues further that from a legal point of view objectors have few opportunities to present an effective case . |
| 16 | As a result , publishers have few costs to charge writers and composers against their publishing royalties . |
| 17 | Police have few leads or useful descriptions . |
| 18 | Cetaceans have few predators other than man . |
| 19 | While some policies contain few features that their opponents can interfere with — laying down , for example , a clear duty to provide a particular service or benefit — others , such as the DHSS commitment to the development of community care for the mentally ill , depend heavily upon the commitments of implementers , and are relatively easily diverted in other directions or even rendered ineffective . |
| 20 | Women hold few seats : in the late 1980s , about 30% in the Nordic PR countries , 5-20% in many others whose parties , in filling the party lists used in PR , take little , if any , note of this ; and 5-15% in FPTP countries . |
| 21 | Almost entirely agricultural in the past , records show few references to other occupations , but a brickmaker lived in Sancton in 1851 . |
| 22 | Galbraith , as always , writes in pellucid prose , and has not lost his talent for demonstrating that our rulers have few clothes when it comes to justification of their economic policies . |
| 23 | Casual encounters on the beat are kept to a minimum by the public , primarily , the police claim , as a result of intimidation , and constables get few opportunities to display the interactive skills that might foster good community relations , although the rare occasions when this happens are seized upon by the men and recalled with pleasure thereafter . |