Example sentences of "[noun pl] had few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1970s eurobonds were typically placed in managed accounts , international investors had few alternatives to eurobonds , and there was high demand for bonds , all these factors suggesting ease of entry . |
| 2 | He was a Persian provincial governor , whose powers had few limits provided he stayed loyal . |
| 3 | Most Americans had few regrets about Batista , but the Eisenhower administration watched Castro carefully . |
| 4 | Post-war children had few clothes , because of rationing ; but not only scarcity , rather names like barathea , worsted , gaberdine , twill , jersey … fix them in my mind . |
| 5 | Apart from the Labour party and public-sector trade unions , the nationalized industries had few friends by 1979 . |
| 6 | Although the students had few problems in discerning a variety of viable strategies for presenting new lexis in such a way that learners might be thought to be able to perceive its meaning without the intervention of English , the areas of structure and discourse proved less tractable . |