Example sentences of "[adv] few [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite research into some aspects of the error propagation issue in spatial data processing ( e.g. Blakemore 1984 ; Chrisman 1984 ; Drummond 1987 ; Goodchild and Dubuc 1987 ; Walsh et al. 1987 ) , Burrough ( 1986:103 ) correctly points out that ‘ It is remarkable that there have been so few studies on the whole problem of residual variation and how errors arise , or are created and propagated in geographical information processing , and what the effects of these errors might be on the results of studies made . ’ |
| 2 | The girl had lifted her head and turned her face towards him , though he could not flatter himself that she was looking at him ; rather at the image he drew before her , that spare portrait of the departed visitant , sketched in so few lines on the firelit air . |
| 3 | That is why so few books on the middle game , he wrote , though plenty on openings and endgames . |
| 4 | In attempting to specify the features of a viable socialist economy we are not embarking on entirely uncharted water , though there are surprisingly few texts on which to draw , given the size and long history of the Western socialist movements . |
| 5 | After an extremely mixed summer weather wise , the spell of good weather at the tail end was almost ignored in Snowdonia , with surprisingly few teams on the major crags despite the dry conditions . |
| 6 | In the industrial sector , for example , in textiles , there are still relatively few women on the shop-floor . |
| 7 | In a very few appearances on the mini tour , he accrued sufficient money to gain his card for the 1991 Volvo Tour . |
| 8 | There are very few women judges , and very few women on the boards of nationalized industries . |
| 9 | and they 'll do that and sort of get very few marks on it so watch |
| 10 | They did not pause on her arrival , though Alix , ever polite , waved obliquely to welcome her back : watching them , it occurred to Liz that perhaps in all the years they had all known one another , this was one of the very few occasions on which they had all been in the same room . |
| 11 | I suppose that there are very few places on Moila from which one can not see the sea . |
| 12 | Sixty-four years ago , when I was a small boy of eight , there were very few cars on the roads and we went everywhere by train . |
| 13 | Very few books on human rights are published in sub-Sharan Africa , both because of the fear of reprisals and because of economic constraints . |
| 14 | Very few books on human rights are published in sub-Sharan Africa , both because of the fear of reprisals and because of economic constraints . |