Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think again : by and large , America has made remarkably few mistakes in the region since the end of the Gulf war . |
| 2 | She has since toured extensively in the USA and parts of Europe , but has made very few appearances in these islands . |
| 3 | If you have made too few contributions to qualify for the basic pension , you may be able to use some of your ex-husband 's contribution record to build up your pension to the full amount . |
| 4 | He said that in the last two years he had met very few institutions which had not cut back their system budgets following the 1987 crash in share prices in the stock market . |
| 5 | He had met very few Americans in his life and his image of New York was a product of films and gialli , the thrillers he loved to read . |
| 6 | The past year has seen very few problems concerning the administration of drug testing programmes . |
| 7 | One Manchester United fan insisted he 'd seen very few disturbances . |
| 8 | I think it is strange that he has had so few affairs and he is 30-years-old , ’ she says . |
| 9 | I 'm surprised I 've had so few reactions but its holiday time and I guess a lot of people have smiled anyway and remembered its the ‘ silly season ’ ! |
| 10 | ‘ At only 30 , I still feel I 've got as few years left and my family and I would like to stay in England . |
| 11 | Detroit 's electronic foragers have had pitifully few outlets in Britain — but it is in countries like Belgium , Germany and Holland that Detroit 's sonic architects are honoured and near-deified ( obviously they 're too deep for new jack wank-happy US ) . |
| 12 | Mr Kirk says he 's had very few complaints about the letter . |
| 13 | ‘ Indeed the magistrates ’ clerk has been particularly helpful and we have had very few hitches . ’ |
| 14 | If the patient takes more medicine than they need then there will be over-reaction but I have had very few cases of over-reaction and always the state produced has calmed within a day . |
| 15 | Some of those who thought the statement was true may have had very few experiences of extended dreams , and for them " dreaming " may literally consist of some recollections of thoughts or images which occurred immediately before waking up . |
| 16 | Bridget Ewing has had very few enquiries about Residential Homes ' Membership and she would be pleased to hear from more teachers involved in these type of classes . |
| 17 | Since 1962 they have had very few opportunities to express their opinions in the national press , and even less on radio and television . |
| 18 | Therefore , DEC has sold very few machines in anticipation of the new range , but sales and marketing activities will be greatly stepped up when it arrives . |
| 19 | On the other hand , critics claim that the government has allocated too few resources to housing and has given too little emphasis to the needs of those ‘ at the bottom of the pile ’ in the housing market — the homeless and those on low incomes . |
| 20 | When she had first known him , the glossy curls had been ruthlessly cut into a very short , severe style that would have suited very few men , but looked exactly right with his strong features . |
| 21 | Another commedia dell'arte character whose play has influenced too few choreographers is that of Harlequin , a maker of mischief , a ‘ magicker of spells ’ , an animal impersonator and always a great dancer . |
| 22 | You were allowed so few clothes that it was nice to be able to wear something different . |
| 23 | I mean this is the the cause of inflation surely is to have more , too much money taken too few goods and if you produce more goods this helps to deflate , er we did n't have inflation thirty years ago . |
| 24 | And then the questions which had arisen so few days ago arose unbidden , and this time , instead of forcing them away , he forced himself to face them — and the principal question of course was , just who was his father ? |
| 25 | I 've received very few replies so the signs can be erected and B either a deputy co-ordinator or the deputies that should come in , now some some oblige a lot of them do n't |
| 26 | Although they had checked twice before booking that there would be no smokers on their coach , the firm , Land Travel , had received too few bookings for the special trip and had consolidated the bookings with another coach party where most of the passengers were heavy smokers . |
| 27 | If you have a reduced level of benefit because you have paid too few contributions , carrying on working is one way of improving your pension . |