Example sentences of "[vb pp] by very few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Industries dominated by very few giant firms may be ferociously competitive ; these few firms may invest at very high rates , as in Japan . |
| 2 | In the nineteenth century , most land in Britain was owned by very few landowners . |
| 3 | They reached the third round in four consecutive years , a feat equalled by very few lower division clubs at the time . |
| 4 | In the Habsburg States Maria Theresa displayed a courage and tenacity equalled by very few eighteenth-century rulers , while her son Joseph II , whatever his faults , did not lack energy and public spirit . |
| 5 | Making a clean break is easier too ; critical acceleration between 40–60 mph and 50–70 mph can be matched by very few cars indeed . |
| 6 | Applications of artificial intelligence based systems were envisaged by very few . |
| 7 | And if one could even name it , its name would only ever be understood by very few persons . |
| 8 | His language was one spoken by very few foreigners , and indeed Latin had remained the learned tongue there as in Germany . |
| 9 | But the dozens of optical and radio observatories on the ground are complemented by very few astronomy satellites . |
| 10 | When radio arrived in Africa its potential was recognized by very few . |