Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [prep] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cornetto , made of wood , with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and finger-holes , is not the most docile of instrumental pets ; to play it fluently , in tune and with good ( ‘ sensuous ’ , as Benvenuto Cellini described it ) tone , is a skill that is given to few — it does not seem all that long ago when even competent cornettists were almost as rare as hen 's teeth . |
| 2 | He was the first gold medal winner ( 1902 ) of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy , his obituary in Nature noting : ‘ It is given to few men to discover a process which has had such a far-reaching effect in almost every branch of civilised life . ’ |
| 3 | Why then have the Cambrian Forces been invited to inveigle such hollowed ground ; to sit idly by and scoff while such is imposed by few on the many . |
| 4 | We have shown that central cyanosis is seen in few hypoxaemic children . |
| 5 | The coach trip back to the Academy is remembered by few , as the dirty and damp officer cadets catch up on much lost sleep . |
| 6 | This is a period about which little is known for few records survive of those days . |
| 7 | In ( 60 ) , a negative idea is expressed by few meaning " not many " . |