Example sentences of "[was/were] few [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Administration of IPV resulted in substantial increases in the seroprevalence and GMTs 4–6 weeks after vaccination , but there were few differences between the study groups when antibody titres were measured 13–17 months later . |
| 2 | There were few evaluations of successful innovation which matched , for instance , the clarity of Warburton and Southgate ( 1969 ) in their work on the initial teaching alphabet . |
| 3 | Wherever she turned , there were few answers to her frustration . |
| 4 | There were few buses at any time , and none at that hour . |
| 5 | There were few conflicts within this rural society : the conflict lay between the towns and the country . |
| 6 | Overall , however , there were few signs of any sales at the higher end of the price range . |
| 7 | At this hour of the afternoon there were few signs of life in the house . |
| 8 | Yet in the late 1930s there were few signs of it happening . |
| 9 | Food was in short supply , of course , and there were few signs of any material wealth at all . |
| 10 | 5–8 Field grown new potatoes were selling at one shilling per stone of 14 lbs , but owing to the abundance of grass there were few cattle at the Bridgend July market . |
| 11 | There were few women in senior positions in the school and it was widely rumoured that being Catholic and male were important factors in staff appointments in Bishop McGregor School . |
| 12 | The Malthusian of June 1914 estimated that 100,000 women a year took drugs to induce miscarriage , and there were suggestions at the time that there were few mothers of large families who had not attempted abortion . |
| 13 | Two strong groups emerged behind Long and Chamberlain , about equal in numbers , but there were few backers for Carson or Law . |
| 14 | We searched for examples around the country but found there were few operating in the National Health Service . |
| 15 | There were few windows on the exterior , their roofs were supplied with long walkways protected by thick parapets , and high look-out towers flanked the entrance and main concourse . |
| 16 | Life had been-kind to her and there were few lines on her face , except in the corners of her eyes and around her swanlike neck just beneath the chin . |
| 17 | In 1988 , more than 14,000 arrived in Hong Kong but there were few offers of permanent resettlement for them elsewhere . |
| 18 | There were few adults with them , but those who recognised Burun bowed . |
| 19 | Happily , there were few disasters like the Nuremburg raid of 30/31 March 1944 . |
| 20 | There were few pedestrians about and the dimly lit pavement afforded him the cover he needed . |
| 21 | There were few difficulties in actually introducing a worker into a client 's home ( although some , to be discussed below , developed later ) . |
| 22 | There were few complaints about the mode of election . |
| 23 | There were few changes in any of them as obvious as those which overtook Brighthelmstone , and their populations remained quite small , Chichester , the largest , having only about half Brighton 's in 1801 . |
| 24 | There were few changes in the duties and conduct of the regular police in the years after Campbell 's departure . |
| 25 | There were few outcries by settlers , as in France with regard to Indo-China and Algeria , no crisis comparable with the chaotic fate of the former Belgian Congo , no agony approaching that of the United States over Vietnam . |
| 26 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |
| 27 | Having completed his course , he found that there were few vacancies for horticulturists and he is once again on the dole . |
| 28 | There were few predictions of a Tory victory at the next general election and even some concern that the country might topple over into serious civil strife . |
| 29 | There were few casualties on shore but forty-five seamen lost their lives when their ships sank . |
| 30 | At this time there were few suggestions of any relationship between Mary and James Hepburn , the then Earl of Bothwell , other than that of queen and devoted lieutenant . |