Example sentences of "[prep] few [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women had all the constraints of family life to cope with ; children at school , shopping and housekeeping , but no sympathy was expressed by male members of the group as to the comparative hardness of the women 's lives in terms of demands on them , such as few hours of sleep . |
| 2 | Daley 's 66th-minute decider was one of few moments of excitement though , once in front , Villa could easily have sealed their victory with two more goals in the ensuing five minutes . |
| 3 | He speaks softly and very reflectively , with few flights of passion . |
| 4 | It also seems that it might be helpful if teachers were aware of those among their pupils with particularly unsupportive home lives , that is , with few sources outside school from which they might derive a sense of their own value . |
| 5 | Despite a week of little rain the crystalline waters flowed well with plenty of power over countless drops , grade II–III to start , through rolling unspoilt countryside with few signs of habitation . |
| 6 | Macao 's economy has weathered the turmoil in China with few signs of damage . |
| 7 | The sandhills of Squires Gate Lane with few signs of civilisation , although the scrolled bracket poles lend a touch of elegance . |
| 8 | The panel is not cut down though it may have had an adjoining predella and lunette with few areas of paint loss , and the intensity of the original pigments preserved . |
| 9 | Girls with few friends in childhood report more abuse , though this may be an effect of abuse and not a risk factor . |
| 10 | transition to turbulence is often inherently different from transition to chaos in simple systems ( i.e. systems with few degrees of freedom are not a good guide to those with very many ) |
| 11 | The fear was that Britain 's population would decline rapidly , that it would be dominated by an aged population with few people of working age coupled with a rapidly decreasing birth rate . |
| 12 | The Marischal College has an attractive staircase , and that curious atmosphere of university colleges — a busy air , yet with few people in evidence . |
| 13 | Those sympathetic to industrial and agricultural interests seek a ‘ hands off ’ policy , with few impediments to productivity . |
| 14 | Some urban estates , partly as a result of allocation policies , are effectively one-class areas with few examples of success , clearly labelled by their architecture and appearance is distinct from the rest of society . |
| 15 | In the old days , researchers in the military sector were pampered while scientists in civil research were ill-equipped and badly paid , with few prospects for promotion or international recognition . |
| 16 | He expressed interest in few things in life beyond music , and the purchase of a series of improbably fast and expensive motor cars . |
| 17 | The pain subsided within few days after treatment with ibuprofen and ultrasound applied locally . |