Example sentences of "[prep] few [noun] [prep] [noun] " 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 When he died , after their long absences abroad , she was left with few friends in England .
11 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 )
12 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 .
13 The Marischal College has an attractive staircase , and that curious atmosphere of university colleges — a busy air , yet with few people in evidence .
14 Those sympathetic to industrial and agricultural interests seek a ‘ hands off ’ policy , with few impediments to productivity .
15 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 .
16 His clothing was always dark , usually black , with few concessions to colours of the brighter hue .
17 Now the areas of sands and gravels have dry soils with few chemicals for crops .
18 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 .
19 He expressed interest in few things in life beyond music , and the purchase of a series of improbably fast and expensive motor cars .
20 The pain subsided within few days after treatment with ibuprofen and ultrasound applied locally .
21 At the beginning of 1991 Airtours had a 6% share of the package holiday market and a brand name known to few south of Birmingham ( it is based in Lancashire and two-thirds of bookings come from the Midlands and North ) .
22 In ‘ the old days ’ field officers ( at least in the southern authority ) enjoyed a high degree of personal contact with their superiors and were subjected to few demands from headquarters :
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