Example sentences of "[noun] with few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a piece with few reasons to be a film , and mercifully few pretensions to cinematic status . |
| 2 | Sarah came through the first week of marriage with few hopes of real happiness , though she was pleased enough with her elevated circumstances . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A wealthy lifestyle is likely to be reflected in a site yielding many finds of high quality ; sites with few finds of a consistently poor quality suggest a relatively low standard of living . |
| 5 | Now the areas of sands and gravels have dry soils with few chemicals for crops . |
| 6 | The sandhills of Squires Gate Lane with few signs of civilisation , although the scrolled bracket poles lend a touch of elegance . |
| 7 | The two other big diversified computer companies are Unisys Corp at $8,400m or so , and NCR Corp at $7,100m — only the same size as Apple Computer Inc , a pure personal computer play with few designs on the data centre — and if AT&T Co is really serious about making it big in the computer industry , it will soon have to start thinking of buying NCR a present — and Unisys begins to look tempting now that James Unruh has finally got the company onto an even keel and Unisys ' own mainframe millstones under control . |
| 8 | Groups with few functions of this kind ( such as technicians , scientists , teachers or many professionals ) are distinguished as potential allies of the working class in promoting socialism . |
| 9 | While some checklists may simply identify a list of ‘ useful linguistic skills ’ which may serve as a selection menu with few constraints on the sequence in which separate items are taught , those which are based on a developmental sequence place strong constraints on the selection of teaching objectives . |
| 10 | Macao 's economy has weathered the turmoil in China with few signs of damage . |
| 11 | receiving secondary education was checked by the presence of a divisive system of private education with few parallels in other countries . |
| 12 | The genus as a whole shares its virtuous qualities with few others in the marine aquarium hobby . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Girls with few friends in childhood report more abuse , though this may be an effect of abuse and not a risk factor . |
| 15 | The Chart parser thus fulfills the architectural requirements outlined above and , in addition , reflects the paring down of the graph-searching task to its barest requirements with few restrictions on how the graph should be constructed and explored . |
| 16 | Born n 1939 he lived in Sighthill , an estate on the city fringe with few facilities for anything but basic living . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ) |
| 19 | He also saw that by inviting Nixon when he was out of office with few prospects of getting back into it , Ceauşescu struck a chord with the future US President , who would remain loyal to his friend in need . |