Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , musculo-skeletal problems , which account for few deaths of those aged 65 + , are a major cause of disability in the community . |
| 2 | The surrounding volcanic cones are gently sloping with few gullies to the south , but increasingly steep and heavily gullied towards the north . |
| 3 | For the hundreds of thousands of Spanish — and non-Spanish — democrats and leftists who fought and died in the Civil War or in the horrendous repression that followed , the forces against which they struggled differed in few essentials from those that had recently brought dictatorship and oppression to Italy , Germany and Austria . |
| 4 | ( I miss out the word puking from this Shakespearean phrase since I know of few instances in which a baby has strained the cassock of the clergyman baptising it , though doubtless readers may know of one . ) |
| 5 | Much of the structure survives with few alterations in its appearance since then . |
| 6 | Handbells , although very common in the United States , are to be found in few churches in this country , except where they are used by bellringers in connection with change-ringing . |
| 7 | When he died , after their long absences abroad , she was left with few friends in England . |
| 8 | 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 : |
| 9 | The inhabitants of Northern Nigeria , however , though coming close to this standard , had with few exceptions to be cured of a certain lack of forthrightness . |
| 10 | The pain subsided within few days after treatment with ibuprofen and ultrasound applied locally . |