Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adv] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is too soon to reach any definitive judgement , given the relatively few companies privatized and the extreme movements of oil prices which make it hard to compare that industry with others . |
| 2 | And Rome insisted that the ritual occur in a consecrated church — which , given the relatively few churches in the country at the time and their tendency to be congregated in certain areas , was not always possible in Ireland . |
| 3 | Moreover , it was these official publications which were responsible for employing the very few Africans who gained journalistic and editorial experience . |
| 4 | The list also contains a very few phrases which apparently have no equivalents ( " soap opera " " Z cars " " facts of life " ) , but are included on the grounds that their constituent words have no relation to the meaning of the phrase . |
| 5 | The discussions are close to a conclusion and I understand that my hon. Friend will shortly be writing to the industry to clear up some of the remaining points , which will isolate the relatively few issues to be settled . |
| 6 | She had taken a very few steps when she heard someone running up behind her . |
| 7 | The Natural History and Antiquarian Society of Islay had a very few books which were kept in the school at Bowmore but most of them seem to have been lost . |
| 8 | They were only married a very few years . |