Example sentences of "[verb] be few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | So widely dispersed was industrial activity that there can have been few parts of the country that did not support it in one form or another . |
2 | Her pack slapped against her back as she jumped down beside Defries , reminding her that she was at last running out of supplies : there had been few explosives on the shuttle . |
3 | In parish churches , however , there was a long period of stagnation , although there were improvements in standards and taste , and until the time of Vatican II there had been few developments in the Liturgy and its music . |
4 | In 1940 and 1941 there had been few links between Free France and the clandestine movements in France . |
5 | Despite rapid advances in computer technology in the last three decades , there have been few changes in the methods by which communication with computers is achieved . |
6 | There have been few disagreements over major planning issues and there has been surprisingly little explicit community opposition to MDC — except from the Black community in Toxteth . |
7 | The overall conclusion is that while there is no shortage of regular comment and coverage of mental handicap in the mass media , there have been few attempts over recent years to explore the subject in any depth , and those that have , have focussed on the sensational and the controversial . |
8 | There have been few studies of office automation applications , but projections about specific skill requirements are extremely difficult to make at present because it is as yet quite unclear how office automation will be used . |
9 | Although there have been few studies of public opinion and corporate crime ( Cullen et al. 1982 ; Newman 1957 ; Reed and Reed 1975 ; Rossi et al. 1974 ; Schrager and Short 1980 ; Sinden 1980 ; Wolfgang 1980 ) , they do provide a window on what can best be described as ‘ collective ignorance ’ . |
10 | Although most country parks are monitored by crude counts of visitors , there have been few studies of whether they have achieved the aims set out above . |
11 | There have been few studies of adults with cystic fibrosis with respect to employment , education , housing , insurance , and other features of lifestyle , and most such studies have been based on patients attending large clinics , who may be unrepresentative of the total population with the disease . |
12 | There have been few studies of the social and emotional effects of incontinence . |
13 | Until now there have been few reports on hepatic failure caused by disorders of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation . |
14 | Despite these technological advances there have been few developments in the method of communicating with the computer , which remains keyboard-based . |
15 | There have been few relationships of that kind in my life . |
16 | There have been few occasions since then when she has experienced such remorseless enthusiasm . |
17 | There is , therefore , a strong case for funding of melanoma surveillance programmes or clinics aimed at facilitating early diagnosis for individuals with atypical naevi , especially given that , despite intensive research , there have been few advances in the management of melanoma that has spread beyond the primary site . |
18 | Other assessment and gatekeeper roles exist because , at least in the past , there have been few alternatives to doctors as sufficiently skilled and entrusted guardians of limited public resources . |
19 | There have been few examples of sensible , alternative ways to do things . |
20 | There have been few examples of trade mark infringement in the world of computers as most counterfeiters and software pirates have used different names or marks ; for example , copies of the Apple computer imported into Australia were called the " Wombat " . |