Example sentences of "[verb] to the few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A travel company from Thailand has contacted the People 's Committee about the possibility of bringing in tourists , and the governor of the province , An He , is keen to talk to the few foreigners who pass through about his hypothetical Riviera . |
| 2 | Further on the Brook splits , and one tributary leads to the few remnants of what was Upper Ley Mill . |
| 3 | Its success is almost invariably limited to the few cases where free advice enables a businessman to make immediate cost savings . |
| 4 | Similarly , in 3 the time span which is indicated by " now " is limited to the few seconds immediately following the utterance , whereas in 4 the reference of " now " extends well before and after the time of utterance . |
| 5 | And despite their higher incomes , they rarely become rich because their activities are limited to the few months during the year when the climate is favourable for construction work . |
| 6 | He listened to the few men who had survived for more than a few weeks and talked of ‘ Blighty ’ and prayed only for a ‘ cushy wound ’ so they could be moved to the nearest hospital tent and , if they were among the lucky ones , eventually be sent home to England . |
| 7 | Her world had shrunk to the few things which still had interest for her . |
| 8 | He smiled and she pulled her robe tightly round her ; the bathroom that had seemed quite large had shrunk to the few feet between them . |
| 9 | Should we listen to the few objections of the few people affected ? |