Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [conj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | This potential for improving the quality of teaching and learning that underlies LMS probably accounts for the fact that few educationalists are opposed to it in principle . |
| 2 | Resistance , other than to the organocholorines , is confined so far to only five important malaria vectors so the potential for chemical control still exists in many parts of the world It is very easy to advocate the use of alternatives to these chemicals but if you examine those for vector control in detail you will find that most are directed against the aquatic stages of the mosquito and few cases of adequate malaria control by such an attack on any significant scale can be cited . |
| 3 | The great breadth of the river and few crossing points means that the Stir forms a defensive barrier and a natural border between Stirland to the south and Talabecland to the north . |
| 4 | Gould still intended to do a lot of collecting on the Yarrundi-side of the Liverpool Range , but the main focus of his efforts was to be across the mountains , on the remote plains around the Namoi and Mokai rivers , an area of the interior that few settlers had yet penetrated . |
| 5 | At the other end of the building some very different experiments had been going on involving nuclear physicists who knew of the existence but few of the details of ZETA . |
| 6 | In fact , he had all the mannerisms of the major proponents of the sport but few of their skills . |
| 7 | It is perhaps because of the unpredictable nature of the outcome that few cases come to court on ultra vires conditions . |
| 8 | 1.4 We should now immediately take account of the fact that few words serve solely to identify entities that a speaker wishes to mention . |
| 9 | But formal requirements of this kind were merely a recognition of reality , of the fact that few diplomats could hope to live on their salaries . |
| 10 | Little has been seen or heard of the V of R this year , but apparently there have been something of an upheaval in the Company at the end of the season and few people are now employed . |
| 11 | True , there were few creature comforts behind the wheel and few concessions from the car itself once you were on the move . |
| 12 | Consent theorists , correctly perceiving that consent to the authority of a reasonably just government does endow it with authority over the agent , and faced with the fact that few people actually consent to the authority of their government , have often tried to extend the notion of consent to cover more cases . |
| 13 | It is , however , largely through its parliamentary performance , and particularly through the Lobby , that the images of government and opposition are mediated to the electorate via the Press and few today would question the influence of the Press in determining the fortunes of government . |
| 14 | Primitive their house certainly was , with its earthen floor , mud walls , thatched roof and rude furniture ; but it was imbued by those two remarkable and lovable people with a warmth that few homes can ever have equalled . |
| 15 | He is a widower , with no family and few interests outside the hotel : as a result , he is prepared to work for long hours and generally acts as night porter during the week . |
| 16 | Poetry was a specialized activity , at least in the sense that few people made or recited poems in public . |
| 17 | As is normal in such documents , the wording was restrained and tactful and the authorities were able to quote from it selectively in the knowledge that few would ever read it . |
| 18 | According to the more experienced officers , the incessant demands for paper from headquarters divert them from more pressing tasks and display an innocence among senior staff about the nature of the job , a view the more firmly held in the knowledge that few senior men have ever worked in the field themselves ( cf. |
| 19 | The rescuers fell silent as they listened to the hymn from deep in the earth and few who heard it were without tears in their eyes or lumps in their throats . |
| 20 | Time is money in the City and few people are worth an hour unless it 's over lunch and only then if you 're involved in a takeover bid . |
| 21 | Class members would be most welcome in the team but few will come forward unless you as their teacher encourages them to do so . |
| 22 | In the early '60s , Dundee were Scotland 's most gifted side , winning the first division championship in 1962 and gracing Europe in a way that few other Scottish clubs have done since . |
| 23 | Questions concerning the juggling of home , business activity and painting work are often asked , perhaps in a way that few male artists would be quizzed . |
| 24 | ‘ The Esquire article was a disgraceful attack on a man who needs defending in a way that few of us can imagine . ’ |
| 25 | That encourages experiential learning and socialisation in a way that few Western special education or therapeutic settings do . |
| 26 | It is also a practical answer to the difficulties of continuing to maintain and staff isolated institutions in an age when few people are prepared to make a career in residential work . |
| 27 | The directors of Kelso , however , are disappointed at the continual absence of southern trained horses at their meetings , though half the prizes are at around £1,500 to the winner and few above the £2,500 mark . |
| 28 | It was designed as a more effective replacement for the Police Complaints Board ( PCB ) which the public appeared to have lost faith in due to the fact that few complaints were ever substantiated , and that all investigations were carried out by the police themselves . |
| 29 | Most of them would never set eyes on the place and few felt any loyalty towards it . |
| 30 | Abbey National might be feeling perky at the moment but few others of the major players share its rosy view . |