Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [adv] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rural areas do not display the same concentrations of poor housing and poor social conditions , and as a result very few HAAs or GIAs have been declared in them ( Kirby 1977 , ; Dunn et al . |
| 2 | As a result very few self governing trusts and fundholding general practices exist north of the border . |
| 3 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 4 | It is submitted that this is sensible : if the party seeking to enforce the restraint were required to match the restraint exactly to the interest very few restraints , if any at all , would be found to be reasonable . |
| 5 | However , among the rest very few even mentioned such needs in their housing strategy . |
| 6 | S5 At the moment very few pupils elect not to try Higher . |