Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] in [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many other substances play a minor role as insect pigments , occurring either in small amounts or only in a few species . |
| 2 | Interferon has been given for 24 weeks or longer in a few , mainly Mediterranean , studies ( response rates 26% to 70% ) . |
| 3 | Everyone goes everywhere by car these days , and perhaps in a few hundred years from now our great-great-great grandchildren will be born with hardly any legs at all because they wo n't have any use for them . |
| 4 | The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land . |
| 5 | Fortunately most of the corridors were bright enough and only in a few of the darker , damper ones did he need his torch to see where he was going . |
| 6 | However , the problem for competition policy is that trade-offs are more or less ubiquitous , and only in a few cases ( price fixing or market sharing are examples ) is it possible to reach an unambiguous verdict . |
| 7 | Deceptively , because in practice it is rarely accomplished and only in a few cases have polymer blends or mixtures achieved industrial importance . |
| 8 | And maybe in a few years people will look back and see the things that we tried to do , and hopefully respect them . ’ |
| 9 | You 'll take him home with you to avoid gossip , and then in a few days he 'll be fit enough to leave the country . ’ |
| 10 | And then in a few minutes Dennis is going to join with me in explaining to you how we are going to make the quality planning procedure work for you . |
| 11 | Secondly , it has been proposed in some quarters that there should be a more general return to the old grammar school system ( and indeed in a few areas these schools remain ) . |
| 12 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 13 | The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years . |