Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [adv] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many cases of resistance depend on only one or a very few genes . |
| 2 | Nevertheless it is worth citing some instances where the continual use of one or a very few gestures can fully describe the feelings of some characters and convey their reactions to the circumstances of the plot or theme . |
| 3 | Giller and Twomey reason that their river seemed more severely affected than the very few others ever studied . |
| 4 | In some cases this is apparently not as arduous a task as it may seem , simply because dischargers find it extremely difficult to portray themselves as ‘ similar ’ to their rivals on more than a very few criteria . |
| 5 | For I do not think it possible to study philosophy profitably without entering fairly deeply into the history of the subject , and for this there is not time at school , nor could it be a subject that would interest more than a very few pupils . |
| 6 | We need to remind ourselves of the variations between different types of employer , different types of job and different types of qualification ; but also of the difficulties employers may have in understanding the meaning of more than a very few qualifications . |
| 7 | If they do attack again in strength I do n't see how we can possibly hold them , due to our large number of casualties and the very few reinforcements that seem to be joining us . |
| 8 | They joined the drift of crowd towards the sitting-out places and the too few chairs . |
| 9 | But a very few aphids transmitting a virus can cause havoc to sugar beet , for instance . |
| 10 | Assuming a mean temperature of 14°C for the earth and lower atmosphere as a whole , all but a very few homeotherms in tropical regions lose heat constantly to the environment . |
| 11 | The defendants ( A ) were officials of a union to which all but a very few watermen belonged and wished to bring pressure on C in connection with a grievance at another company controlled by him . |
| 12 | The vast majority of chartered accountants do provide a very high standard of service : as a result , public expectation is high which is why when the relatively few failures do occur , they lead to so much concentrated and adverse publicity . |