Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] with few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1	Whatever Aachen may have been in the past , it has settled down now to being a prosperous commercial town with few pretensions .
2	Rain guessed what had caused such changes : the realization that her talent did not stretch very far ; the passing of a way of life which had been so thrilling ; impending old age with few friends , little money and no certainty of a roof over her head .
3	This simplicity is , of course , in many respects the precise object of their management , because energy and nutrients are thereby channelled as directly as possible into human consumption with few sidechains and reduction in the losses involved in transferring energy between trophic levels .
4	This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence .
5	Cream or white flesh with few blemishes .
6	receiving secondary education was checked by the presence of a divisive system of private education with few parallels in other countries .
7	‘ I gather that he led a lonely life with few friends . ’
8	At the other extreme , women still childless at age 32 were more likely to be from a professional background with few brothers or sisters , and with mothers who themselves married late , and to have more than average personal ambition and parental interest .
9	‘ Post-war buildings have a relatively thin structure with few columns and lots of windows , ’ he said .
10	May British courses are constructed on exposed land adjacent to the sea , or on rugged heathland with few trees .
11	It is an Accrington brick-built town with few pretensions and it no doubt contributed to saving Gedge from a terminal dose of wetness .
12	Despite a week of little rain the crystalline waters flowed well with plenty of power over countless drops , grade II–III to start , through rolling unspoilt countryside with few signs of habitation .

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