Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] the few " in BNC.

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1 Kislev was already defended by the few remaining Kislevites and a large Dwarf army which had marched northwards once the fall of Praag became known in Karaz a Karak .
2 Just as the ‘ means of material production ’ is largely held by the few so , too , is the ‘ means of mental production ’ .
3 But now there was only one thing left for him to do , and that he did , before the shock of Glendower 's assault sheared deep into his ranks , hardly slowed by the few casualties caused by the English archers .
4 Some tests were also made with the few boxes of plants available at this time .
5 This contraction was most severely felt by the few employees in the smaller workshops .
6 Its success is almost invariably limited to the few cases where free advice enables a businessman to make immediate cost savings .
7 Beeney was well positioned for the few shots he had to take .
8 The interest is simply focused on the few individuals who commit several serious atrocities .
9 Most of the houses were well maintained with the few rooms that were still lit disclosing the appurtenances of middle-class living : paintings and prints , a piano , a music-stand , crammed bookshelves .
10 The two or three families who had come without money or slaves and who had kept themselves rigorously segregated from the few black people they found already on the island , were still shunning newcomers .
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