Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worryingly , the plan contains few details on how spending on the army and the bureaucracy will be cut — and it is excessively vague on other points . |
| 2 | Cold holds few fears for them . |
| 3 | The same applies today : contract law places few limitations on how parties may contract in the market and generally upholds the bargains struck . |
| 4 | Once the conditions for the enforcement of a charge have arisen English law places few constraints on the right of the security holder to enforce his charge and in this respect it is pro-security holder . |
| 5 | INSURANCE giant General Accident has few grumbles over its £21 million loss in the first six months of the year . |
| 6 | Like all professional photographers working for the city 's major advertising agencies , Tony Bowran 's diary offers few spaces for those not wholly involved with the business of photography . |
| 7 | After an insect has emerged from the egg the completed head shows few indications of a segmented origin apart from the fact that it carries paired appendages . |
| 8 | The live recording shows few signs of an audience present and is evenly balanced between voices and orchestra . |
| 9 | Although the county possesses few equivalents of the great churches built by wealthy communities elsewhere in England , it has a wealth of small-scale buildings in a range of styles imported in the latest continental fashion and modified by local needs and customs . |
| 10 | Duty of care presents few problems in this area . |
| 11 | The Minister has few suggestions on how to combat that problem and the Government have cut the number of customs officers by 400 . |
| 12 | The Profitboss places few demands on his colleagues , nor does he expect favours . |
| 13 | Surely such a spot offers few inducements for its selection as a place of permanent abode … an area of Jews , thieves , rags , filth , foul smells , and wretchedness . |