Example sentences of "[adv] few [noun pl] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was rare for the painter to be able to do his own engraving , and conversely few engravers were artists in their own right . |
| 2 | Surprisingly few finds were jewellery losses |
| 3 | Very few Unionists were Nonconformists and most of these had come into the party from the Liberal Unionist side . |
| 4 | In very few cases is homework a freely chosen option and the more women are trapped into it the more likely is the erosion of services , nursery centres and transport , to trap them into it . |
| 5 | Only in a very few cases are points awarded explicitly to recognize the need to reside in specific rural locations , which is a sad reflection on the past role of allocation policy . |