Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Despite rapid advances in computer technology in the last three decades , there have been few changes in the methods by which communication with computers is achieved .
2 There have been few disagreements over major planning issues and there has been surprisingly little explicit community opposition to MDC — except from the Black community in Toxteth .
3 The overall conclusion is that while there is no shortage of regular comment and coverage of mental handicap in the mass media , there have been few attempts over recent years to explore the subject in any depth , and those that have , have focussed on the sensational and the controversial .
4 There have been few studies of office automation applications , but projections about specific skill requirements are extremely difficult to make at present because it is as yet quite unclear how office automation will be used .
5 Although there have been few studies of public opinion and corporate crime ( Cullen et al. 1982 ; Newman 1957 ; Reed and Reed 1975 ; Rossi et al. 1974 ; Schrager and Short 1980 ; Sinden 1980 ; Wolfgang 1980 ) , they do provide a window on what can best be described as ‘ collective ignorance ’ .
6 Although most country parks are monitored by crude counts of visitors , there have been few studies of whether they have achieved the aims set out above .
7 There have been few studies of adults with cystic fibrosis with respect to employment , education , housing , insurance , and other features of lifestyle , and most such studies have been based on patients attending large clinics , who may be unrepresentative of the total population with the disease .
8 There have been few studies of the social and emotional effects of incontinence .
9 Until now there have been few reports on hepatic failure caused by disorders of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation .
10 Despite these technological advances there have been few developments in the method of communicating with the computer , which remains keyboard-based .
11 There have been few relationships of that kind in my life .
12 There have been few occasions since then when she has experienced such remorseless enthusiasm .
13 There is , therefore , a strong case for funding of melanoma surveillance programmes or clinics aimed at facilitating early diagnosis for individuals with atypical naevi , especially given that , despite intensive research , there have been few advances in the management of melanoma that has spread beyond the primary site .
14 Other assessment and gatekeeper roles exist because , at least in the past , there have been few alternatives to doctors as sufficiently skilled and entrusted guardians of limited public resources .
15 There have been few examples of sensible , alternative ways to do things .
16 There have been few examples of trade mark infringement in the world of computers as most counterfeiters and software pirates have used different names or marks ; for example , copies of the Apple computer imported into Australia were called the " Wombat " .
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