Example sentences of "[coord] have few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he had passed Responsions and had few debts at Oxford except for books , his father was already apprehensive about the cost of an Oxford education , with Ernest in his final year of training to be an art-teacher and Reggie with a consuming passion for Shakespeare and the stage , and no other interest . |
| 2 | Sadly they probably do not know much of the Bible and have few friends among the saints , so they opt for one of the little poems which some newspapers have on offer in a little book . |
| 3 | Having enjoyed their own childhood and experienced their parents ' delight in them , they want to repeat the good experience from the position of parent , and have few fears about this . |
| 4 | Men are notoriously " macho " and have few scruples about abandoning their women , who are left to take sole responsibility for their children . |
| 5 | They tend to receive an unsatisfactory education , harbour poor employment prospects and have few ways of creating a positive self-concept . |
| 6 | Although much of this aggression has now been bred out of the fish , they are still relatively ‘ boisterous ’ , and have few qualms about eating fish smaller than themselves . |
| 7 | In an effort to market Leapor 's poetry as that of a natural genius , the note to the first volume attempts to minimize her reading : ‘ Mrs. Leapor from a Child delighted in reading , and particularly Poetry , but had few Opportunities of procuring any Books of that kind ’ [ ML , 1 , p.i ] . |