Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] as few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He considers taking an early flight because it is the quickest , doubts whether it will give him time to prepare and settles for the quickest later flight ; he wants to be bothered with as few suitcases as possible , starts packing the biggest he has , finds the lock broken and chooses another . |
| 2 | Conciseness — This means that the message of the letter must be conveyed in as few words as possible , using clear , simple expressions and avoiding the use of any unnecessary phrases . |
| 3 | This is in contrast with the usual representation of a physical map , where clones are summarised as intervals which have been packed into as few lines as possible ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 4 | This function should be severely restricted to as few persons as possible . |
| 5 | The addenda should be kept to as few items as are necessary for the proper presentation of the work . |