Example sentences of "few places in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rabbits used to play on it , one of the few places in Europe where rabbits were in no danger of being shot . |
| 2 | Learning of this affront to the Christmas Spirit from the Washington Post , the First Lady rallied her forces , put some bills into her handbag , summoned the Secret Service and sallied forth to Mazza Galleries , one of the few places in town which still allows the Sally Army to function . |
| 3 | There are few places in the world where the costs are higher than southern California . |
| 4 | This quotation is one of the very few places in his work where he actually mentions soil erosion . |
| 5 | Entering the monastery , the ticket office is on the left and is one of the few places in Prague where good guide books can be bought . |
| 6 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 7 | The West is one of the few places in the world where women still have to change their names upon getting married . |
| 8 | He felt that few places in the North had longer withstood the truth than this town . |
| 9 | It is found in only a few places in the world . |
| 10 | The list of honorary and corresponding members included gentlemen living in 30 English counties , and at a few places in Scotland and Wales . |
| 11 | WORLD cricket has distilled itself into the English game : the World Cup is over , South Africa have played their first Test match against the West Indies and now the far flung stars of these international matches have flown in to fill the last few places in the carousel of English county cricket . |
| 12 | Even period furniture is available through this means — we furnished our first few places in ‘ early poverty ’ . |
| 13 | After 200 years in the tourist business , Madeira provides a service few places in the world could rival . |
| 14 | The sea is full of figures and this is one of the few places in Cornwall capable of still being surfed in such winds . |
| 15 | It 's one of the few places in Britain where you can catch sight of the endangered sand lizard or smooth snake . |
| 16 | It is very well served for public transport and is one of the few places in this book where a private car is not essential . |
| 17 | Dinner is available all nights ( this is one of the few places in this guide where no prior notice is necessary ) . |
| 18 | The reserve of Folkstumyren is on Dovrefjell and , as the name suggests , is a large mire or marsh and one of the few places in Norway where cranes breed . |
| 19 | It is native to Europe and Asia , growing mainly in well-drained ground on hill and mountainsides , and wasteland ; it is naturalized in a few places in Britain and grows well in temperate to warm regions of North America . |
| 20 | There are a few places in the States , but there 's no federal policy to get them organised on a big-money basis and all the little local pressure groups keep them harassed and staying small . |
| 21 | The sunken city on its north shore makes it one of the few places in the world where it is possible to go hard aground on a Byzantine mosaic . |
| 22 | There are few places in the world were you will not be understood if your conversation depends on words like hotel , dollar , passport , music , menu , steak , cinema or football . |
| 23 | It was their habit to take lunch several times a week at Dolly 's Chop House , by St. Paul 's Churchyard , one of the few places in the financial district that would allow a woman in . |
| 24 | There are few places in the world where you can feel welcome away from home , but Liverpool gave us that and more . |
| 25 | there were very few places in the town where we could use telephones especially at night . |