Example sentences of "he [verb] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1963 he made few changes to Adenauer 's cabinet and emphasised the element of continuity in government , though his personal style was very different to that of ‘ the old man ’ . |
| 2 | Otherwise he made few changes in personnel . |
| 3 | He has few hobbies outside of football although , even with his eyesight , he does like reading sell-by dates on goods in shops . |
| 4 | Like Robert Hardy — and like Hardy , Mitchell is an intelligent , thoughtful and trustworthy man — he has few qualifications about Burton at this stage : Burton would be nineteen , twenty , twenty-one . |
| 5 | He sees few signs of complacency but a greater appreciation of hazards and a commitment to taking the right precautions , which he considers are the surest way of accelerating progress towards a safer future . |
| 6 | He obtained few commissions for public buildings because , after his early success , he declined to enter the competitions through which , in his day , the architects of many of these were chosen ; but he acquired connections with the landed and wealthy , for several of whom he designed country houses . |
| 7 | In common with most of his contemporaries , he comprehended few methods by which governments could affect the total of demand . |
| 8 | Because of his betrayal of the Decembrists in 1825 and his long identification with the regime of Nicholas I , he had few friends on the left of the political spectrum who could advise him on the way in which emancipation should proceed . |
| 9 | With such experiences of life it would be no wonder if he had few scruples about how he got what he wanted . |
| 10 | In fact he had few qualifications for great office . |
| 11 | In the earlier part of his career Beecham was a strong supporter of contemporary British composers , but he left few recordings of their music , except in the case of Delius , of course . |