Example sentences of "with [adv] few [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ At the moment though , with so few experts in this field , underwater sites will come forward for consideration far less often than land sites . |
2 | With so few studies of the impact of severe floods on river life , knowing how typical the response of the Araglin is could be anybody 's guess . |
3 | Theirs had been a terminally ill situation with so few worshippers in so large and expensive a building . |
4 | After an extremely mixed summer weather wise , the spell of good weather at the tail end was almost ignored in Snowdonia , with surprisingly few teams on the major crags despite the dry conditions . |
5 | Nevertheless , the Japanese , with relatively few elements of their three-million strong army , achieved more rapid success than they had expected : by 11 January 1942 they had occupied the Celebes ; on 4 February the Allies on Amboina surrendered ; on 15 February Singapore fell , and on 19–20 February Timor was invaded , the main force of its defenders surrendering a few days later . |
6 | At present , with relatively few computers in schools this will be a problem , but hopefully in the future there will be plenty of computer time available . |
7 | There are still plenty of waters with relatively few people on them and some of them contain some eye opening fish . |
8 | In these studies , multiple treatment variables with relatively few patients in each risk factor group have precluded detection of changes in the healing rate associated with non-pharmacological risk factors whose effects are usually smaller than those due to ulcer therapy . |
9 | On April 22 Rauf Denktash obtained 67.5 per cent of the vote to be re-elected President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ( TRNC , recognised only by Turkey ) , with relatively few voting for candidates of opposition parties which wanted to offer more concessions to the Greek Cypriots . |
10 | And finally the other all London game between Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers ended without goals and with very few chances to either side . |
11 | Interestingly , the deputies in parliament showed no particular interest over this law and it was passed in a lukewarm atmosphere with very few votes against it and virtually no abstentions . |
12 | They are personal ( ’ I ask you to support A ’ , ‘ B urges you to support C for office ’ ) , with very few references to policy or interest groups . |