Example sentences of "only [prep] the few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A single national centre is appropriate only for the few services which involve delivery to all addresses in Britain ( e.g. mail order ) , very occasional visits ( e.g. specialized medical advice ) or a particular type of service or activity with a client group that lives close to it and is not represented elsewhere in the country ( e. g. certain elements of central government , the national media and business services ) . |
| 2 | Of 149 respondents , 18 subjects agreed firmly with the statement that " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " , and a further 23 thought this was perhaps true . |
| 3 | In the Hull survey one of the statements to which respondents were invited to agree was " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " ; 18 endorsed this statement , and 23 thought it was maybe true , out of 149 . |
| 4 | In most of these universes the conditions would not be right for the development of complicated organisms ; only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question : " why is the universe the way we see it ? " |
| 5 | From Poolewe , a narrow road follows the coast to the headland west of Loch Ewe but is of interest only to the few residents alongside it , and visitors invariably continue on the A.832 to Gairloch , this road also having been brought up to modern standards . |
| 6 | Having entered the soft systems world as an untrained novice some years ago , and endeavoured to apply the theories to problem situations within my normal sphere of activity , aided only by the few textbooks that were then on the market and occasional contact with other exponents of the approach , I am keenly aware of the difficulties that some practitioners may have , not only with understanding the principles but also with putting them into practice . |