Example sentences of "few [noun pl] have been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few cultures have been so willing to tempt the gods . |
| 2 | The last few hours had been simply hell . |
| 3 | FROM the moment that Gary Mason announced his amiable presence at a gymnasium in London 's East End yesterday it was pleasingly evident that few fighters have been less inclined to flinch from the truth . |
| 4 | One newly-qualified accountant , who is considering a trip to the Far East for a few months , said winter was traditionally a busy time for accountants because companies are preparing for their financial year-ends but the last few months had been very quiet . |
| 5 | For the queen the last few months had been perhaps harder then for the Shah himself . |
| 6 | THE bottom has dropped out of morality , according to Lord Hailsham , who added that the ‘ last few months have been particularly difficult to bear . ’ |
| 7 | On the other hand , very few checklists have been systematically evaluated in relation to the formal criteria which are normally applied to language tests ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 8 | In keeping with that statement growth in undergraduate numbers over the past few years has been less than 1 per cent a year . |
| 9 | Yet the advances in multiple sclerosis in the last few years have been very encouraging . |
| 10 | ‘ Still , the last few days 've been all right . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I should have phoned but the last few days have been so hectic that I did n't have time , ’ Claudia said as she gave Myra a brief account of finding Dana . |
| 12 | Everyday is election day in politics and few governments have been more aware of it than the Westminster ones since the beginning of the ‘ Ulster troubles ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ The past few weeks have been more encouraging , ’ says his father , former saloon racer Andrew Kane . |
| 14 | True ivory is one of the few substances to have been highly esteemed for symbolic purposes wherever it could be obtained . |
| 15 | Few forecasts have been so wide of the mark . |
| 16 | This infill bears few craters , and only a few craters have been partially obscured , indicating that the whole Caloris basin since its creation has suffered few impacts and is therefore comparatively recent . |
| 17 | These openings can be found by ramblers who prefer daylight to darkness and , like me , like to wander in search of them , but the black labyrinth to which they lead , the complex network below ground , is reserved exclusively for those experienced in subterranean travel , hardy adventurers who risk rockfalls and flooding to satisfy an insatiable curiosity to go where few men have been before , to see what few men have seen before . |
| 18 | It has been said that few revolutions have been so complete in the British countryside as the start and end of the railway age . |