Example sentences of "and [adv] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a piece with few reasons to be a film , and mercifully few pretensions to cinematic status . |
| 2 | The attention of the news media was firmly focused on the Falklands , and so few accounts of disturbances in British cities were reported . |
| 3 | Preparations for pregnancy can begin six months or more before conception with a healthy diet — plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables , preferably organically grown and as few chemicals in the form of food additives as is possible . |
| 4 | Very few ideas and very few projects of any significance are implemented by one person alone : Other people 's effort makes it happen — whether they are assistants , subordinates , a staff , a special project team , or a task force of peers assembled just for this effort . |
| 5 | There are very few women judges , and very few women on the boards of nationalized industries . |
| 6 | Too much of her usual talk of ‘ dreams ’ and ‘ angels ’ , and too few signs of either . |
| 7 | New York 's city government has too much on its plate , too big a budget , too many employees , too powerful labour unions — and too few politicians with the guts to do anything about it |