Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [prep] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the other extreme , women still childless at age 32 were more likely to be from a professional background with few brothers or sisters , and with mothers who themselves married late , and to have more than average personal ambition and parental interest . |
| 2 | This was not a problem which American headhunters — working in a vast country with few national newspapers read throughout the land — had had to face . |
| 3 | This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence . |
| 4 | ‘ I gather that he led a lonely life with few friends . ’ |
| 5 | Most non-owners who want to ride go to their local riding school which can vary from being a top class training establishment with excellent facilities , where you will probably pay accordingly , or a small set-up with few mod cons . |
| 6 | ‘ Likewise , ’ Hay the Constable added briefly , always a young man of few words . |