Example sentences of "are very few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A high earner who is paid more than the Upper Earnings Limit ( UEL ) each week does not pay any more contributions ( there are very few women in this position ) . |
| 2 | There are very few hotels of this standard that do n't have showers and toilets . |
| 3 | Consequently , there are very few cases of this type in the literature . |
| 4 | There are very few cases in which it is automatic for one relative to offer support and unproblematic for the other to accept it . |
| 5 | well erm there , there are very few cases in which the European commission or the court talk about fairness erm , when but , but , but |
| 6 | Figure 4.5 illustrates horizontal segregation , showing that in most occupations there is either a clear majority of women or of men ; there are very few occupations in which there is an even proportion of men and women . |
| 7 | Reeves comments that there are very few collectors of Egyptian art actively buying at the moment ‘ People do n't appreciate that there is a wide variety of pieces available and that there is considerable scope for new collectors ’ . |
| 8 | There are very few fathers of kidnap victims who are n't worried about their financial affairs being looked at too closely . |
| 9 | When we come to think about it there are very few owner-occupiers around these days . |
| 10 | in London there are very few holes in the ground for rubbish . |
| 11 | Yes , I 've always , I 've always understood , understood more recently the reason why that there would always seemed to be enough prisoners , when we know there really must be enough prisoners throughout the world is that the betting procedure and they 're making quite sure they 're the right people takes time and money and effort , erm , that 's part and also there are some areas of the world now , where , where there are n't as many prisoners as there were , there are very few , there are very few prisoners of conscience in Latin America because they do n't put them in prison they just get rid of them , they just disappear and there are practically , practically none from Latin America countries , cos of these , these disappearances rather than being put in prison , erm , but it 's a sort of combination of reasons I think but er quite a long time now , ten , fifteen years I think groups have only had one prisoner , whereas when I first joined and Ann 's there , we had three did n't we at one time ? |
| 12 | There are very few patterns for the garter carriage , so to really use its full potential it is necessary to work out your own patterns . |
| 13 | It was in this context , and in almost no other , that Egyptian practice favoured the use of trusts : for Kreller , in his study of the law of the papyri , notes that with the exception of trust clauses there are very few instances of trusts in the papyri at all . |
| 14 | There are very few exceptions to the obligation to make a mandatory offer when the 30 per cent threshold is reached . |
| 15 | There are very few exceptions among composers , of which Chopin is the shining example . |
| 16 | There are very few homes in Middlesex where you need to cross a stream to reach the front door , but that 's just what Pauline and John Williams have to do to reach their beautiful detached house . |
| 17 | for there are very few pupils to be had . |
| 18 | There are very few poems of this type in the 1807 volume , for Wordsworth was now more interested in literary verse forms , such as elegy , ode and sonnet . |
| 19 | It seems that there are very few situations in which support from relatives is totally reliable in the sense that it would be given automatically , and without further thought , when a need is identified . |
| 20 | ‘ There are very few aspects of Englishness I actually hate . |
| 21 | There are very few remains of this type of building in Roman cities , particularly in Rome itself . |
| 22 | There are very few varieties of olives that would be suitable for eating straight from the trees as the fruits , especially the unripened green olives , are usually very bitter . |
| 23 | I suppose that there are very few places on Moila from which one can not see the sea . |
| 24 | There are very few careers in which you can use solely numerical ability , unless of course you become a statistician or school-teacher . |
| 25 | There are very few relaxations about the wearing of name badges but your line manager will tell you about these if necessary ; |
| 26 | There are very few parts of Scotland today which has not been touched or affected by human activity . |
| 27 | There are very few facilities for the encouragement of effective communication in either church-related or general community development work . |