Example sentences of "there be few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few cushions in the system . |
| 2 | There are few things in the human condition more likely to create intrigue and speculation than the person who manages to progress through life without marrying , and those who have avoided a close relationship of any kind with the opposite sex arouse special interest . |
| 3 | Clearly there are few barriers to filling the site 's personal computer with survey data , but what can be done with it ? |
| 4 | THERE are few guarantees in politics but it is a more than reasonable bet that John Major and Bill Clinton will both be smiling and behaving as if they are buddies when they give a press conference at the White House tomorrow afternoon . |
| 5 | With no reserve football in Italy it 's hard for Milan to keep all their stars happy but , with Burlusconi having pumped £50m into a club which as £15m in debt when he arrived seven years ago , there are few grumbles on the terraces . |
| 6 | There are few tears to be shed . |
| 7 | ( As in the usage of Dicken , 1986 , the term Transnational Corporation is preferred here to the term Multinational Corporation , because there are few corporations with an equal footing in two or more leading countries , even in the EC . ) |
| 8 | Although there are few certainties in the headhunting business , those firms which survived the 1970s are largely still in existence , and will probably continue to prosper , through building up a loyal client base . |
| 9 | There are few havens from storms , but the coastal scenery verges on the Wagnerian . |
| 10 | There are few examinations of the special management problems thrown up by library systems , and the area could provide a fruitful one for future work . |
| 11 | There are few cases in which the attention paid to intention ( in the sense of the voluntas of the verba — voluntas dichotomy ) seems particularly remarkable . |
| 12 | However , there are few communities like that . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , minimum cultivation methods are much more dependent upon agrochemicals , especially herbicides , so there are few benefits for wildlife . |
| 14 | There are few predators of bristleworms which can be safely introduced into a reef tank though doubtless a large crab or Triggerfish would devour them happily , but would also probably eat all your expensive corals as an appetiser . |
| 15 | There are few studies on the prevalence of smoking in diabetics but one from the West of Scotland suggests there is little difference compared to their non-diabetic fellows ( Kesson & Slater , 1979 ) . |
| 16 | Although this is highly plausible there are few studies of the skills possessed by older unemployed workers . |
| 17 | There are few gardens in which suitable roses can not be encouraged to grow , for the assumption that they only flourish on heavy clay is a misconception . |
| 18 | There are few reports of the cost effectiveness of manometry , but in one study published 10 years ago , Meshkinpour et al concluded that the cost of each change in patient management was $6482.00 . |
| 19 | The approach suggests that organisations can be viewed as essentially the same and that there are few differences between organisations that can not be overcome by the application of general principles . |
| 20 | d Options There are few options for housing agencies unless other agencies , particularly health and social work , can give more reality to the principles of " care in the community " . |
| 21 | Curiously , there are few parallels for this , a natural enough way of making an opera , when the librettist and composer are dealing with a narrative not already shaped into theatrical scenes . |
| 22 | There are few descriptions of the histological features of gold induced colitis , but a preservation of glandular architecture and diffuse inflammatory cell infiltrate sometimes with a prominent eosinophil component are said to be characteristic . |
| 23 | In fact , there are few corners of the world where Madeirans are not to be found : from Alaska to Australia , from California to Macau . |
| 24 | After all , there are few areas of human experience that have not been written about , and you can experience your chosen one through other writers ' words just as well , perhaps even in some ways actually better , than through your own eyes . |
| 25 | The most positive view comes from the United States : ‘ The fact that much is being done , and that there are few areas of stagnation , makes one believe that better and more fruitful days are ahead ’ . |
| 26 | One reason for this may have been the conventional wisdom that secularisation had made the subject well nigh irrelevant , another reason may have been that there are few areas in which the methodological problems are as acute as they are in the investigation of people 's beliefs and/or the assessment of the effect that these have upon the rest of society . |
| 27 | There are few rules about this . |
| 28 | Other entertainers on the wane can often fall back on a ‘ club circuit ’ , musicians and dancers can sometimes coach others , but there are few openings for the ex-footballer . |
| 29 | There are few problems for the pool owner with a desire to breed a new fish , particularly if he starts with healthy stock of good proportions . |
| 30 | There are few joys in life to compare with that of stepping on the scales and discovering that you weigh measurably less this week than you did last . |