Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] relatively few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Much of the expansion in manufacturing employment in the global system since the 1950s has come from relatively few industries , such as automobiles , electronics , textiles , household goods , and toys .
2 It entails moreover the risk that if the list is long voting will tend to be little more than a popularity poll , with most votes heavily concentrated on the best-known candidates , leaving the election of others to be decided by relatively few votes , cast by electors probably unrepresentative of the electorate as a whole .
3 A large proportion of closure and redundancy decisions are made by relatively few employers .
4 An inverted file is the usual choice , but when there are many attributes , each of which is used by relatively few records , it will be worth considering multilist files .
5 This measure effectively makes competitive tendering compulsory for designated services , replacing the former ( largely discretionary ) powers which had been used by relatively few authorities in specific areas ( Ascher , 1987 , especially ch. 7 ; Stoker , 1988 ) .
6 A small number of other subjects offered by relatively few applicants ( particularly in the areas of languages and mathematics ) are also counted as approved subjects .
7 From Wagner 's results we would conclude , however , that building competitive position or market share is really successfully achieved by relatively few businesses .
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