Example sentences of "the [noun] of few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government subsidies were also , in effect , greater for higher-density development ( subject to Parker Morris minimum standards ) , and all these factors have combined to militate against the building of few dwellings and small estates in isolated locations . |
| 2 | The very good performance of division reported in some cases ( Lum , Yuen and Dodd , Severance and Duhne ) , and relatively poor performance in others ( Kaimann ) , is likely to have been the result of few or many clashes of this kind . |
| 3 | Thus circumgranular ( or rim ) cements ( Fig. 5.24a ) form where there are many nucleation sites on a sediment grain , whereas poikilotopic cements ( Fig. 5.24b ) are the result of few nucleation sites and , in general , slower crystal growth . |
| 4 | The hosts , and what a superbly organised lot they were , with the help of few French travellers , gave a good account of themselves , notably against the tiring Irish . |
| 5 | Yet the use of few parameters , if they are well chosen , can still be an efficient means of pollution control . |
| 6 | In the absence of few if any other UK acquirers with their own distribution outlets in the Abbey National-style , the only hope , apart from closure , for these companies may be to seek out other Aegon-type deals . |
| 7 | Wilson was almost on his own , confidently predicting the success of a strike in which the leaders of few other unions believed . |
| 8 | The next three years at this school are the source of few and faint memories , but school relieved the loneliness of only-childhood . |
| 9 | The landholding of few of the great monasteries of northern Francia shows anything more than temporary dislocation . |