Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Famed for its gentle , artistic people and elaborately performed ceremonies , the Island of the Gods , Lombok is a mere fifteen minute flight from Bali , but unlike her close sister , this island has been exposed to few tourists . |
| 2 | His anthem ‘ Let God Arise ’ was first performed at the Norwich Festival of 1849 : Charles Lucas called it ‘ the best antiphonal work since the days of Handel ’ , and The Times found in it ‘ gifts that are accorded to few ’ . |
| 3 | Law 's claims were therefore substantial , but they were known to few outside parliament , Glasgow and Manchester . |
| 4 | In ‘ the old days ’ field officers ( at least in the southern authority ) enjoyed a high degree of personal contact with their superiors and were subjected to few demands from headquarters : |
| 5 | The cornetto , made of wood , with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and finger-holes , is not the most docile of instrumental pets ; to play it fluently , in tune and with good ( ‘ sensuous ’ , as Benvenuto Cellini described it ) tone , is a skill that is given to few — it does not seem all that long ago when even competent cornettists were almost as rare as hen 's teeth . |
| 6 | He was the first gold medal winner ( 1902 ) of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy , his obituary in Nature noting : ‘ It is given to few men to discover a process which has had such a far-reaching effect in almost every branch of civilised life . ’ |
| 7 | The study revealed that growth of Asian businesses was confined to few areas and , although this had been rapid during the 1970s , it had been declining recently . |