Example sentences of "be [vb pp] by few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Van in those days was remote from Constantinople and had been visited by few Europeans . |
| 2 | The street of the storytellers in Peshawar , Pakistan ; a desert island in the Indian Ocean , the magnificent Iguazu Falls in Argentina , the Potala in Tibet and the gigantic statues of Easter Island had , until recently , been seen by few people other than the local population , explorers , archaeologists or anthropologists , yet they are all included in the pages of current travel brochures . |
| 3 | The validity of these tests , however , has been assessed by few and unconfirmed studies , in patients who were not taking NSAID , and direct comparison between them has been lacking . |
| 4 | He said that the message that " environment means business " had only been understood by few companies , and that small and medium-sized ones in particular had been slow to recognize the opportunities . |
| 5 | Perhaps monotony , fragmentation and excessive pace are noted by few housewives and are not bound up with a dominant feeling of dissatisfaction . |
| 6 | This expertise , which can be matched by few other companies , is also available to associated brewing companies and other clients . |
| 7 | The earthquake differed from most intraplate earthquakes of this size , however , in being followed by few after-shocks , in contrast to the magnitude 5.4 earthquake on the Lleyn Peninsula in 1984 . |
| 8 | Why then have the Cambrian Forces been invited to inveigle such hollowed ground ; to sit idly by and scoff while such is imposed by few on the many . |
| 9 | The coach trip back to the Academy is remembered by few , as the dirty and damp officer cadets catch up on much lost sleep . |
| 10 | In ( 60 ) , a negative idea is expressed by few meaning " not many " . |
| 11 | He did n't like the microphone and had to be cajoled into using it , he stalked up and down the front of the hall quoting from cuttings on the Vietnam War , and was heard by few . |
| 12 | This was the pure gospel of Joseph Chamberlain , especially real to Law because of his Canadian connections , but the real significance of the decision was felt by few in Britain , even on the Unionist side . |