Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] 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 | Van in those days was remote from Constantinople and had been visited by few Europeans . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Perhaps monotony , fragmentation and excessive pace are noted by few housewives and are not bound up with a dominant feeling of dissatisfaction . |
| 7 | This expertise , which can be matched by few other companies , is also available to associated brewing companies and other clients . |
| 8 | Handbells , although very common in the United States , are to be found in few churches in this country , except where they are used by bellringers in connection with change-ringing . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | Those early days , when he shared a hovel with Linder and Ian Devine , were spent with few friends and ‘ How Soon Is Now ’ , an indication that his personal situation had n't improved with success , was hardly the typical Top Of The Pops sentiment of the day . |
| 11 | Law 's claims were therefore substantial , but they were known to few outside parliament , Glasgow and Manchester . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 : |
| 14 | They are constructed with few weaknesses and have a sound , strong constitution . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | We have shown that central cyanosis is seen in few hypoxaemic children . |
| 19 | The coach trip back to the Academy is remembered by few , as the dirty and damp officer cadets catch up on much lost sleep . |
| 20 | This is a period about which little is known for few records survive of those days . |
| 21 | In ( 60 ) , a negative idea is expressed by few meaning " not many " . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | When he died , after their long absences abroad , she was left with few friends in England . |