Example sentences of "be few [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few gardens in which suitable roses can not be encouraged to grow , for the assumption that they only flourish on heavy clay is a misconception . |
| 2 | THERE are few guarantees in politics but it is a more than reasonable bet that John Major and Bill Clinton will both be smiling and behaving as if they are buddies when they give a press conference at the White House tomorrow afternoon . |
| 3 | First , there are few resources in developing countries to measure soil loss . |
| 4 | There are few things in the human condition more likely to create intrigue and speculation than the person who manages to progress through life without marrying , and those who have avoided a close relationship of any kind with the opposite sex arouse special interest . |
| 5 | Although there are few certainties in the headhunting business , those firms which survived the 1970s are largely still in existence , and will probably continue to prosper , through building up a loyal client base . |
| 6 | One reason for this may have been the conventional wisdom that secularisation had made the subject well nigh irrelevant , another reason may have been that there are few areas in which the methodological problems are as acute as they are in the investigation of people 's beliefs and/or the assessment of the effect that these have upon the rest of society . |
| 7 | There are few cushions in the system . |
| 8 | There are few joys in life to compare with that of stepping on the scales and discovering that you weigh measurably less this week than you did last . |
| 9 | There are few cases in which the attention paid to intention ( in the sense of the voluntas of the verba — voluntas dichotomy ) seems particularly remarkable . |
| 10 | Relative to the United States , there are few universities in the United Kingdom : a total of 46 . |
| 11 | There are few examples in my data of interactions with small children . |
| 12 | There are few caves in this part of the world today , and there is no record of snowy owls entering them at any time . |
| 13 | A major part of the effort in user education in university and polytechnic libraries is the preparation of guides to the subject literature , guides to individual reference works , guides to particular forms of literature , guides to techniques of information handling etc , and there are few libraries in these sectors who do not have at least a dozen in current production . |
| 14 | Another major problem for graduates at all levels is the lack of job opportunities : for example , there are now 20,000 university graduates unemployed in Sudan , and for school graduates too there are few opportunities in the formal sector . |
| 15 | The problem is further compounded in St Lucia because the amount of land under cultivation is sufficient to support only 40 per cent of the rural population and , since there are few opportunities in urban centres to provide alternative livelihoods , pressures on land will continue to occur . |
| 16 | There are few opportunities in school life for pupils to do this . |
| 17 | There are few indications in the documents as to when and why each of the settlements was affected , but at least in the sixteenth century we know that there was a shortage of land to provide food to feed everyone . |
| 18 | There are few places in the world where the costs are higher than southern California . |
| 19 | There are few places in the world were you will not be understood if your conversation depends on words like hotel , dollar , passport , music , menu , steak , cinema or football . |
| 20 | There are few places in the world where you can feel welcome away from home , but Liverpool gave us that and more . |
| 21 | There are few absolutes in high fidelity . |
| 22 | Despite rapid advances in computer technology in the last three decades , there have been few changes in the methods by which communication with computers is achieved . |
| 23 | In parish churches , however , there was a long period of stagnation , although there were improvements in standards and taste , and until the time of Vatican II there had been few developments in the Liturgy and its music . |
| 24 | Despite these technological advances there have been few developments in the method of communicating with the computer , which remains keyboard-based . |
| 25 | There is , therefore , a strong case for funding of melanoma surveillance programmes or clinics aimed at facilitating early diagnosis for individuals with atypical naevi , especially given that , despite intensive research , there have been few advances in the management of melanoma that has spread beyond the primary site . |
| 26 | It seems unlikely that there will be few changes in the supply of care between spouses . |
| 27 | Since there can be few families in the land untouched by divorce , most will be a little more sympathetic than this , but the columnist has a point . |
| 28 | There can be few players in history who have clocked up 400 league games at the age of 25 . |
| 29 | There must , in fact , be few marriages in which temporary sexual difficulties do not arise and , as we have seen , at any one time they exist for a fair proportion of married adults . |
| 30 | There were few women in senior positions in the school and it was widely rumoured that being Catholic and male were important factors in staff appointments in Bishop McGregor School . |