Example sentences of "in [adv] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAMELA : O what happiness am I sunk fro and in so few days too . |
| 2 | ( c ) Trading stamps The Trading Stamps Act 1964 ( as amended ) ( see SOGIT 1973 and Sched 4 of CCA 1974 ) , is of much less importance now that trading stamps are available in so few shops . |
| 3 | Its subtleness in so few words adds to the cleverness of it showing how perceptive he was . |
| 4 | Only in a few cases is it unclear whether a crater is volcanic or from an impact , and in comparably few cases does it seem more likely that a crater is of volcanic origin . |
| 5 | ( When empty the heartily throbbing R-985 will heave a Beaver straight up and into the air in as few feet . ) |
| 6 | Quickly , in as few words as possible , Jack told him what had happened with the Glory , how he had seen the gigantic Worm break through the earth , and how both Tina and his mother had denied all knowledge of what they had seen . |
| 7 | Conciseness — This means that the message of the letter must be conveyed in as few words as possible , using clear , simple expressions and avoiding the use of any unnecessary phrases . |
| 8 | I told them in as few words as possible what Silver and the others had said , and they listened without speaking . |
| 9 | All the commands are dealt with but seemingly in as few words as possible , it 's more a quick reference guide than a piece of documentation . |
| 10 | You round up as many others — nurses , patients , whatever — as possible and get them together in as few rooms as you can . |
| 11 | As we have noted , only in comparatively few nations was the tradition of a vigorous opposition press established prior to independence . |
| 12 | Still in relatively few numbers , and luckily it seems mostly enthusiasts — the tourists have n't blazed a trail to the top of Donard in the way they have on Snowdon or Nevis . |
| 13 | The general fears of high oil prices , debt defaults and possible massive disruption of communications links through terrorist activities resulted in relatively few stock markets making any overall gain by the end of the year on their January 1990 positions . |
| 14 | In very few instances are we considering sites which were especially close to large or varied supplies of stone . |
| 15 | 1980 ) were involved in very few interactions with their teachers . |
| 16 | In very few education committees did the passing of the Act cause any change in the selection process at all ; in many the change was cosmetic . |
| 17 | In practice it may be possible to make an enlightened guess as to the origin and type of infection involved , but in very few cases can the physician be one hundred per cent sure of his diagnosis . |
| 18 | In very few cases should human beings be tempted to fight violence with violence . |
| 19 | The House has , however , departed from its own previous decisions in very few cases . |
| 20 | In very few cases is homework a freely chosen option and the more women are trapped into it the more likely is the erosion of services , nursery centres and transport , to trap them into it . |
| 21 | Rather , they represent ( in very few pages ) the continuities of people 's lives through and beyond the ordinary accidents of birth , marriage , death , fortune and misfortune . |
| 22 | The interactions of X-rays with living tissues were studied in very few laboratories , perhaps because physicists working with the new rays were not usually well informed about the biological problems which might be worth approaching , and biologists lacked the background and training in physics necessary to use X-rays in their work . |
| 23 | Because of the long housing period very close attention at lambing was possible resulting in very few losses . |
| 24 | ‘ In London , in 1934 when the knowledge of the power of the atom was a dream in very few minds , ’ Dr Tariq said , ‘ there was a Hungarian refugee . |
| 25 | In very few places does this economic function survive . |
| 26 | In very few seasons , the practice of jumping off mountains with a ram-air parachute in tow , and prolonged descents with steerable harness has accelerated design at a rapid rate . |
| 27 | In too few cases has the reduction been accompanied by an admission that the new base will be more sustainable in future . |
| 28 | In addition to the absence of state control , the ownership of the press , and indeed the media , should not be concentrated in too few hands . |
| 29 | When the Tate divides up , the two sections should likewise be totally divorced , which would avoid the centrality of power being in too few hands . |
| 30 | Indubitably , too much land was concentrated in too few hands though the agricultural reasons for extensive farming were not always appreciated . |