Example sentences of "with the few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have provided an access fund to the institutions to enable them to deal with the few cases of hardship that genuinely occur . |
| 2 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
| 3 | Some tests were also made with the few boxes of plants available at this time . |
| 4 | This section first compares prevalence in Wirral with the few studies of rates of opioid use in other parts of the UK , and then turns to an examination of the characteristics of opioid users in different areas . |
| 5 | In many parts of the country , but particularly in the west , hamlets and farmsteads are the normal settlement pattern today , with the few villages mostly of post-medieval development . |
| 6 | One younger Welsh hill farmer used to go up ‘ to help his father in evenings with the few cattle they had ’ , but afterwards at supper the older man expected the grandchildren to keep silent , and if they spoke ‘ he 'd look at us fiercely . ’ |
| 7 | Her suitcase was still sitting on the bed , with the few clothes and belongings she had brought with her piled into it . |
| 8 | Even with the few night-lights burning , the cathedral gave an appearance of lightness and spaciousness . |
| 9 | ‘ She is unable to give an interview to someone who has been so rude to her , ’ he told Groom curtly , but agreed to furnish her himself with the few facts she needed . |
| 10 | His heavily built wife showed me my room and soon I was on the end of a bench in the small dark restaurant , supping soup with the few day-trippers ; listening to their stories . |
| 11 | The pressure of population caused much less concern in the Welsh Border counties where there was still sufficient land available to allow poor immigrants to erect cottages on the wastes and to claim common rights to go with the few acres that they had cleared from the woods or the moors . |
| 12 | Most of the houses were well maintained with the few rooms that were still lit disclosing the appurtenances of middle-class living : paintings and prints , a piano , a music-stand , crammed bookshelves . |
| 13 | However , as you know , you must be very , very careful with the few years that remain to you . ’ |