Example sentences of "in [noun sg] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was an important step towards a national health service , though in practice few authorities did much to modernize their facilities . |
| 2 | In practice few UPS bands are quite so starkly simple ; we usually see the vestiges of a progression . |
| 3 | This is a difficult question but in practice few spreadsheets need more than 1 or 2 MBytes of expanded memory . |
| 4 | In practice few companies have made use of the opportunity provided by the Act to start generating electricity on a substantial scale . |
| 5 | In practice few debtors went out , but the settlers were helped liberally with private and public funds administered by the charitable trust created to run the colony . |
| 6 | The shore remains frozen until the summer thaw ; during summer the beaches and rocky shores alike are scoured by floating ice ; in consequence few plants or animals inhabit the intertidal or upper littoral zones . |
| 7 | In fact few homeworkers enjoy employee status . |