Example sentences of "with a very few " in BNC.

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1 This is now the form he prefers — ‘ you can say a lot in a poem with a very few words ’ — and he writes ‘ whenever I feel in the mood ’ .
2 Under the progressive system of construction it was , however , impossible to do this , and with a very few exceptions a shortage of any one part held up the whole of the line .
3 The work of these men , with a very few exceptions such as Turner and Girtin , was not intrinsically important and could be divided into topographical and idealistic landscape .
4 Some years ago professor Geach made an arrangement of this material , which the editors , professor G. H. von Wright and Miss G. E. M. Anscombe have retained with a very few alterations .
5 Together with a very few other insects , they have developed an immunity to the poison .
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