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

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1 Although Christianity is the ‘ state religion ’ of Britain , it is often said that the majority of people who are nominally Christian will go to a church only on a very few occasions in their lives — for a Christmas or Easter service maybe , or a family christening .
2 The other evening , with the help of a lot of film , he put the spotlight on a very few areas of endeavour where he thought we might be actually going right .
3 Clinton 's second allegation , that there has been collusion between the security forces and Protestant para-military groups , is based on a very few isolated cases in which part-time members of the Ulster Defence Regiment ( UDR ) have been found guilty of passing on sensitive information .
4 He based this conclusion on a very few individuals who married within their peer group in the kibbutz and were found to have entered the kibbutz during their childhood and usually after the age of six .
5 The Council permitted the laity to communicate with the cup on a very few occasions .
6 On a very few occasions , however , the police do make a point of denying links or connections which had been too easily assumed .
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