Example sentences of "a [noun] few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He then attacked QPR , the club who swung the vote against the deal , saying : ‘ The eventual Judas was Queens Park Rangers , a decision few people in football can comprehend .
2 Such were the army , in which both George I and George II took a strong personal interest , and foreign policy , about which as a rule few ministers knew or cared very much .
3 Life may be easier there today , but when I was a child few people had cars and buses were infrequent .
4 As a spectacle few events match the ADT London Marathon .
5 In fact , it was a roller-coaster few days for Campese .
6 After 200 years in the tourist business , Madeira provides a service few places in the world could rival .
7 She nodded , and they set off again to find a Venice few tourists saw .
8 That is a prospect few businesses will wish to ignore . "
9 Perhaps one can assume , therefore , that it is a subject few people know anything about .
10 Katew Westland CIA liaison officer is his assistant but Kate is one person who realises the project is a matter few people understand .
11 Had he stayed , there was every chance that he might have been forced eventually to join the Militia — a thing few Titfords would face with relish ; but most significant of all , perhaps — apart from his obvious inner resilience and entrepreneurial spirit — he had the singular advantage of having well-off relations to latch onto in London .
12 For I believe I am about to witness a thing few people see and live to tell of , he thought .
13 Reach out here ( whoops ) for a cleansing few gulps of …
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