Example sentences of "a [noun sg] 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 | That is a prospect few businesses will wish to ignore . " |
| 8 | Perhaps one can assume , therefore , that it is a subject few people know anything about . |
| 9 | Katew Westland CIA liaison officer is his assistant but Kate is one person who realises the project is a matter few people understand . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For I believe I am about to witness a thing few people see and live to tell of , he thought . |
| 12 | Reach out here ( whoops ) for a cleansing few gulps of … |