Example sentences of "are few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few gardens in which suitable roses can not be encouraged to grow , for the assumption that they only flourish on heavy clay is a misconception . |
| 2 | THERE are few guarantees in politics but it is a more than reasonable bet that John Major and Bill Clinton will both be smiling and behaving as if they are buddies when they give a press conference at the White House tomorrow afternoon . |
| 3 | It 's almost impossible to put him down in the tackle , and there are few players about who you an say that . |
| 4 | First , there are few resources in developing countries to measure soil loss . |
| 5 | There are few rules about this . |
| 6 | The approach suggests that organisations can be viewed as essentially the same and that there are few differences between organisations that can not be overcome by the application of general principles . |
| 7 | There are few things in the human condition more likely to create intrigue and speculation than the person who manages to progress through life without marrying , and those who have avoided a close relationship of any kind with the opposite sex arouse special interest . |
| 8 | There are few reports of the cost effectiveness of manometry , but in one study published 10 years ago , Meshkinpour et al concluded that the cost of each change in patient management was $6482.00 . |
| 9 | However , there are few communities like that . |
| 10 | There are few examinations of the special management problems thrown up by library systems , and the area could provide a fruitful one for future work . |
| 11 | ( As in the usage of Dicken , 1986 , the term Transnational Corporation is preferred here to the term Multinational Corporation , because there are few corporations with an equal footing in two or more leading countries , even in the EC . ) |
| 12 | Nevertheless , minimum cultivation methods are much more dependent upon agrochemicals , especially herbicides , so there are few benefits for wildlife . |
| 13 | Other entertainers on the wane can often fall back on a ‘ club circuit ’ , musicians and dancers can sometimes coach others , but there are few openings for the ex-footballer . |
| 14 | Clearly there are few barriers to filling the site 's personal computer with survey data , but what can be done with it ? |
| 15 | There are few restrictions on the type of support we can offer but the important feature is the idea ; once that is accepted we will help the researcher in whatever way may be appropriate to bring his idea to fruition . |
| 16 | There are few predators of bristleworms which can be safely introduced into a reef tank though doubtless a large crab or Triggerfish would devour them happily , but would also probably eat all your expensive corals as an appetiser . |
| 17 | There are few havens from storms , but the coastal scenery verges on the Wagnerian . |
| 18 | There are few tears to be shed . |
| 19 | Although there are few certainties in the headhunting business , those firms which survived the 1970s are largely still in existence , and will probably continue to prosper , through building up a loyal client base . |
| 20 | Although this is highly plausible there are few studies of the skills possessed by older unemployed workers . |
| 21 | There are few studies on the prevalence of smoking in diabetics but one from the West of Scotland suggests there is little difference compared to their non-diabetic fellows ( Kesson & Slater , 1979 ) . |
| 22 | After all , there are few areas of human experience that have not been written about , and you can experience your chosen one through other writers ' words just as well , perhaps even in some ways actually better , than through your own eyes . |
| 23 | The most positive view comes from the United States : ‘ The fact that much is being done , and that there are few areas of stagnation , makes one believe that better and more fruitful days are ahead ’ . |
| 24 | One reason for this may have been the conventional wisdom that secularisation had made the subject well nigh irrelevant , another reason may have been that there are few areas in which the methodological problems are as acute as they are in the investigation of people 's beliefs and/or the assessment of the effect that these have upon the rest of society . |
| 25 | With no reserve football in Italy it 's hard for Milan to keep all their stars happy but , with Burlusconi having pumped £50m into a club which as £15m in debt when he arrived seven years ago , there are few grumbles on the terraces . |
| 26 | The botanical gardens are bare and there are few signs of the famous flower festival exhibitions in the cold grey wet transition between winter and spring : on the four days I was there it rained every day , finally removing the last traces of soot-encrusted snow from the pavements but leaving everything streaked with a post-winter dampness . |
| 27 | At the time of writing , no indigenous British originated discs have been announced and , despite substantial potential interest on the part of British information publishers , there are few signs of a clear , decisive lead being given by Sony to encourage initial investments in disc development . |
| 28 | The plague may not , however , have been solely responsible for urban decay , as there are few signs of the expansion of suburbs in English towns between 1300 and the end of the Middle Ages , and at Oxford there are references to houses falling into decay as early as 1340 . |
| 29 | There are few cushions in the system . |
| 30 | There are few problems for the pool owner with a desire to breed a new fish , particularly if he starts with healthy stock of good proportions . |