Example sentences of "have be few [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Much has been written about the pure theory of public choice but , in spite of a few pioneering works ( the best known being Downs , An Economic Theory of Democracy and Olson , The Logic of Collective Action ) there have been few recent applications in political science .
2 There has to date been no detailed investigation of the pronunciation of black native speakers of LE : in fact there have been few recent studies of LE pronunciation .
3 The office is one workplace where there have been few major changes — the ball-point pen and the photocopier hardly qualify as major — in half a century , since telephones took over .
4 There have been few controlled prospective studies of the effect of transferring to human insulin on the clinical presentation of hypoglycaemia .
5 THERE have been few hiding places for the French coach Jacques Fouroux since the embarrassment of defeat against Australia at Strasbourg .
6 There have been few set pieces .
7 As yet there have been few large-scale studies of technicians involved in scaling up genetic engineering processes .
8 There have been few new diplomatic moves though in Baghdad today , meanwhile the families of two women shown in a video recorded in Kuwait , are pleading with the Iraqis to let them bring their newly born children home .
9 A levels have been the subject of considerable criticism over the years , but there have been few serious demands that they should be replaced .
10 There have been few serious attempts to break away from this restrictive framework ; it is the absence of the application of any theoretical framework that has made such work so sterile , and it is doubtful whether evidence will be found for the social and economic developments during the period by studying art-styles , date and distribution alone , unless specific questions are formulated first .
11 During the past year there have been few remarkable changes in the desktop publishing market but rather a definite shift of emphasis .
12 There have been few detailed studies of the technology of particular types of artefact , or products requiring tools in their manufacture .
13 There have been few detailed research studies that have examined arrest rates of those living in the same areas or sentencing in both the magistrates ' courts and the Crown Court in one study .
14 There have been few previous studies of intestinal blood flow in Crohn 's disease .
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