Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [noun pl] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all but a few cases interviews were taped . |
| 2 | Within a month of nationalisation , the Authority 's commercial manager had identified the more serious black spots in which tariffs for additional domestic kWh were below ¾d. — which he reckoned to be the level required to cover costs — and in the next few months prices were generally raised to this level as a ‘ first aid ’ measure , pending the development of a proper pricing policy . |
| 3 | The Churchill Government inherited a highly efficient system of Cabinet and official committees , but with in a few months officials were complaining that the neat system consolidated by Clement Attlee was in disarray . |
| 4 | A few rams heads are visible decorating the tops of some of the countless columns in the building , but they seem more pastoral than sinister . |
| 5 | During the next few years children are likely to be engaging in more sustained projects as part of their learning of mathematics . |
| 6 | Staring is one of the few things frogs are good at . |
| 7 | In practice few UPS bands are quite so starkly simple ; we usually see the vestiges of a progression . |