Example sentences of "be relatively few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has not proved possible to determine the composition directly , which is difficult for a condensate , but the measured abundance of ammonia in the gaseous phase above the top of these clouds is about what would be expected were this ammonia in equilibrium with solid ammonia at the typical cloud top conditions of 0.5 bar and 148 K. There are thought to be relatively few breaks in the ammonia clouds , though the cloud tops need not be at the same altitude everywhere . |
| 2 | There are relatively few customers for industrial kilns , but many consumers buying tins of baked beans ! |
| 3 | The first is virtually impossible in the UK because of government legislation , and there are relatively few teachers with a native knowledge of BSL who have not been told in the past that it is an impoverished way of communicating . |
| 4 | There are relatively few countries at the top of the spectrum : uncomfortably many have per capita incomes that are very low indeed . |
| 5 | As M. W. Eysenck ( 1982 ) points out , unless studies collect data over a large range of different arousal levels , there are relatively few patterns of results which are actually inconsistent with an inverted-U relationship . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it seems clear that there are relatively few ranges of values for the numbers that would allow the development of any form of intelligent life . |
| 7 | There are relatively few points of difference between JC and the other Caribbean English-based Creoles that might enable us to pinpoint their focus as JC rather than some other variety . |
| 8 | This is not trivial to assess since the measure of recall is binary and there are relatively few points at the high levels of risk . |
| 9 | The bulk of writing about academic disciplines is , however , specific to each discipline , and there are relatively few examples of attempts to extract generalities about the nature of the academic or the nature of disciplines . |
| 10 | There have been relatively few studies of modern cultural institutions outside the dominant fields of press and broadcasting , but on cinema see Mayer ( 1948 ) and on more recent approaches see Albrecht , Barnett and Griff ( 1970 ) . |
| 11 | There were relatively few differences between the Russians and Ukrainians who were surveyed in terms of their political attitudes , and relatively few Ukrainians cited nationality policy as an aspect of the system they would like to change compared with the very large numbers who , like their Russian counterparts , were in favour of the abolition of the collective farm system and the ending of police terror . |
| 12 | There were relatively few reports of irregularities : a Moscow journalist , in an experiment , found he was allowed to vote ten times in five different constituencies ; and in one of the Moscow districts there were 346 more votes cast than ballot papers that had been distributed . |
| 13 | This was impressive since there were relatively few cars in Cairo in 1909 and the police force itself did not boast one . |
| 14 | It was disappointing that there were relatively few possibilities from Asia . |
| 15 | If the target position is relatively few steps from the initial position or the load inertia is high , the system is unable to accelerate to a high speed . |