Example sentences of "few and far [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | However , as Captain Robert Cunningham pointed out , as watchman Main was actually paid his £15 , while in his promoted post he had not been appointed to any port and held an appointment as tidesman at large , which meant that he was only paid when he was actually employed , and Haldane interest with the commissioners would make his tours of duty few and far between unless he experienced a timely political conversion . |
2 | These people are fortunately few and far between because they are extremely odd and have a way of upsetting applecarts . |
3 | Are sufficiently talented people as few and far between as functionalists suggest' ? |
4 | Third Class golfers must have been few and far between as my ticket example is only number 16 ! |
5 | Such cases are few and far between and few have been proven . |
6 | Deepwater creatures are few and far between and so have difficulty finding mates . |
7 | Facilities for treatment may be few and far between and inaccessible , especially for overlanders and for those taking more adventurous trips . |
8 | Those qualified chartered accountants who fail to make the grade within their own firms and become available on the market will be few and far between and , because of the large firm culture , may be less suited to smaller firms or industry and commerce . |
9 | Proven strikers are few and far between and Ferguson can not afford to gamble on potential . |
10 | A Aequidens rivulatus got its common name back in the days when medium-sized fish were few and far between and by the standards then it was a Terror of an aquarium fish . |
11 | Motor roads in Sutherland are few and far between and so are the villages they serve . |
12 | But my periods were very few and far between and I also had excessive and embarrassing hair growth . |