Example sentences of "rarely [verb] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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1 | In practice , of course , a large number of these relationships rarely involve more than a few people . |
2 | No more than one LM granule needs to be used in preparing the stock bottle since Hahnemann says ‘ one rarely needs more than a single globule of appropriately dynamised medicine ’ ( para. 248a . ) . |
3 | In the case of household waste , the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting . |
4 | I believe in trickle filters , but they rarely get more than a passing mention . |
5 | In the past , the guards have smacked of overkill , since it rarely takes more than a baton charge with their lathi sticks to quell the traditional rotten orange barrage that welcomes most touring teams . |
6 | But though such temperate-zone parasites can be unpleasant and dangerous — Lyme disease can kill — they rarely affect more than a handful of people . |
7 | At home he rarely had more than a piece of toast and marmalade for breakfast , but when he was away he ate the whole cooked breakfast . |
8 | ‘ We rarely had more than a couple of deliveries a day — we did n't have the space . |
9 | You rarely need more than a teaspoonful , you add it at the absolute final moment of cooking , you do not blaze it ( at least I do not ) , you treat it simply as a seasoning . |