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 .
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