Example sentences of "[coord] too few " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most striking qualities evident here is its unity , not a note too many or too few . |
| 2 | Suitable explanations for any delay would be that there are too many patients or too few doctors and that the service is underfunded . |
| 3 | Does this mean that too many or too few people drive cars in the rush hour ? |
| 4 | You are receiving too many or too few copies of the Globe each month |
| 5 | The businessmen accused the government of delivering too much inflation and too few tax cuts . |
| 6 | Too much of her usual talk of ‘ dreams ’ and ‘ angels ’ , and too few signs of either . |
| 7 | However , our research indicates that this is not happening , primarily because there has been a failure in most parts of the world to recognize or accept the critical role played by paraprofessionals in social service delivery , little effort has been devoted to the clarification of appropriate paraprofessional roles and functions and to their training and deployment , and too few social work education programmes are training social workers to work alongside paraprofessional personnel . |
| 8 | It needs to be , for an unfit smallholder has little hope of success , and too few people know what it feels like to be really fit . |
| 9 | There are a number of reasons why these filamentous algae flourish , the two most common being too much light ( artificial or sunlight ) and too few aquarium plants . |
| 10 | The only fact upon which dieticians seem agreed is that in general we eat too much meat and too few vegetables , which distorts the balance of fat in our bodies . |
| 11 | New York 's city government has too much on its plate , too big a budget , too many employees , too powerful labour unions — and too few politicians with the guts to do anything about it |
| 12 | For Austrian would-be students it is very difficult to enter the Academy as there are too many artists in Austria and too few opportunities to sell pictures , Austria being so poor . |
| 13 | The report alleged that many scientists , engineers and other specialists were not given the opportunities they should have and too few civil servants were skilled in the techniques of modern management . |
| 14 | This second group never gets the chance of continuing care because there are too many admissions and too few long stay beds or suitable community residential places . |
| 15 | There are too many highly qualified , expensive professionals employed in mental health services who work within traditional professional roles , and too few general support workers or ‘ generic ’ mental health workers willing to turn their hands to a variety of practical and emotional support work . |
| 16 | Finally , in view of the crucial part which the further education sector plays in the educational and economic well-being of Wales , not least in the way in which it caters for the indigenous population , it is regrettable that too big a gap still exists between it and the secondary school sector and too few Welshmen and women , particularly perhaps among those who are Welsh speaking , recognize its many achievements in the past and the vital contribution which it will be called upon to make in the future . |
| 17 | There seems to have been too many people writing blockbusters , and too few plots stretched much too far . |
| 18 | They were mostly a little lonely and disorientated , enjoying none of the ( few ) advantages of the ordinary boarding-school , and too few in number to feel any sense of corporate identity . |
| 19 | That was back in the days when there were too many manufacturers and too few customers . |
| 20 | They always had uncleanable carpets and too few ashtrays ( prime targets for students living in halls of residence ) and the service is usually lousy . |
| 21 | These disparities are largely attributed to poor educational attainment — too many people leaving at the statutory school leaving age with few or no qualifications , too few continuing their education and too few entering higher education . |
| 22 | And you can see the , you can see the way in which it can be applied , if we know , erm , that there are erm , too many people of a certain age , and too few jobs , then maybe we can do something about it . |
| 23 | There were too few witnesses , and too few clues . |
| 24 | The two rocket boosters attached to the shuttle 's belly drop back to sea and are reused , but too few will be built to support the NASA manifest . |
| 25 | Bovril and Oxo do supply a few calories , but too few to be worth counting , and can provide a nice , hot , comforting drink on a dieting evening . |
| 26 | All of us , to some degree and in our own way , are ready to lecture and opinionize , but too few to listen . |
| 27 | There seem to be too many outlets in Wales , for example , but too few in the north of England . |
| 28 | — generally , dictionaries have more senses than necessary for broad applications but too few for specific applications ; |
| 29 | Its size and mass are similar to the Earth , but too few data exist for it to be known whether its interior composition and structure are as similar . |