Example sentences of "[vb past] too few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others feel that Freud used too few subjects to test his theories . |
| 2 | With such charm and grace does he distribute his roses among them that it is easy to forgive him for having — alas ! — one rose too few . |
| 3 | Whatever refereeing failures there may have been by Alf Buksh at Tottenham on Saturday and most critics believe Mr Buksh booked too few Arsenal players too late Graham 's remarks afterwards did not befit an Arsenal manager . |
| 4 | his department 's examination results , which included too few ‘ high fliers ’ due to low teacher-expectations ; |
| 5 | The statistics in these countries contained too few births to women aged 45 and over to permit a useful assessment of the interacting effect of older age and birth order upon late fetal mortality . |
| 6 | Another problem was that they bought too few , regardless of their origin . |
| 7 | The match fell into abeyance when the Druids had too few golfing Brothers . |
| 8 | They either had too few subjects , too short a treatment , lack of double-blind methods or the subjects were institutionalised and demented geriatrics who were too far gone to show any psychological changes . |
| 9 | In 1863 the special train bringing royal visitors to the Prince of Wales 's wedding at Windsor had too few carriages . |
| 10 | Concerning costs , it has been reported in the financial press that FIMBRA merely had to take the word of Dunsdale that it was investing in gilts , as the SRO had too few staff to adequately deal with each individual firm . |
| 11 | ‘ Mass media ’ whose appeal was essentially audio or visual were to prosper ; ‘ popular ’ daily newspapers which — in their layout , contents , and style — made too few concessions to the reader , were on the decline . |
| 12 | There was widespread international sympathy for the mujaheddin as opponents of Soviet invasion : but this obscured the internal , civil war , origins of the conflict and led too few observers to ask what the programme of the tribal insurgents was , not least with regard to women . |
| 13 | The Dixie Syncopaters , Jazzorola , Folkwise , Folkways , the Red Resolution , and back to Dixie Railroad ; too many musicians chased too few gigs : that 's the way it was . |