Example sentences of "with the few " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we do find , as with the few collective farms in Roslavl' , is an obsession with possible growth-points admired by the Bolsheviks . |
| 2 | One younger Welsh hill farmer used to go up ‘ to help his father in evenings with the few cattle they had ’ , but afterwards at supper the older man expected the grandchildren to keep silent , and if they spoke ‘ he 'd look at us fiercely . ’ |
| 3 | His heavily built wife showed me my room and soon I was on the end of a bench in the small dark restaurant , supping soup with the few day-trippers ; listening to their stories . |
| 4 | But the pathway to discovery was established and the scale on which resources were expended to make these discoveries represents a fantastic extravagance when it is compared with the few thousands of pounds available to Florey and his colleagues , and even with the subsequent development of the original penicillins in the United States . |
| 5 | Perhaps the confusion is understandable : British Whites went to the USA along with the few true White Parks during the Second World War for the security of the breeds . |
| 6 | Even with the few night-lights burning , the cathedral gave an appearance of lightness and spaciousness . |
| 7 | The pattern of extended family living persists with the few Bangladeshis who have grown up in Cardiff or elsewhere in Britain . |
| 8 | As David Shulman , equity strategist at Salomon Brothers , was the first to point out , the danger for investors these days lies less with the few hot shares whose rise he misses than with the many dubious ones already in his portfolio . |
| 9 | This section first compares prevalence in Wirral with the few studies of rates of opioid use in other parts of the UK , and then turns to an examination of the characteristics of opioid users in different areas . |
| 10 | However , as you know , you must be very , very careful with the few years that remain to you . ’ |
| 11 | Even with the few remaining assets , there is very little margin to work on . |
| 12 | Most of the houses were well maintained with the few rooms that were still lit disclosing the appurtenances of middle-class living : paintings and prints , a piano , a music-stand , crammed bookshelves . |
| 13 | ‘ She is unable to give an interview to someone who has been so rude to her , ’ he told Groom curtly , but agreed to furnish her himself with the few facts she needed . |
| 14 | Her suitcase was still sitting on the bed , with the few clothes and belongings she had brought with her piled into it . |
| 15 | In many parts of the country , but particularly in the west , hamlets and farmsteads are the normal settlement pattern today , with the few villages mostly of post-medieval development . |
| 16 | Some tests were also made with the few boxes of plants available at this time . |
| 17 | We have provided an access fund to the institutions to enable them to deal with the few cases of hardship that genuinely occur . |
| 18 | Even the local reporter had to kick his heels at the lich-gate with the few inquisitive neighbours who had gathered . |
| 19 | With the few data presently available , it is difficult to assess whether isolated primary involvement by non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma would be equally responsive to treatment ; our case 1 patient died of complications before any relevant treatment could be undertaken , whereas follow up in the case reported by Berman et al was too short ; only successful local excision of the tumour was reported although ‘ radiotherapy and chemotherapy were recommended to the patient ’ . |
| 20 | The pressure of population caused much less concern in the Welsh Border counties where there was still sufficient land available to allow poor immigrants to erect cottages on the wastes and to claim common rights to go with the few acres that they had cleared from the woods or the moors . |
| 21 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |