Example sentences of "[been] [adv] few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my own case , he wrote , and I can speak only for myself , in my own case and in my own life there have been very few genuine beginnings , only three or perhaps four . |
| 2 | So far there have been very few legal challenges to disciplinary action falling short of exclusion , apart from those concerning the use of corporal punishment which is now banned in the state sector . |
| 3 | The use of the leap-frog appeal has been surrounded by considerable caution and the very stringent conditions to be met before such an appeal can be taken has meant that there have been very few such appeals . |
| 4 | There have been very few direct attempts to assess the significance of corporatism for the administrative branch of the state . |
| 5 | As a result there had been very few scientific studies which would make their case harder to win , he said . |
| 6 | The British Cabinet has been the focal point of much general argument among students of politics , but there have been very few detailed case-studies produced which show how individual decisions were made at that level . |