Example sentences of "[been] few " in BNC.
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| 31 | There have been few controlled prospective studies of the effect of transferring to human insulin on the clinical presentation of hypoglycaemia . |
| 32 | There have been few relationships of that kind in my life . |
| 33 | There have been few occasions since then when she has experienced such remorseless enthusiasm . |
| 34 | There may have been few spiritual insights in his system , but in his Principles of philosophy ( 1644 ) he did insist that bodies continue in existence only because God preserves them in being . |
| 35 | Despite rapid advances in computer technology in the last three decades , there have been few changes in the methods by which communication with computers is achieved . |
| 36 | Whether this redirection has yet had much effect in the classroom is another matter entirely from my own observations there seems as yet to have been few major changes in practice . |
| 37 | Her pack slapped against her back as she jumped down beside Defries , reminding her that she was at last running out of supplies : there had been few explosives on the shuttle . |
| 38 | There have been few detailed research studies that have examined arrest rates of those living in the same areas or sentencing in both the magistrates ' courts and the Crown Court in one study . |
| 39 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 40 | His sober , professional and dependable manner , as much as his editorial position , had put him on good terms with most managing directors of most record companies , but his contacts with Branson — while always cordial — had been few . |
| 41 | Other assessment and gatekeeper roles exist because , at least in the past , there have been few alternatives to doctors as sufficiently skilled and entrusted guardians of limited public resources . |
| 42 | In parish churches , however , there was a long period of stagnation , although there were improvements in standards and taste , and until the time of Vatican II there had been few developments in the Liturgy and its music . |
| 43 | Although most country parks are monitored by crude counts of visitors , there have been few studies of whether they have achieved the aims set out above . |
| 44 | ( Tie-in sales and full-line forcing could be caught by Article 85(1) but there have been few cases ; Article 86 is the more likely to be relevant . ) |
| 45 | There have been few studies of adults with cystic fibrosis with respect to employment , education , housing , insurance , and other features of lifestyle , and most such studies have been based on patients attending large clinics , who may be unrepresentative of the total population with the disease . |
| 46 | There have been few studies of the social and emotional effects of incontinence . |
| 47 | Crucially , there have been few captains more adept at winning against long odds , which , as Pakistan have recently demonstrated , is the very essence of one-day cricket . |
| 48 | During the past year there have been few remarkable changes in the desktop publishing market but rather a definite shift of emphasis . |
| 49 | There is a danger in indulging in too great a diversity of material and outlook and , as biogeographers have been few in number , diversity could lead to the continuing omission of the study of the impact of human activity . |
| 50 | Mandru had been away on business for much of the time since Lucien had arrived , so performances had been few . |
| 51 | Bodies massive enough to excavate maria have been few in number though such bodies need not have exceeded about 100 km in diameter . |
| 52 | Although the disasters resulting from interference have , so far , been few and far between , the potential for havoc is growing daily : something must be done . |
| 53 | There have been few attempts to show this , but Barry Cunliffe 's diagram of Chalton settlements and the series of changes shown for Bullock Down in Sussex are interesting analyses which deserve to be emulated . |
| 54 | Despite these technological advances there have been few developments in the method of communicating with the computer , which remains keyboard-based . |
| 55 | There have been few repayment defaults . |
| 56 | Surprisingly , though , there have been few attempts to acknowledge the fluidity of Renaissance plays . |
| 57 | Third Class golfers must have been few and far between as my ticket example is only number 16 ! |
| 58 | There have been few examples of sensible , alternative ways to do things . |
| 59 | Much has been written about the pure theory of public choice but , in spite of a few pioneering works ( the best known being Downs , An Economic Theory of Democracy and Olson , The Logic of Collective Action ) there have been few recent applications in political science . |
| 60 | In a strife-torn country where terrorist hijacking and hostage taking is a common occurrence , full-blown sieges have been few and far between . |