Example sentences of "been [adv] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there have been rather few cases which have addressed at all directly the question of the legality of the use of nuclear weapons , and even fewer judgments touching on this . |
| 2 | Despite research into some aspects of the error propagation issue in spatial data processing ( e.g. Blakemore 1984 ; Chrisman 1984 ; Drummond 1987 ; Goodchild and Dubuc 1987 ; Walsh et al. 1987 ) , Burrough ( 1986:103 ) correctly points out that ‘ It is remarkable that there have been so few studies on the whole problem of residual variation and how errors arise , or are created and propagated in geographical information processing , and what the effects of these errors might be on the results of studies made . ’ |
| 3 | There have been so few reading problems in the whole hundred-and-odd pages that the story has been free to come to life , you can see it all , enjoy it all : ‘ Dear Miss Blyton , I think your stories are really exciting ! ’ |
| 4 | It is important to be clear then about our reasons for feeling that we had to explain why women have come so far rather than explaining why there had been so few gains . |
| 5 | Evaluation of the McClellan system is difficult because there have been so few opportunities to see it in operation . |
| 6 | There have always been surprisingly few monopolies though they have become principal protectors of the exclusivity of the legal profession . |
| 7 | But there have been surprisingly few mergers and acquisitions . |
| 8 | There seem to have been relatively few trading links with Attica , which is surprising , although a scatter of finds at Thorikos suggests that the Minoans may have been interested in the silver ores there ; if so , the island of Kea could have been used as a trading station for their transfer to Crete . |
| 9 | There have been relatively few studies of modern cultural institutions outside the dominant fields of press and broadcasting , but on cinema see Mayer ( 1948 ) and on more recent approaches see Albrecht , Barnett and Griff ( 1970 ) . |
| 10 | This appears to be an accurate assessment of the fact that although joining high speed roads almost always feels dangerous there had in fact been relatively few accidents recorded at that site in the three year period studied . |
| 11 | There have been relatively few books written by senior officers of ‘ the other side ’ , and this certainly provides a commentary that will interest historians of the 1939–1945 air war . |
| 12 | Indeed , the optic lobe contains a wealth of neurons which respond specifically to elaborate patterns of motion , such as the optic flow fields generated on a retina when an insect turns around or flies over the ground , but there have been disappointingly few descriptions of neurons with interesting spatial properties . |
| 13 | To the best of my knowledge , for all the talk this question has engendered over the years , there have been very few attempts within the profession to formulate an official answer . |
| 14 | There have been very few attempts systematically to contrast their different properties . |
| 15 | There have been very few cases where microorganisms have been used for in situ removal of chlorinated , or even petroleum compounds , and conventional biological processes are more commonly used . |
| 16 | If there had been very few cases , the crime would not have had much importance . |
| 17 | After Cicero 's De Oratore , there appear to have been very few analyses of the language of humour , comedy and joking , until the twentieth century : at least , judging from Milner 's ( 1972 ) account , cited in Delia Chiaro 's bibliography . |
| 18 | Since 1980 there have been very few reports of work design applications or developments . |
| 19 | In all my life there have been very few occasions when I badly wanted more money and that was one of them , because on my wage of three shillings a day as an AC2 I was unable to drape her with expensive clothes . |
| 20 | There had been very few patients . |