Example sentences of "been very few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There have been very few attempts systematically to contrast their different properties . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If there had been very few cases , the crime would not have had much importance . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Since 1980 there have been very few reports of work design applications or developments . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There had been very few patients . |