Example sentences of "for few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just sit down for few minutes , you are probably worth more than you think . |
| 2 | Our only means of escape is alcohol , and I keep off that pretty much ; but I ca n't say I blame chaps for getting drunk ( apart from the fact that it does n't do you any good ) , for few of them take any interest in books . |
| 3 | For the moment he therefore confined himself to a tour of the streets , even though popular clamour made it clear what was wanted , for few cried ‘ Vive la République ’ . |
| 4 | What is clear is that behind the brilliance of the official Court there lay a core of family — one is tempted to say bourgeois — life , but this is not , of course , how the Second Empire is remembered , for few even of the courtiers were admitted to the intimacy of the Imperial family and the general public not at all . |
| 5 | The life of a business or operation may also be at risk for few industries have such a strong and demanding legal code where failure to comply may result in immediate closure or prosecution . |
| 6 | You may not be aware of the Hayes Society , for few talk of it these days . |
| 7 | It 's a time for few windows and we have many , and maybe it 's even a time for living in town or city with lights and movement and not just the dead nettles of the water meadow to gaze at . |
| 8 | For few of the departed will life afterwards be easy . |
| 9 | Tamar stood for few moments studying the turbulent river , which seemed to reflect the turmoil of her thoughts . |
| 10 | But specific strategies were sadly amissing , for few there were experienced soldiers , used enough to inter-clan battle and feud but not to full-scale national warfare against the English might , as their fathers had learned to be . |
| 11 | Another important question is whether the UK government will bring the existing financial thresholds above which an item requires a licence in line with the EC thresholds , which are slightly more liberal for a wide range of items , although stricter for few significant categories , such as prints and drawings . |
| 12 | This is a period about which little is known for few records survive of those days . |
| 13 | At present , the awards in successful cases are paid to the company — which makes , unsurprisingly , for few suits . |
| 14 | Conversely , musculo-skeletal problems , which account for few deaths of those aged 65 + , are a major cause of disability in the community . |
| 15 | Certainly not by direct experience , for few who ‘ know ’ about schoolroom or football violence have been present at its manifestations . |
| 16 | It may be possible , due to restricted publicity and advertising , for few tenders to be submitted and personal friends or acquaintances of the agent to be able to submit a low offer , or arrange for an offer to be submitted once all the tenders have been opened . |
| 17 | In England and Wales we are singularly placed to appreciate the relationship of scenery and structure , for few other parts of the earth 's surface show in a similar small area so great a diversity of rock types and of landscape features : " Britain is a world by itself " ; its mountains are not high , nor its rivers long , but within a few hundred miles of travel from east to west one may see more varieties of scenery than are to be found in many bigger countries . |
| 18 | You know when I look vexed , I goes , because I hav n't seen you for few weeks , and he walked away , come are you walking back with us ? |