Example sentences of "[verb] but few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English part-song continued to flourish but few examples were printed before 1588 . |
| 2 | What a terrible indictment on the medical profession if it pillories those of its members who are brave enough to find the research evidence to support what many have suspected but few have challenged . |
| 3 | Stephen , indeed , had written in 1771 to another botanist saying ‘ our country produces but few uncommon plants : we have no mountains , few woods or marshes . ’ |
| 4 | Many were called but few were chosen . |
| 5 | Pressures towards manpower production meant in effect , that demands from higher levels of the education system fed down towards the primary curriculum and there was a certain rather questionable pyramid philosophy built on the premise that ‘ many are called but few are chosen ’ . |
| 6 | The word here — many talk but few are willing to be quoted — is that Nelson Mandela will be the last to go , and that he is working closely with the government in arranging a timetable for the releases . |
| 7 | Many try but few succeed . |
| 8 | This is more remarkable since in his own lifetime he had but few enthusiastic followers , nor did a school grow up around him to carry on his work . |
| 9 | The veracity of the media account may be questioned but few doubt that the events reported took place in some way . |
| 10 | This may mean that a file which operates well under normal conditions , i.e. many home records being accessed but few synonyms , may take a relatively long time to process sequentially . |
| 11 | As Sir John Fielding put it in 1758 : The infinite variety of professions , trades , and manufactures joined to the army , navy and services , leave few men idle , unless from choice ; whilst women have but few trades , and fewer manufactures to employ them . |