Example sentences of "but few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of behavioural surveys have been mixed , with the pattern of activities more varied than in traditional streets , but few residents encouraged to go out more . |
| 2 | But few miners believe these figures ( given by the metallurgy minister ) ; if they were true , more than the 19 steel mills closed so far would have been affected . |
| 3 | The campaign of resistance had then succeeded , but few Unionists were celebrating ; Lord Winterton in Sussex and Willoughby de Broke in Warwickshire were among the Unionists who were preparing to spread an Irish civil war to England by setting up " commandos " of diehards among the yeomanry — but it was not clear whom they would fight if the army refused to support the government . |
| 4 | But few countries were in such neutral condition , and very much later the subtle signs of appreciation became known : extra aid for Guatemala ‘ enhanced ’ military aid for Honduras , a veto of a damaging import-limitation bill for Taiwan , and goodness knows what quiet back-scratching for China and South Africa . |
| 5 | There had always been cities providing a variety of religious , political , and commercial functions but few contemporaries doubted that the industrial city of the nineteenth century was a new phenomenon . |
| 6 | Many men ( but few women ) deny the existence of subtle impediments that make it particularly difficult for women , blacks , Hispanics and even those talented Asians to make it to the top . |
| 7 | There are landmarks and turning points in the movement 's evolution but few paintings that demand to be considered or discussed at the expense of others . |
| 8 | Pre-paid funeral plans are standard in America but few Britons have latched onto the idea of ‘ pay now , go later ’ . |
| 9 | But few things make as much difference as the paper used . |
| 10 | Conversely , if state-owned companies have been offered for privatization but few bidders have come forward , is this a ‘ failure ’ if the firms continue as loss makers in the public sector ? |
| 11 | Concern with the nature and structure of knowledge is a continuing if not always explicit aspect of many subjects , but few discussions go beyond the single discipline or field . |
| 12 | The four days of the Congress so far have witnessed much angry barking by Communists and their allies but few proposals with which to attack the government . |
| 13 | On the international scene there are David Campese , Jeremy Guscott and Philippe Sella but few others , which could be bad for the future of the game as a spectacle . |
| 14 | Abbey National might be feeling perky at the moment but few others of the major players share its rosy view . |
| 15 | But few others cry out for recognition . |
| 16 | At the very least , this raises some important questions for ego-psychology and indicates what Freud — but few others since — always knew , namely , that group- and ego-psychology are deeply and intimately intertwined . |
| 17 | The National Trust acquired this unusual property in 1951 , but few records were kept of the garden 's early management . |
| 18 | But few engineers subscribe to this theory and at the end of the day it is the hardware engineer who has to ‘ get the thing working ’ . |
| 19 | Cities are the inverse , containing individual blocks , streets but few voids , lungs : an excessive impression of solid mass and a zero expression of space . |
| 20 | In any one place , the two species gain by resembling each other , because predators will treat them both as the same kind of prey ; but few predators move far enough for there to be any advantage to the Heliconius in looking the same in distant places . |
| 21 | ‘ As there are but few persons who love to meditate upon scenes of death , and too many are only able to view the gloomy side of them , instead of following by the eye of faith the glorious progress of the departing saint , I will hasten to end of my story . ’ |
| 22 | But few farmers were brave enough to buy it . |
| 23 | On occasions one can buy cow , horse , poultry , or pig manure from neighbouring farms or stables , but few farmers can now afford to part with such valuable by-products . |
| 24 | The link between awareness of beauty and recognition of the moral good was a fundamental aspect of Plato 's ethical theory , but few writers since Plato have tied awareness of beauty in nature so closely to a deeper notion of the good . |
| 25 | ‘ Doctors , who have never been taught medical entomology and do n't know what a mite is , would be far happier if asthma were caused by cigarette smoke , pollution , plant pollen or cat fur , but few cases actually are . |
| 26 | But few sportsmen or coaches could be more explicit on this point than Haringey 's sprinter John Skeets : ‘ It 's part of our make-up , physically and mentally . ’ |
| 27 | Dr Fitzhugh admits that the prices he pays for commissioned prices are well below market value ; but few artists turn down the opportunity for such excellent exposure . |
| 28 | Catastrophe is the principal subject of much of the significant art of the present , but few artists have been able to synthesise imagery of this order of resonance . |
| 29 | But few critics are laughing at a time when ex-Klansman David Duke is able seriously to contend the governorship of Louisiana . |
| 30 | Tremendous publicity was given to the circumstances in which this movie had been made and to the way in which the director had shot some forty reels ; ‘ the eight-hour day for movie fans has not yet dawned ’ was the thankful comment of Robert Sherwood , but few critics doubted that the film conveyed much of the anger , ugliness , and brutality of the novel . |