Example sentences of "but the few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not those , but the few who respect silence , who respect the world , who are prepared to listen , who are prepared to change , who are aware of human weakness and vulnerability , who are aware of the imperatives of life and the imperatives of the work in hand . |
| 2 | Most medieval English dies are similar , but the few ancient dies which have survived differ somewhat in shape ( more conical , no square projection ) and in metal ( bronze rather than iron ) . |
| 3 | There is no doubt that much remains to be learnt about the technology of the period , but the few specialist studies that have been made are enlightening . |
| 4 | They were far enough from the city for the sounds of insurrection to be too faint to disturb anyone but the few scrawny goats which wandered listlessly around their enclosures . |
| 5 | But the few houses they passed seemed to have their doors locked and bolted and their windows shuttered . |
| 6 | There were not many trees in the poorer part of the city but the few trees there were , preserved to give shade in the little squares , were full of birds . |