Example sentences of "but [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a wind of change blowing through the corporate environment these days , one that has long been predicted but that few expected to actually see . |
| 2 | But some few weeks later she happened to bring home from the library a volume of Marx 's early writings . |
| 3 | They are loathe to admit it , but those few who have single cells will weep into their pillows at night . |
| 4 | The vast majority of readers chose to take the option of voting for two favourite animals , but those few who voted for just one ( which was then counted twice in the tallying up ) tended to favour the elephant , specifically the African elephant , followed by tiger , otter and pig . |
| 5 | I have little in them , nothing that matters , but those few crumpled contents laid out on the table are my possessions . |
| 6 | Inevitably he would then go out and give the audience the show of their lives , but those few minutes were clearly excruciating . |
| 7 | ‘ But those few gigs we did , with me playing guitar and singing harmonies , went down a bomb and we have been partners ever since . |
| 8 | The scene was frantic : a sea of members but precious few stage-divers ( these guys like to keep their distance ) , simply ridiculous volume levels that make sure you only concentrated on the music , lovely melodies , and people getting away from the pressures of daily life in a northern town . |