Example sentences of "for very few " in BNC.

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1 He has two kinds of Test performance — five for very few , and none for a lot , and this was looking like the latter .
2 The formal rules and regimen are not the bases for the ways in which ordinary policemen perform their tasks , for very few rankers follow even a proportion of the management 's rules of conduct ( for example see Bittner 1967 ; Cain 1973 ; Chatterton 1976 , 1979 ; Eticson 1982 ; Holdaway 1980 , 1983 ; Manning 1977 , 1979 ; Punch 1979a ; Rubinstein 1973 ; Wilson 1968 ) .
3 We both cared very much for very few people .
4 Such a laugh was made for very few .
5 The reasons for these two situations arising could be because the correct word is not in the word list , but this in fact accounts for very few cases .
6 For very few of these past 170 years have Greeks felt properly in command of their own country .
7 The usefulness of this framework was limited , however , as the dates of occupation were known for very few sites ; and furthermore , the time interval between sites and finds was also unknown .
8 Thus a proposed pit closure threatened the economic base of the entire community ; an absence of work for the male adults meant the destruction of every family 's economic foundation , for very few women ( save a few who worked in village shops etc. ) had either jobs or the local opportunities of jobs .
9 Looking south , Huy could just make out the shape of the wall surrounding the palace compound , and remembered that quiet and contentment existed in reality for very few , and then only for a fraction of the time one spends under this sun .
10 Currently that 's true for very few women .
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