Example sentences of "but few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many gardeners plant up colourful tubs , window boxes and baskets for the summer , but few arrange for a similarly splendid winter and spring display . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | THERE were several scary moments in Home Run ( BBC 1 ) , a thriller by Andy Armitage , but few as terrifying as the early revelation that the central character was called Billy English . |
| 4 | Certain newspapers and television programmes have long enjoyed surname humour — the mid-wife called Miss Stork , the taxi-driver Mr Hanger — but few such features have unearthed a Mr England , Miss English or Mrs Albion whose character is , in some obscure way , an embodiment of the national one . |
| 5 | But few people took seriously the idea of such a hulk of a man going without food . |
| 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 | There are many people in Hungary nursing stab wounds in the back who can testify to Mr Pozsgay 's first-class conspiratorial skills , but few have caught him wielding the knife . |
| 8 | Speakers may still make respectful remarks about the market , but few want it to be free . |
| 9 | Not that he will necessarily go soon , but few think he will last longer than the party congress next May . |
| 10 | But few believe the findings of the Law Commission , or government action , will prevent either hacking or computer-related crime . |
| 11 | It had one for last June 's European elections , but few prominent Greens have any clear idea of where they go now . |
| 12 | Like most packages to the States , it provides only the room ( some also provide breakfast , but few provide other meals ) . |
| 13 | Where Keynes is concerned , they have long recognized his importance as an inspiration between the wars for a certain type of progressive , Lib-Lab politics : but few could pass an examination in Keynesian theory . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | Some good whiting to 1 lb at Aberarth but few in number . |
| 16 | Happily it was rare to be as unfortunate as Dooley on the field , but few were able to make a good career in the game . |
| 17 | Many were called but few were chosen . |
| 18 | Most of us have been warned about the health risks of high blood pressure ( hypertension ) but few people are aware that in several European countries the opposite condition of low blood pressure ( hypotension ) is regarded as a medical problem . |
| 19 | Consider , for example , the cultural differences for a European in journeying to parts of Africa ( large , but few time zones crossed ) or New Zealand ( smaller cultural changes but more time zones crossed ) . |
| 20 | There were daunting moments in last night 's First Tuesday ( Yorkshire ) , but few of them matched that hint of a jackboot under the blue serge . |
| 21 | Ms Jenny Wilson , a trustee of the charity , said research has shown that men have modified their sexual behaviour towards each other , but few towards women . |
| 22 | The one buoyant retail sector has been food , but few department stores sell much of that . |
| 23 | While Nissan uses an American flag at Smyrna to underline its Americanness , the British plant has no such patriotic symbol but few Japanese decorations either . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | So far the shopkeepers are surviving , because demand is so great , but few are yet admitting to doing anything other than breaking even . |
| 26 | Mutual funds ( unit trusts in Britain ) have become big shareholders in France , but few are run by independent groups ; most are subsidiaries of banks which in turn can influence decisions during bids . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Westerners come and go , crowding into the Marriott , Warsaw 's only top-class hotel , but few bother to set up shop . |
| 29 | As a public figure hero-worshipped by countless youngsters , his drug-taking was a sad business , but few people in any field have ever used their fame better than his long-distance walks which have raised vast sums for charity . |
| 30 | No Prime Minister has enjoyed this twice-weekly brains trust — and Margaret Thatcher was no exception — but few Prime Ministers did it as well or as consistently . |