Example sentences of "[adv] [art] few [noun] who " in BNC.

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1 And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen
2 Because of the low incidence of blindness among school-aged children in the UK there will be only a few pupils who are totally blind .
3 ‘ We are actually now dealing with a substance which affects us all , not just the few people who take cannabis for recreational purposes . ’
4 Assembly time is a natural occasion for identifying just a few children who have done well — a whole succession of children called to the front for praise in a single assembly simply devalues the reward .
5 An opinion endorsed by not a few others who whispered among themselves — some of them when Amabel was not listening , others when she very obviously was — that Linnet Gage had stolen the show .
6 Mrs Frizzell snatched up her property , tried wildly to wrap the books in the remains of the paper bag , dropped one of them , picked it up and fled to the cloak-room at the back of the hall , followed by the titters and sniggers of not a few ladies who , knowing the reason for her purchase of the books , could well have rescued her from her predicament , but saw no reason to do so .
7 But while this method keeps many plant-eaters at bay , there are always a few creatures who have the design capability to deal with the toxins .
8 Some people , there are always a few people who , who love it .
9 Here in Haiti there are still a few people who know how to use voodoo .
10 However , there are still a few lenders who will consider 100 per cent of the property 's purchase price .
11 ( There are plenty of white working-class boys and even a few policemen who do not hold pronounced racist views . )
12 There are quite a few Americans who go on talk shows and simply give a performance .
13 Says 15-year-old David Stokes : ‘ There are quite a few boys who just have to have a girlfriend , but it 's not what we all feel .
14 There are quite a few people who would say that you should n't feed a wild badger at all .
15 There were evidently quite a few people who , like Andreeva , had failed to appreciate the seriousness of the task that faced them in April 1985 and the uselessness of applying the command-administrative methods of the past .
16 I know quite a few people who would do that .
17 As it was only eleven thirty in the morning there were quite a few people who thought that it would be fun to go out and play in the floods and others who were just lending a hand to those in difficulty .
18 Several crutches , though , and quite a few people who did n't apparently have anything wrong with them , helpers or nurses , he supposed .
19 However a few people who tested antibody negative have gone on to develop AIDS , and some scientists now believe that — extremely rarely — someone with HIV may never produce antibodies .
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