Example sentences of "[verb] for the [adj] few " in BNC.

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1	Ben Jonson actually takes delight in announcing ( in Latin ) on the title page of his 1616 Workes that the book is designed for the select few and not the common crowd .
2	The most feverish area of research in snowboarding for the past few years has been the quest for an improved binding system — in particular a releasable binding that works .
3	To create for the lucky few a special fragrance , a perfume as individual as we are ourselves .
4	But the second games started , Merton would move , striding like a supermarket trolley attendant into the ring and ignoring all the ‘ rules ’ of improvisational comedy that the other clever-clever types had been carefully developing for the previous few years .
5	In times of exchange rate volatility , such as we have been experiencing for the past few years , most overseas buyers will want to be invoiced in their own currency and avoid any exchange risk .
6	It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries .
7	This is something we have all known for the past few months .
8	Just as hapless as the plundering Norse overlord he 'd been playing for the past few weeks !
9	He was going out and would be engaged for the following few days .
10	Secondary education was available for the more fortunate and higher education was reserved for the privileged few .
11	But Mr Desmond Fennell , QC , chairman of the Bar , claimed there was a danger that many people needing legal help would have access only to a ‘ more expensive Jack of all trades , ’ while specialist skills were reserved for the privileged few .
12	It turns out that the Heston Club team has lost a title that it had held for the past few years .

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