Example sentences of "except the few " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the late 1980s , the ‘ golden dream ’ had lost its appeal to almost everyone in the ‘ Socialist Commonwealth ’ except the few elderly leaders from the generation which had entered the Communist Party at the height of Stalin 's predominance . |
| 2 | The incompetence of the king , and the arrogance and greed of the Despensers , had so alienated men from the court that none except the few who profited from the king 's favour would fight for him . |
| 3 | Everyone 's position was dubious in some respect : no one had been able to stand aloof from the efforts of Philip and Mary to turn England back to popery , and all except the few convinced Romanists in the village hoped that the days of compulsory religion and inquisitions would now be over . |
| 4 | Nothing moved there except the few blackheaded gulls wheeling and crying above the river . |
| 5 | When I first when I was first driving in the early 1970's you could park in the quarry car park any time you fancied except the few days before Christmas . |