Sentence examples for a few remained from inspiring English sources

From 20 to 60 apprentices worked with Wright each year; a few remained for decades, constituting his main office staff.

Records indicate that though the boycott leaders claimed to have rid the town of Chinese, a few remained.

Most of the enterprises had been successfully privatized by the beginning of the 21st century, but a few remained in government hands.

A rapper shouted the Lord's praise to a light show and most of the audience stepped forward to pledge themselves to Christ while a few remained, uncomfortable, in their seats.

While many called for her resignation, saying they felt let down by their parliamentary representative, a few remained supportive, describing her as a "well respected" MP who had done so much for their town.

As computer systems, both hardware and software, developed and expanded in size and capability most of these representations died out and only a few remained in widespread use: namely SMILES, CAS, and Molfiles in SDfiles [4].

But a few remain.

Now, though, only a few remain.

We're not talking pandas, where just a few remain.

A few remain unrepentant about their men-only status.

The deal would leave Bumi with only a few remaining mining operations around the world.