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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a rather few" is not correct in standard written English.
It is a contradictory expression, as "few" implies a small number, while "rather" suggests a degree of abundance or quantity.
Example: "There are a rather few options available for this project."
Alternatives: "a small number" or "a limited few".
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The results in Section 3 showed that B-IFDMA can be defined based on a rather few number of subcarriers per block also with realistic channel estimation performance.
Data about the optimal conditions for the production of fungal biomass are available for a rather few species of macrofungi (i.e., mainly those exploited for edible mushroom production).
Despite the fact that the relative gains were as high among the better educated compared to the less educated, it generally translates to a rather few averted cases originating from the high educated.
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"You're wasting scarce time by bringing in a plane with rather few people in it".
This variety explains the wide range of body forms in a phylum with rather few species.
As a result, we had rather few issues and were able to move very quickly to nanotech volumes.
Physiological problems of a specifically sexual nature are rather few.
6 7 Studies of suicide among offenders who are not in prisons are rather few, but an elevated risk in this population has also been reported.
It's a rather beautiful few moments, after which Dan takes the mic.
Rather, few potential buyers are biting.
Twenty-eight yeago agon on the restaurant's second birthday, it served a rather simpler menu -- cassoulet, salad and half a liter of wine -- to rather fewer people.
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