The phrase "a rich few" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a small number of wealthy individuals or a privileged elite within a larger population.
Example: "The policies seem to favor a rich few, leaving the majority struggling to make ends meet."
Alternatives: "a wealthy minority" or "an affluent few."
Even share ownership is no longer the preserve of a rich few.
Structural changes have also occurred which mean that the month-long Australian summer idyll will only ever be realised by a rich few.
The fiercest critics compare research doctorates to Ponzi or pyramid schemes.Rich pickingsFor most of history even a first degree at a university was the privilege of a rich few, and many academic staff did not hold doctorates.
Gradually, the very best copies came into the hands of a rich few, who ruled the company and who, in the words of a report of 1582, "keepe no printing howse, neither beare any charge of letter, or other furniture but onlie paye for the workmanship".
Many people are indeed "just about managing", but that is directly due to Tory economic policies that have favoured a rich few over the rest of us, and left many in our country behind while a few at the top have soared ahead.
It gave voice to the percolating notion that " a rich few have subjugated the poor many".
"Piracy is very profitable," Mr. Vershbow wrote, "but the profits are realized by only a very rich few, at the expense of many, many others".
And for its sheer cynicism in reaping the rewards of the US government's bailout of the financial system to feather the pockets of an obscenely rich few.
Yet again, Republicans showed their only priority is to give the richest few a bigger piece of the pie.
Still, that can be sold as a gift for the aspirational many rather than a present for the very richest few.
Sure, it didn't hurt to have a rich benefactor providing a few extras.
