Sentence examples for but rather few from inspiring English sources

We report here that ionocytes do not contain numerous small-sized mitochondria as has been suggested earlier but rather few, extremely elongated megamitochondria.

Past attempts have been made to understand the variability of stemflow under different types of vegetation, but rather few studies have focused on the combined influence of biotic and abiotic factors on inter and intra-storm stemflow variability, and none in Mediterranean climates.

But rather few here seem to feel exactly delighted, because so many of them voted for somebody else as their first choiceMr Clegg's best point came when he framed his desire to see more weight given to third party votes with a concession.

Performing pelvic floor ultrasound provides valuable information about vaginal meshes but rather few information about meshes used for sacropexy because it is not capable of showing the meshes lying above the pelvis.

Newcastle were without a number of their leading players but never bowed to the inevitable against a side that still has big names but rather fewer match‑winners.

"They are not due to increased cortisol concentrations". The experiments also suggest that the low number of mature neurons in the hippocampus in jet-lagged hamsters was not due to decreased production of new cells, but rather, fewer new cells maturing into working cells, or perhaps new cells dying prematurely.

This was a million more than the 2.6 million who saw BBC1's Panorama, about terror groups on the Pakistan-Afghan border, but rather fewer than the 9.5 million, a 40% share, who watched Coronation Street at the same time on ITV1.

It's unlikely that there are more bees in cities, but rather fewer flowers, so bees really concentrate on the few they can find.

The last 30 years or so have seen many predictions of S&T labor shortages, but with rather few exceptions those predictions have proved wrong or, at best, exaggerated.

Numerous efforts have been made to engineer REases for altered specificity but with rather few successful examples.

More than 1,000 species are known to date, but there are rather few scientists devoted to their study, with many species yet to be found.