Sentence examples for painfully few from inspiring English sources

Even during that period, painfully few details are available.

Britons may dislike Conservatives, but painfully few trust Mr Miliband to deliver state-sponsored prosperity.

And while the Democratic Alliance describes itself as multiracial, it counts painfully few black leaders and members.

Europe needs new elements that amount to a grand bargain with its people: I can see painfully few convincing ideas out there.

Though the whole NHS would be sorely damaged, mental health services have painfully few reserves to call upon when staff are pressurised so brazenly to leave.

The mayor's courtship of the president and his allies has deprived Mr. Thompson of a natural advantage in an election in which he enjoys painfully few of them.

In less than a month, however, James O'Neill was hospitalised with cancer and died, painfully, a few months after that.

And, as many investors found out all too painfully a few years ago, speculation about new technologies or products can wildly drive prices of stocks within the sector, skewing the perception of how valuable some companies are.

Fortunately, Dyer died quite painfully a few years later, his mind now racked with doubts about whether or not killing everyone was a cool thing to do. .

But banks, as we painfully relearn every few years, spread the damage widely.

Littlewood left Britain for good in 1972 (she died 30 years later) and Bart provided a few painfully unmemorable songs for her last show at Stratford East, Costa Packet, a fairly predictable take on the new tourist package industry.