Sentence examples for very a few from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'very a few' is not correct and is not used in written English.
Instead, we use the phrase 'very few' to denote a small amount. For example, "There are very few apples left in the basket."

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Pooling allows one to estimate the allele frequency among large numbers of individuals by examining a single or much fewer samples, reducing the workload from hundreds of samples to one or very a few.

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"We were very, very, very close a few times.

"This is a digital toaster it does a very few things, very well and efficiently".

(There are a very few exceptions — a few glorious seconds of physical comedy dispersed throughout the film).

With a very, very few exceptions, a guy will get in touch with a girl he's interested in.

But in a very few months I think very few people will remember this".

This was a result that a very few had predicted.

"The program reaches break-even a very few years after a child graduates," noted Chussil.

A very few will have a focus confirmation indicator in the viewfinder when focus is obtained.

It is a lifestyle suited to a very few.

A few, very few, can do both.

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