Few could believe that a renowned former companion of Nero had chosen such an honourable end.

Few orchestras could fill auditoriums, and the time-honored season-subscription system became increasingly anachronistic, as more and more listeners would buy tickets on an ad hoc basis for individual events.

Few of the records of transactions outside Rome that could help us understand the history of this Papacy survive from Benedict's reign, and because of the disruptions caused by the Lombards in Italy, perhaps few ever existed.

Few could stand by and watch a child drown ; many can ignore the avoidable deaths of children in Africa or India.

Few of the successes attributed to Lysenko could be duplicated.

Few normal pianos could be made, but 2, 436 special models were built by Steinway, the Victory Vertical or G. I.

Few writers could have made the Justification controversy interesting or even intelligible.

Few observers could have predicted how far the Spurs would fall during the 1996 – 97 season, especially with the signing of Dominique Wilkins.

Few in the area could afford to own slaves like the wealthier planters in the Lowcountry, and almost every farmer was forced to work the land himself.

Few gained from the theft of Shergar-the thieves never got their money and most insurers never paid out to the syndicate, claiming that he could still have been alive after the policy had expired.

When asked by his son Boromir how much time must pass before a Steward could become a King, if the King did not return, Denethor II replied: " Few years, maybe, in other places of less royalty ...

Few thought that Young, 70 at the time, could win ; even members of his own party had doubts, particularly Ohio's other senator, Democrat Frank J. Lausche.

Few thought that a tiny west coast school could defeat a team like Fordham.

Few men were left who could build a long rifle.

Few historic interurban lines are still operated in their original form, although a number of more recently constructed transit lines could be considered interurbans by Hilton and Due's standards above.

Few allies among the southern tribes could come to the assistance of Deborah and Barak.

Few small sailing dinghy designs could have managed this.

In complete editions the first book (" Livre premier ", ending after Chapter XXX ) concludes with the quotation: “ To the Happy Few ”, a dedication variously interpreted to mean either the few readers who could understand Stendhal ’ s writing ; or a Shakespearean allusion to Henry V ( 1599 ); or a sardonic reference to the well-born of society ( viz.

Few other pieces of IBM equipment could do this without sustaining damage.

“ Few observers have shown more sympathy … with the religious and social practices of the Hindus than Geddes did ; yet no one could have written more scathingly of Mahatma Gandhi ’ s attempt to conserve the past by reverting to the spinning wheel, at a moment when the fundamental poverty of the masses in India called for the most resourceful application of the machine both to agricultural and industrial life .’

Few cricketers changed their status, but there were some notable exceptions such as Wally Hammond who became ( or was allowed to become ) an amateur in 1938 so that he could captain England.

Few families could manage such a complicated undertaking.

Few of the goals established could be labeled as successes, others showed progress, but the majority were not met.

Few thought that Young, 70 at the time, could win ; even members of his own party had doubts, particularly Ohio's other senator, Democrat Frank J. Lausche.

Few will quarrel with the aim of the schools or with the wording of their curriculum.

Few who have painted the scenes around them have done so with so little bitterness.

Few other disciplines outside history deal with the time before year 1, exceptions being dendrochronology, archaeology and geology, the latter two of which use ' years before the present '.

Few further changes were made to the grounds, with the exception of the monuments and cottages built during the remainder of the 19th century.

Few breatharians have submitted themselves to medical testing ; of those that have, including a hospital's observation of an Indian mystic surviving without food or water for 15 days, none have undergone peer review with results independently reproduced.

Few Cape Verdeans own cars, but ownership is rising rapidly with increasing prosperity, particularly on Santiago Island.

Few newspapers still run half-page strips, as with Prince Valiant and Hagar the Horrible in the front page of the Reading Eagle Sunday comics section.

Few philosophers are as associated with induction as David Hume ; but Hume himself rarely used the term and when he did, he used it to support a point he was arguing.

The most popular Spaghetti Westerns were those of Sergio Leone, whose Dollars Trilogy ( A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ), featuring Clint Eastwood and scores by Ennio Morricone, came to define the genre along with Once Upon a Time in the West.

* Collection of Plain Tunes with a Few from Anthems and Hymns.

Few new jobs have been generated in the formal sector, however, because domestic private sector and foreign investment has dropped and coveted public-sector jobs have been reserved mostly for the small Honduran middle-class with political or military connections.

Few personal computers used the 80186, with some notable exceptions: the Australian Dulmont Magnum laptop, one of the first laptops ; the Wang Office Assistant, marketed as a PC-like stand-alone word processor ; the Mindset ; the Siemens PC-D ( not 100 % IBM PC-compatible but using MS-DOS 2. 11: de: Siemens PC-D ); the Compis ( a Swedish school computer ); the RM Nimbus ( a British school computer ); the Unisys ICON ( a Canadian school computer ); ORB Computer by ABS ; the HP 100LX, HP 200LX, HP 1000CX and HP OmniGo 700LX ; the Tandy 2000 desktop ( a somewhat PC-compatible workstation with sharp graphics for its day ); the Philips: YES ; the Nokia MikroMikko 2.

Few people ever realize when they are acting according to their own beliefs and when they are meekly submitting to authority … To permit myself to be drafted with the understanding that I am submitting to authority's demand to do something very wrong would make me frightened of myself … I am fully prepared to go to jail if I am not granted Conscientious Objector status.

Few people have the ability to be a Mentat ; thus, those with the discipline are prized in whatever role they choose.

Few comprehensive statistics on the Nauru economy exist, with estimates of Nauru's GDP varying widely.

Few comprehensive statistics on the Nauru economy exist, with estimates of Nauru's GDP varying widely.

* A Few Words with Niklaus Wirth

Few Jews visit the historic site, yet Jajouhana continues to keep the promise he made with his Jewish friends, and looks after the tomb.

Few structures associated with Saladin survive within modern cities.

Sabata and If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death, directed by Gianfranco Parolini introduces into similar betrayal environments a kind of hero molded on the Mortimer character from For a Few Dollars More, only without any vengeance motive and with more outrageous trick weapons.

Among the more commercially successful films with a hero dedicated to vengeance – For a Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West, Today We Kill … Tomorrow We Die !, A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die, Death Rides a Horse, Viva Django, The Devil's Backbone, Hate for Hate, Greatest Robbery in the West – he typically has to cooperate with people with other motivations.