In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 27 in NEGATION is defined as:
(very) ‘few’ meaning ‘not many’ to refer to people in formal written contexts, often reports or surveys.
*This also overlaps C1 quantity pronouns.
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few _V
1 FEW ARE 18250
Many are called, few are chosen.
2 FEW HAVE 15340
3 FEW WILL 6660
But few will soon forget this lonely man who reached out to a world he knew only through the radio,
looking for friendship and finding only pain and tragedy.
4 FEW WERE 6485
5 FEW WOULD 6320
6 FEW CAN 5928
7 FEW COULD 2828
8 FEW KNOW 2524
9 FEW DO 2470
10 FEW HAD 2390
11 FEW TEST 1552
12 FEW MAY 1458
13 FEW SEEM 1018
14 FEW GET 1005
15 FEW IS 926
16 FEW BLOG 901
17 FEW DID 843
18 FEW UNDERSTAND 794
19 FEW REALIZE 766
20 FEW KNEW 669
21 FEW MIGHT 664
22 FEW MAKE 617
23 FEW USE 574
24 FEW GO 533
25 FEW TAKE 513
26 FEW COME 473
27 FEW UP 468
28 FEW SAID 451
29 FEW MADE 447
30 FEW STAND 438
31 FEW OFFER 437
32 FEW BELIEVE 435
33 FEW TRAVEL 429
34 FEW LISTENS 417
35 FEW GOOGLE 415 (not a verb)
36 FEW REMAIN 414
37 FEW BUG 405
38 FEW WANT 378
39 FEW STANDOUT 368
40 FEW BEING 363
41 FEW WORK 340
42 FEW BUILDS 339
43 FEW CAME 324
44 FEW STATE 319
45 FEW HAS 305
46 FEW READ 300
47 FEW WAS 295
48 FEW SAY 284
49 FEW SHOULD 277
50 FEW EXPECT 276
51 FEW THINK 274
52 FEW SUPPORT 273
53 FEW WENT 271
54 FEW TOOK 268
55 FEW GOT 259
56 FEW THOUGHT 256
57 FEW SURVIVE 250
Kotaku Australia58 FEW FIND 247
59 FEW INCLUDE 244
60 FEW REMEMBER 242
61 FEW SAW 240
62 FEW FOLLOW 238
63 FEW PLOT 234
64 FEW YOUTUBE 233
65 FEW SEE 230
66 FEW BELIEVED 217
67 FEW MUST 204
68 FEW SHOW 204
69 FEW PAINT 202
70 FEW SEEMED 197
71 FEW SNEAK 197
72 FEW FALL 190
73 FEW FAN 180
74 FEW LOOK 177
75 FEW USING 177
76 FEW COMPARED 176
77 FEW MARKET 175
78 FEW SURVIVED 175
79 FEW REQUIRE 174
80 FEW POSSESS 173
81 FEW MANAGE 172
82 FEW BECOME 170
83 FEW GIVE 168
84 FEW DANCE 168
85 FEW CLIMBS 166
86 FEW EXPECTED 166
87 FEW DARE 161
very few _VV
1 VERY FEW KNOW 331
2 VERY FEW GET 157
3 VERY FEW SEEM 142
4 VERY FEW UNDERSTAND 130
5 VERY FEW MAKE 119
6 VERY FEW TAKE 89
7 VERY FEW GO 79
8 VERY FEW SURVIVE 68
9 VERY FEW OFFER 68
10 VERY FEW KNEW 67
11 VERY FEW COME 59
12 VERY FEW USE 53
13 VERY FEW REALIZE 48
14 VERY FEW WANT 46
15 VERY FEW REMAIN 43
16 VERY FEW MADE 40
17 VERY FEW COMPARED 38
18 VERY FEW SEE 38
19 VERY FEW SURVIVED 37
20 VERY FEW CAME 34
21 VERY FEW BECOME 28
22 VERY FEW EXIST 27
23 VERY FEW FIND 26
24 VERY FEW SUPPORT 26
25 VERY FEW SAY 26
26 VERY FEW MANAGE 24
27 VERY FEW THINK 24
28 VERY FEW LIKE 24
29 VERY FEW BELIEVE 23
30 VERY FEW TRAVEL 23
31 VERY FEW STAND 21
32 VERY FEW CHOOSE 20
33 VERY FEW POSSESS 19
34 VERY FEW SUCCEED 18
35 VERY FEW GIVE 18
36 VERY FEW GOT 18
37 VERY FEW ACHIEVE 17
38 VERY FEW TOOK 17
39 VERY FEW WENT 17
40 VERY FEW WANTED 17
41 VERY FEW SPEAK 17
42 VERY FEW PROVIDE 16
43 VERY FEW SEEMED 16
44 VERY FEW WORK 15
45 VERY FEW GRADUATE 14
46 VERY FEW APPEAR 13
47 VERY FEW AGREE 13
48 VERY FEW END 13
49 VERY FEW CRUISE 13
50 VERY FEW FOLLOW 13
51 VERY FEW LEGIT 13
52 VERY FEW STATE 13
53 VERY FEW REMEMBER 13
54 VERY FEW SAW 13
55 VERY FEW TALK 13
56 VERY FEW TIRES 12
57 VERY FEW REPEAT 12
58 VERY FEW REALISE 12
59 VERY FEW PAINT 12
60 VERY FEW CONSIDER 12
61 VERY FEW CARE 12
62 VERY FEW BELIEVED 11
63 VERY FEW DELIVER 11
64 VERY FEW INVOLVE 11
65 VERY FEW FOCUS 11
66 VERY FEW LOOK 11
67 VERY FEW SAID 11
68 VERY FEW TEST 11
69 VERY FEW WEAR 10
70 VERY FEW MANAGED 10
71 VERY FEW COMBAT 10
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dare, focus, google, graduate, plot, state, survive, survived, tackles