too | very | so + many | few

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 102 in PRONOUNS/quantity is defined:

MODIFIED: ‘few’ and ‘many’ with ‘very’, ‘too’, ‘so’ as intensifiers

For example:

If the chef answered YES to the number being less than 500, we‘d have four options, which is too many.

TED

It‘s been a crushing disappointment for me and for so many.

TED

And very few have it in them.

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*’very few’ + noun is B2

A search in iWeb for:

* * too|very|so many|few .

1 THERE ARE SO MANY. 587
2 IS ONE TOO MANY. 340
3 LIVES OF SO MANY. 236
4 BUT NOT TOO MANY. 233
5 THERE ARE TOO MANY. 213
6 THERE WERE SO MANY. 196
7 MUCH TO SO MANY. 138
8 NEVER HAVE TOO MANY. 126
9 A FEW TOO MANY. 123
10 LOVED BY SO MANY. 114
11 VERY, VERY FEW. 108
12 THERE ARE VERY FEW . 105
13 I HAVE SO MANY . 95
14 MISSED BY SO MANY . 90
15 ONE TIME TOO MANY . 90
16 BUT NOT VERY MANY . 88
17 , BUT VERY FEW . 81
18 ARE JUST TOO MANY . 75

19 INSPIRATION TO SO MANY. 70

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20 FRIEND TO SO MANY . 60
21 THERE ‘S SO MANY . 60
22 IS WAY TOO MANY . 59
23 THERE WERE TOO MANY . 57
24 THAT ‘S TOO MANY . 54
25 HEARTS OF SO MANY . 52
26 HAVE BEEN SO MANY . 51
27 ONE IS TOO MANY . 51
28 ARE SIMPLY TOO MANY . 50
29 OF A VERY FEW . 46
30 , NOT TOO MANY . 45
31 THERE ARE SO FEW . 45
32 OF THE VERY FEW . 44
33 N’T HAVE TOO MANY . 43
34 IS FAR TOO MANY . 42
35 FEW TIMES TOO MANY . 41
36 I HAVE TOO MANY . 40
37 NAME A VERY FEW . 40
38 HAD ONE TOO MANY . 39
39 ARE FAR TOO MANY . 39
40 ONLY A VERY FEW . 38
41 THEY ARE VERY FEW . 38
42 ARE JUST SO MANY . 37
43 YOU HAVE TOO MANY . 37
44 , NOT TOO FEW . 35
45 ? NOT VERY MANY . 34
46 ? NOT TOO MANY . 33
47 TO A VERY FEW . 33
48 MANY OR TOO FEW . 32
49 MUCH FOR SO MANY . 32
50 TO HELP SO MANY . 32
51 WAS ONE TOO MANY . 31
52 WOULD BE TOO MANY . 29
53 ARE N’T VERY MANY . 28
54 THERE WERE VERY FEW . 26
55 BUT A VERY FEW . 25
56 IS NOT VERY MANY . 25
57 TO HAVE TOO MANY . 25
58 WE HAVE SO MANY . 24
59 , OR VERY FEW . 23
60 MAY BE TOO MANY . 23
61 FOR FAR TOO MANY . 22
62 ARE NOT TOO MANY . 22
63 MIGHT BE TOO MANY . 22
64 TO BE TOO MANY . 22
65 WERE JUST TOO MANY . 22
66 . NOT TOO MANY . 21
67 THAT IS TOO MANY . 21
68 TO EAT TOO MANY . 21
69 ‘S ONE TOO MANY . 20
70 , NOT SO MANY . 20
71 IMPACT ON SO MANY . 20
72 , WAY TOO MANY . 19
73 IS STILL TOO MANY . 19
74 MINDS OF SO MANY . 19
75 , FAR TOO MANY . 18
76 ? SO MANY . 18
77 BE ONE TOO MANY . 18
78 IS JUST TOO MANY . 18
79 JOY TO SO MANY . 18
80 JUST A VERY FEW . 18
81 MADE BY SO MANY . 18
82 TO HAVE SO MANY . 18
83 WE HAVE TOO MANY . 18
84 YOU HAVE SO MANY . 18
85 ARE N’T TOO MANY . 17
86 ? VERY FEW . 17
87 ANSWER IS VERY FEW . 17
88 ‘S WAY TOO MANY . 17
89 IS NOT TOO MANY . 17
90 THEY HAVE SO MANY . 17
91 , NOT VERY MANY . 16
92 , OR TOO MANY . 16
93 ARE WAY TOO MANY . 16
94 BLESSING TO SO MANY . 16
95 DEATH IS TOO MANY . 16
96 I HAD TOO MANY . 16
97 IS PROBABLY TOO MANY . 16
98 IT ‘S TOO MANY . 16
99 SO , SO MANY . 16
100 THAT AFFECTS SO MANY . 16


. too|very|so many|few _V *

1 TOO MANY COMPARING TO JUST 107
2 VERY FEW ARE ABLE TO 76
3 VERY FEW ARE WILLING TO 73
4 SO MANY HAVE COME TO 70
5 SO MANY ARE WILLING TO 49
6 SO MANY SEEM TO BE 41
7 VERY FEW KNOW HOW TO 39
8 SO FEW ARE WILLING TO 36
9 SO MANY DO . 35
10 VERY FEW ARE AWARE OF 32
11 SO MANY HAVE SAID , 31
12 SO MANY ARE LOOKING FOR 31
13 SO MANY SEEM TO HAVE 27
14 SO MANY TAKE FOR GRANTED 27
15 SO MANY ARE TRYING TO 25
16 VERY FEW ARE CAPABLE OF 25
17 SO MANY ARE TURNING TO 24
18 VERY FEW HAVE BEEN ABLE 24
19 VERY FEW MAKE IT TO 24
20 SO MANY SEEM TO THINK 23
21 VERY FEW ARE GOING TO 22
22 SO MANY COMPLEMENTS ON IT 21
23 VERY FEW WILL BE ABLE 21
24 SO MANY HAVE DONE BEFORE 19
25 SO MANY END UP IN 19
26 VERY FEW KNOW ABOUT THE 19
27 VERY FEW SEEM TO BE 19
28 VERY FEW SEEM TO HAVE 19
29 VERY FEW HAVE MANAGED TO 18
30 VERY FEW WERE ABLE TO 18
31 SO FEW ARE ABLE TO 17
32 SO MANY COMPLEMENTS ON THIS 17
33 SO MANY WANT TO BE 17
34 VERY FEW DO . 17
35 VERY FEW HAVE EVER BEEN 17
36 SO MANY HAVE ALREADY SAID 16
37 SO MANY HAVE CHOSEN TO 16
38 SO MANY ARE DRAWN TO 15
39 SO MANY ARE ON THE 15
40 SO MANY ARE CHOOSING TO 15
41 VERY FEW ARE FAMILIAR WITH 15
42 VERY FEW COME CLOSE TO 15
43 VERY FEW HAVE HAD THE 15
44 VERY FEW WOULD BE ABLE 15
45 SO MANY HAVE DECIDED TO 14
46 SO MANY HAVE TURNED TO 14
47 SO MANY CLICH ? S 14
48 SO MANY DO N’T EVEN 14
49 SO MANY OWED SO MUCH 14
50 SO MANY READ MORE … 14
51 SO MANY WERE ABLE TO 14
52 TOO MANY CAN LEAD TO 14
53 TOO MANY PASS RUSHERS . 14
54 VERY FEW TAKE THE TIME 14
55 SO MANY DO NOT HAVE 13
56 SO MANY DO N’T KNOW 13
57 SO MANY DO , AND 13
58 SO MANY COMPLEMENTS ON THEM 13
59 SO MANY COMPLEMENTS ON MY 13
60 SO MANY ARE QUICK TO 13
61 SO MANY HAVE SAID . 13
62 SO MANY LOST THEIR LIVES 13
63 SO MANY HAVE SO LITTLE 13
64 SO MANY UP AND COMING 13
65 VERY FEW GO ON TO 13
66 VERY FEW HAVE ACCESS TO 13
67 SO MANY HAVE POINTED OUT 12
68 SO MANY LEAD CAPTURE PAGE 12
69 SO MANY BLOG POSTS AND 12
70 SO MANY COME AND GO 12
71 SO MANY HAVE BEEN WAITING 12
72 SO MANY HAVE BEEN ASKING 12
73 SO MANY HAVE ALREADY BEEN 12
74 TOO MANY DO NOT . 12
75 VERY FEW HAVE BEEN FOUND 12
76 VERY FEW HAVE EVER HEARD 12
77 VERY FEW HAVE HEARD OF 12
78 SO MANY FALL IN LOVE 11
79 SO MANY DO NOT . 11
80 SO MANY DO N’T . 11
81 SO MANY DO N’T HAVE 11
82 SO MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO 11
83 SO FEW GET TO EXPERIENCE 11
84 SO MANY KNOW AND LOVE 11
85 SO MANY SEEM TO DO 11
86 TOO MANY ARE GOING TO 11
87 VERY FEW HAVE THE ABILITY 11
88 SO MANY HAVE SAID HERE 10
89 SO MANY HAVE FAILED . 10
90 SO MANY HAVE FAILED TO 10
91 SO MANY HAVE DONE , 10
92 SO MANY IS BECAUSE I 10
93 SO MANY HAVE THE SAME 10
94 SO MANY LAUGH OUT LOUD 10
95 SO MANY ARE LOOKING TO 10
96 SO MANY ARE DOING IT 10
97 SO MANY ARE ABLE TO 10
98 SO MANY DID N’T . 10
99 SO MANY DO , WITH 10
100 SO MANY DO N’T SEE 10

B2 vocabulary:

affects, aware, capable, capture, granted, impact, inspiration, joy, simply, struggling


It should be mentioned that “so very” can be used together to intensify determiners.  For example:

“We had so very little time.”

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