Below you will find example sentences with "relatively few". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Relatively Few in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: relatively
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.8 words

Words in this phrase

relatively few

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • relatively can mean: In a relative manner; with reference to environment or competition; contextually or comparatively. Frequent word
  • few can mean: An indefinite, but usually small, number of. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

account for relatively few cases citation 1× additionally relatively few b 52s 1× appealing to relatively few people 1× attract the relatively few insects that 1× but relatively few mid hudson 1× fact that relatively few journalists are 1× have been relatively few human infections 1× immigrants with relatively few resources and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a decision could 1× above the tree 1× additionally relatively few 1× although rivals weaknesses 1× as of 2008 1× at first it 1×

Common sentence endings:

according to scientists 1× at high altitude 1× by the tax 1× city manager then 1× dec s awareness 1× importance of food 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

low 2× cases 2× officials 2× company 2× city 2× large 1× immigrant 1× representation 1× reflecting 1× start 1× costs 1× industry 1×

Related phrases

few hundred few years few weeks few months few days last few few quarters past few relatively new few examples

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around relatively:

relatively new 15× relatively low 12× relatively small 12× relatively high 9× relatively short 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

relatively easy relative value relative strength relative major relative humidity relational database

Just after it in the phrase index:

relatively high relatively low relatively new relatively short relatively small release announcing

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

relatively new relatively low relatively small relatively easy relatively high relatively short

Same ending:

last few past few select few

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "relatively few" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as account for relatively few cases citation, additionally relatively few b 52s, low, cases and officials stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with few hundred, few years, few weeks, relatively new, relatively low and relatively small, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with relatively few

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Relatively few corporations would be affected by the tax. (9 words)

Additionally, relatively few B-52s have been shot down, and it's versatile. (13 words)

At first it was thought that only relatively few users would be impacted. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

There is often a relatively large immigrant representation, reflecting both the relatively low start-up costs of the industry (thus making restaurant ownership an option for immigrants with relatively few resources) and the cultural importance of food. (37 words)

The councilor was one of the relatively few elected officials in the city who backed the mayor in his failed 2019 reelection race after Strimling warred with Jon Jennings, who was the city manager then. (35 words)

A decision could lead to the most significant reset of the doctrines governing online speech since U.S. officials and courts decided to apply relatively few regulations to the web in the 1990s. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

There is often a relatively large immigrant representation, reflecting both the relatively low start-up costs of the industry (thus making restaurant ownership an option for immigrants with relatively few resources) and the cultural importance of food.

It's a relatively remote island nation, and relatively few flights transit through New Zealand.

As of 2008 relatively few states had premium assistance programs and enrollment was relatively low.

For most of the 20th century only a few regions had been studied and the names were relatively few.

The few known causes, which are not generally factors within the control of the average person, account for relatively few cases. citation The cause for most cases of leukemia is unknown.

Above the tree line, Alpine flowers are especially showy to attract the relatively few insects that live at high altitude.

A decision could lead to the most significant reset of the doctrines governing online speech since U.S. officials and courts decided to apply relatively few regulations to the web in the 1990s.

Although rivals’ weaknesses might be an opportunity for Apple to gobble up market share, it is still expected to sell relatively few units of its headset.

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He said: “The constraints of having the Canal and the River Cherwell running through that part of the world is that there are relatively few crossings.

Rateb Noori, a refugee journalist, summed it up this way: ‘The fact that relatively few journalists are in jail is not even good news in these circumstances.

Relatively few corporations would be affected by the tax.

Risks to the company include the company's dependence on a relatively few number of manufacturers and its distribution concentration.

The councilor was one of the relatively few elected officials in the city who backed the mayor in his failed 2019 reelection race after Strimling warred with Jon Jennings, who was the city manager then.

The problem is that most of the winter activities you’ll find suggested to you by writers of articles like these are either pretty obvious or appealing to relatively few people.

There have been relatively few human infections detected - fewer than 900 documented globally over several decades - but about half of those infected individuals have died.

While there were overlaps between reserved and devolved powers, these were relatively few and the formal mechanisms for intergovernmental relations and dispute resolution were rarely deployed.

Additionally, relatively few B-52s have been shot down, and it's versatile.

At first it was thought that only relatively few users would be impacted.

But relatively few mid-Hudson residents know of a secret seventh tower that lurks outside the DEC’s awareness.

But the state has relatively few monitoring wells to track groundwater levels, according to scientists.

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