91.   But while many Japanese have studied English for nearly a decade by the time they reach college, very few can speak it.

92.   But with coaches squeezing the life out of offenses, and very few even wanting to run the ball, the committee felt it was time for radical change.

93.   But very few are welcomed, because U.S. officials maintain a legal, possibly artificial distinction between those fleeing political persecution and those seeking economic opportunity.

94.   But very few of them were built, and their arrival will most likely be pushed back several months.

95.   But very few were educated in the Ivy League, where the career orientation is decidedly white-collar and the political ethos can be considerably left of center.

96.   But very few, it seems, escape the overflowing e-mail In boxes and rapidly multiplying, poorly labeled computer files of the electronic age.

97.   By some accounts, Prieto is one of a very few known to have disagreed and even argued in public with Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

98.   Charter school advocates argue that parents who can afford private schools have genuine choices, while those who cannot have very few.

99.   Cisco decided to open its own plant because very few outside contractors exist for this relatively new product.

100.   During the decade following the Spanish invasion, very few had converted.