Preposition: at

• notice: Plus, I can make an extra few at short notice if you decide to invite a few more people.

Modifies a noun

• minute: A few minutes later he's got his head down, writing.

• month: Over the next few months, you'll hear about PCI Express.

• week: Lets see over the next few weeks what effect all our efforts have made.

• year: You are told you have just a few years, or months, to live.

• day: Over the last few days he had weakened rapidly.

• hour: Have you got a few hours a month to donate?

Modifying Another Word

• relatively: Even near the center and at the core there are relatively few awkward acute corners.

• very: In a game which caused them very few problems they won with a score of 15 - 3.

• far: Far fewer people even earned enough to pay direct taxes.

• too: The comment of the examiners was " Too few heads " .

• no: This year no fewer than five books dedicated to manners, and our apparent lack of them, have hit the book shops.

• so: Never have so many bits and pieces gone noticed by so few.

Used with adjective complement

• employ: This research deals with the views of the design sector where 56 % of the sector employs fewer than 5 people.

• choose: You can display your documents on the Internet or restrict access to a chosen few within a local area network.

• have: The ponds are mainly seasonal and have few, if any, fish as they tend to dry up in the summer months.

Preposition: in

• number: Epidemiological studies by contrast are fragmented and few in number.

Preposition: of

• benefit: Just a few of the benefits include free entry to Benmore, Dawyck and Logan Botanic Gardens, and to member-only events.

Preposition: than

• member: The Mutual remains robust with fewer than six members.

• people: This research deals with the views of the design sector where 56 % of the sector employs fewer than 5 people.