Although the people who come to Gold Mountain to investigate Buddhism may be few in number, they are the most valuable people in this world.

我们金山圣寺研究佛法的人数虽然不多，但在这个世界上却是最宝贵的。

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The new camera could go much further, helping to detect the presence in fast-flowing blood of very rare cells, like tumor cells, that might be few in number but signify the early stages of a disease.

新技术将能对快速流动的血液中的细胞进行直接拍摄，有助于尽早发现血流中的少量染病细胞，如瘤细胞等。而这些细胞的存在则通常可以表征出人体疾病的早期症状。

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Copying a file, especially over a network, can be time consuming, so one of the first items to eliminate or minimize is the number of copy operations. This can be accomplished in a few ways.

复制文件(尤其是通过网络)会非常耗时，因此首先要考虑消除或尽最大限度减少的就是复制操作的数量。

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So it is only necessary to identify, and kick-start, the first genes in the cascade, which are likely to be few in number.

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The note that in any large group of runners, high-mileage and high-speed athletes may be too few in number to be statistically significant.

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But why do such acts of kindness need to be so surprising (and so few in number)?

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