Example sentences of "[art] few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yet the reality is starkly different , with loss-making occupancy levels and recession-restrained spending by the few business and leisure tourists that can be attracted now , at little more than cost , due to the fierce competition in this thin market . |
| 32 | The pattern of extended family living persists with the few Bangladeshis who have grown up in Cardiff or elsewhere in Britain . |
| 33 | Scrum-half Ant Strachan ( centre ) and flanker Paul Henderson ( left ) take on the Ireland defence , while John Kirwan — one of the few World Cup players to prosper under Mains ' regime — looks to support . |
| 34 | As a result , Antarctic science was one of the few research disciplines to receive a significant funding boost in the 1980s . |
| 35 | The latest attraction , Universal Studios Florida , opened last year to rave reviews , and although it 's popular with kids it 's really one of the few theme parks built for adults . |
| 36 | The place itself , the arrangement of those low , recently rebuilt stone farms and the few mud and wattle cottages , the eternal comfort of the lake 's shape and colours which seemed not to mirror but to temper her mood , the rise of fells which gave her sensibility its reach . |
| 37 | yeah he 's one of the few doctor 's that 's not seemingly not all for what he can get , he seems to be a genuine caring chap I mean a lot of doctor 's they burn the candles at both ends |
| 38 | He was on the centre-right of the party , had been one of the few Democrat leaders to endorse the use of military force against Iraq prior to the launching of the Gulf War , and was a native of the South — where the party had to improve its electoral showing in order to win the presidency . |
| 39 | ‘ Vzglyad ’ and ‘ TSN ’ were singled out because they were among the few television programmes willing to challenge Mr Kravchenko . |
| 40 | Whether it was to share his moment of regret at the passing of time , or to express disillusion with Parkin himself — she had made some comment in the car about how he was one of the few television reporters she knew and respected — Dexter did not know . |
| 41 | Apparently we 're one of the few beer hostelries , so to speak , like pubs and clubs and things like that , that make their profit purely |
| 42 | To scoffs of disbelief from some delegates , he asserted that , where managed safely and sensibly , nuclear power was one of the few energy sources which did not pollute the atmosphere . |
| 43 | The viaduct carrying the Mallaig section of the West Highland Railway round the head of Loch Shiel is one of the few railway viaducts to be built of concrete . |
| 44 | Corporate finance specialists see insurance as one of the few growth areas in Europe in the short and medium term . |
| 45 | A similar portfolio had enabled another ‘ unemployable ’ student to obtain freelance work as one of the few fashion models in a wheelchair . |
| 46 | The reluctance of the odd electron to engage in bonding appears to be retained in these complexes and the few X-ray structures obtained so far indicate unusual bonding . |
| 47 | TEENAGE vandals are targeting one of the few leisure facilities in north Belfast . |
| 48 | Outside the window it looked as if the few farm houses we passed were floating in a sea of snow . |
| 49 | From the controls of our very own Sherman and his partner Steve Dray , comes one of the few techno records I 've heard that has a real big city passion and a cinematic panorama to it . |
| 50 | Blake is one of the few techno artists who chooses to use his voice , and his semi-whispered seductions have earned him the title of ‘ The Prince Of Techno ’ . |
| 51 | The Child Support Agency is probably one of the few agency organizations within this country that actually |
| 52 | Raeburn Place stages one of the few morning games tomorrow when the Scottish Classics take on their Welsh counterparts at 11am . |
| 53 | To the relief of their European partners , the Danes decisively backed the Maastricht treaty ( with a few escape clauses ) in their second referendum on the issue . |
| 54 | Her vain escape bid lasted less than 60ft and a few nightmare seconds , before she crashed the white Isuzu van into a ditch in a haze of blood and pain . |
| 55 | Cardiff foreshore turned up a few conger and codling . |
| 56 | There 's a couple of handouts here which I 'm not gon na go into , but there again somebody might think about when you 're running group training and there 's some , there 's some I du n no er points with a few heading samples , so I 'm gon na take one and pass them on take one pass them on which I really no , no and there 's one over there So you 've got involving trainees we 've done humour we 've touched upon , brainstorming we 've done before . |
| 57 | She took his details , cleaned his face up and put a few butterfly plasters over the cut . |
| 58 | The A.896 road through the pass remains narrow with passing places , although a few parking spaces have been cut out of the verges to accommodate the many car owners who come to walk . |
| 59 | Reserve a few watercress leaves for garnish . |
| 60 | Jack played a few wartime matches in the London Combination for Palace at their new home at The Nest and then signed professional forms for the club when he left the Forces . |