Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] one [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brailsford was one of the few popular frontists prepared to go the whole hog and accept this . |
| 2 | The Worksop trainer was one of the few who missed seeing the gelding , bought with another yearling for £3,250 , pull six lengths clear . |
| 3 | And she suddenly realized that Derek Fairfax was one of the few people who would view matters in the same light as her . |
| 4 | He hated having to trust anyone , but Hitch was one of the few he did . |
| 5 | The founder of Serbian expressionism was one of the few artists who worked and thought alongside the European art movements of the beginning of the century . |
| 6 | Mice were one of the few things that Miss Fogerty could not endure . |
| 7 | The nationalisation of iron and steel-making was one of the few ‘ socialist ’ measures remaining on the party 's agenda . |
| 8 | Zahedi was one of the few men in the court with his own standing . |
| 9 | Darwin was one of the few to speculate that the law of succession of types was best explained in terms of the constraints placed upon evolution by the major geographical barriers defining the continents . |
| 10 | Chemical knowledge was to be communicated in a straightforward manner , leaving associations and word play to poets and writers of fiction like Goethe , whose Elective Affinities was one of the few novels to exploit chemical imagery with serious rather than comic intent . |
| 11 | ‘ Rush was one of the few out there who did himself credit . |
| 12 | In the whole sorry saga , West Bromwich Albion were one of the few parties to emerge with dignity . |
| 13 | Harold Macmillan and Anthony Eden shared the same reaction ; the young Robert Boothby was one of the few who were disappointed by the Armistice , because he had been too young to fight . |
| 14 | Chemicals group Courtaulds was one of the few to register any positive movement . |
| 15 | The silver-haired Dubcek was one of the few figures of authority in Slovakia . |
| 16 | The room was one of the few in the house spared by its former owner 's transforming zeal . |
| 17 | Throughout that decade Vox were one of the few British guitar ‘ names ’ , and certain models from that era have become much sought-after by collectors . |
| 18 | It is fair to point our that training and education were one of the few positive points that the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) made . |
| 19 | Neil Back was one of the few stars to emerge from the England ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand . |
| 20 | Fuchs was one of the few public figures who supported Beeren publicly at the time of the debacle over the restoration of the Barnett Newman painting ‘ Who 's afraid of Red , Yellow and Blue III ’ . |
| 21 | If Hull was one of the low points of the season , then the derby game against Hartlepool was one of the few highlights . |
| 22 | For the very poorest the station was one of the few places where they could encounter the better-off , and attempt some income redistribution by the provision of services like newspaper-selling , boot-blacking , hawking , or simply begging . |
| 23 | Duroc had barely heard of the Ancient Adversary , but he knew this entity was one of the few Great Unseen Powers that stood in opposition to the Dark Ones , the extra-dimensional masters to whom Nguyen Seth had dedicated his long life . |
| 24 | Boyle was one of the few Tories for whom Crosland had any time . |
| 25 | Zaria was one of the few people who could control her when she had the moods . ’ |
| 26 | Yanaihara Tadao was one of the few who courageously advocated home rule for Korea and even , if necessary , independence . |
| 27 | Platinum was one of the few I came across that allowed you to have any more . ’ |
| 28 | Community theatre was one of the few forms of communication which managed to flourish under President Stroessner 's dictatorship in Paraguay . |
| 29 | Compact and composed full-back who made a superb debut against New Zealand in August , Theo was one of the few successes against Australia . |
| 30 | His father was a California shaper and Richie was one of the few top ASP surfers who shaped his own boards . |