Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Introduced in the UK last autumn , GRID is one of the few new cushioning ideas to hit the market in recent times . |
| 2 | With the careful selection of the roles , he is also one of the few major screen actors able to alter his identity from part to part — and one Jack Nicholson performance is usually vastly different to the next — yet retaining the kind of personal stamp that attracts the criticism : ‘ Oh , it 's just Jack Nicholson playing himself again . ’ |
| 3 | RIGHT : Churchs Mill at Woodchester , one of the few surviving stick manufacturers in the county . |
| 4 | All too soon , bands find that their wish has been fulfilled ! one of the few successful publicity ploys involved Elvis Costello being arrested for creating a disturbance outside the Hilton Hotel in London 's park Lane . |
| 5 | Others who also cared that some of the few remaining oak trees would be felled , stone walls and hedges destroyed , and that the dippers on this stretch of the river Dee would be driven off by low flying golf balls , ducked the issue and remained silent . |
| 6 | In one of the few remaining parking spaces she pulled up . |
| 7 | It is keen to stress that it is ‘ one of the few remaining brokerage houses that are genuinely independent ’ . |
| 8 | The Times Higher Education Supplement began an editorial on the CNAA in 1972 with the statement : ‘ The Council for National Academic Awards must be one of the few unqualified success stories in higher education in the past eight years — sharing that honour perhaps with the Open University ’ . |
| 9 | The Playhouse Gallery , one of the few public art galleries in the area , is commited to showing a wide range of fine and applied art as well as documentary exhibition . |
| 10 | Lamb House , Rye , in East Sussex is one of the few National Trust houses that are let to private tenants . |
| 11 | Critical acclaim also had a pleasant ring to it , with phrases extolling his virtues such as ‘ one of the few gifted movie actors we have ’ and ‘ a superb performance ’ . |
| 12 | His father was a California shaper and Richie was one of the few top ASP surfers who shaped his own boards . |
| 13 | The event is one of the few open squash tournaments in the country and was once again won by Peter Marshall , Britain 's number one player . |
| 14 | By his appointment as permanent under-secretary of state for the colonies in 1956 , he became one of the few overseas service officers to assume the top post . |
| 15 | She had been ridiculously cheap because of a few slight zebra markings . |
| 16 | If the tapping of telephones of trade unionists in industrial disputes is difficult to justify , even less justifiable is the evidence of the routine and systematic interception of telephones of a few key union leaders . |
| 17 | A sample of a few hundred census records is often just as useful as a database of several thousands . |
| 18 | The finished string of a few hundred amino acids will , in a suitable liquid medium at a suitable temperature , fold up to form a three-dimensional globular structure , the active protein . |
| 19 | Then the thousand or so readers of a few imported fashion magazines ( which it seemed would be prohibited because they contained foreign tobacco advertisements ) momentarily rallied key support from the free speech lobby . |
| 20 | What follows is a consideration of a few vital food elements outlining their importance to the health of older people , and looking at the effect that dietary deficiency might have on what have hitherto been considered normal factors in the ageing process . |
| 21 | With the exception of a few short magazine contributions and the revision of the serial The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved for publication in book form , it brought to an end a career in prose fiction which had seen the publication of 14 novels and some 40 stories , and earned Hardy a place among the greatest 19th-century novelists . |
| 22 | But the way he works at his game , do n't rule out the possibility of a few more wonder balls this summer . |
| 23 | For instance , I Was A Teenage Six Pistol by Glen Matlock ( Omnibus , £12.95 ) is only on the shelves because someone calculated that if one out of every few hundred punk rockers is daft enough to shell out nearly £13 for Matlock 's eye-witness account of the writing of ‘ Pretty Vacant ’ , then they 'll make a small fortune . |
| 24 | It would include things like a few national demonstration projects , encouragement of associations of private residential homes , encouragement of training programmes , there are one or two area in the country — eg Norfolk — where the health authority offers training to the private sector , on the grounds that if it can share its experience and expertise they can help boost the overall quality of care available within their area . |
| 25 | Most woodland is now found west of the River Arun , the downs further east being notably lacking in tree cover except for a few extensive forestry plantations , which now form a high proportion of all downland woodland . |
| 26 | I fancied that except for a few corrugated iron roofs it still looked the same as when he had been here . |
| 27 | I wandered round the spectacular mall , deserted except for a few armed security guards , paint-smart in peaked hats and short-sleeved shirts . |
| 28 | ‘ And we are ready for a few strong pep talks before the matches at Woodbrook ! |
| 29 | Therefore , to whom belongs the credit for this near miraculous escape from falling victim yet again to socialist ideology and dogma , which is in decline and disrepute everywhere , except for a few Third World countries ? |
| 30 | ‘ Dear Batty , I needed money for booze so all I did was rip off a few thousand cup final tickets supposed to be for our lot and flog 'em to some scum supporters . |