Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] few [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It has been suggested , then , that , while certain policy areas , subject to a few difficult boundary problems , are defined as social policy , any proper understanding of the forces that determine outcomes in these areas must rest upon considerations of other policies not social policy conventionally considered . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Introduced in the UK last autumn , GRID is one of the few new cushioning ideas to hit the market in recent times . |
| 6 | RIGHT : Churchs Mill at Woodchester , one of the few surviving stick manufacturers in the county . |
| 7 | Now Fergie junior , one of the few real success in United 's so-far disastrous Premier League start , has come through the toughest test any youngster can undergo — pleasing his father . |
| 8 | Gold output is one of the few remaining state economic secrets . |
| 9 | Hawkinge is one of the few remaining Battle of Britain airfields and is under threat from the developers , with the possibility of several hundred houses being built between the existing Battle of Britain Museum and the well-known gap on the cliffs overlooking Folkestone . |
| 10 | After some brief editing , Reference vinyl master discs are made on the company 's own lathe before being sent to one of the few remaining specialist pressing plants in the US . |
| 11 | In one of the few remaining parking spaces she pulled up . |
| 12 | It is keen to stress that it is ‘ one of the few remaining brokerage houses that are genuinely independent ’ . |
| 13 | His father was a California shaper and Richie was one of the few top ASP surfers who shaped his own boards . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Lamb House , Rye , in East Sussex is one of the few National Trust houses that are let to private tenants . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Amory , a likeable and popular man , had been one of the few Conservative MP 's to be active in the campaign to end capital punishment in the late 1940s . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Both of these French strategies illustrated a common belief in the need to move quickly and to be big in a few global market sectors . |
| 23 | ‘ And we are ready for a few strong pep talks before the matches at Woodbrook ! |