Example sentences of "[adj] of [art] few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the few inspiring things in the whole gallery come from the 1951 Festival Of Britain exhibition . |
| 2 | Fixed enemy guns fired a shell every two or three minutes on each of the few well-known routes with the accuracy of long practice . |
| 3 | It does not move them that the cost of looking after the hundreds of thousands of Thais who are likely to be infected by 1995 will far exceed that of a few cancelled holidays . |
| 4 | In 1793 the first Republican French ambassador received a rapturous welcome when he arrived off Seraglio Point , his ship flying the Ottoman , Republican French and American colours , ‘ and those of a few other powers that had not sullied their arms in the impious league of tyrants ’ . |
| 5 | Working with environmentalist groups , the Guarani Indians argue that Brazil can not afford to lose any more of the few remaining areas of Atlantic rainforest , of which only 5 per cent is intact . |
| 6 | The diameter of this , one of a few surviving treadwheels , is 15½ feet . |
| 7 | Regularly , at least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 8 | Regularly , a least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 9 | The country is one of the few Arab states which has full diplomatic relations with both Superpowers and China , for similar reasons . |
| 10 | Crime is one of the fastest-growing and one of the few recession-proof industries . |
| 11 | Motability has been one of the few established successes of a mixed economy . |
| 12 | One of the few established facts about psychotic illness is that it runs in families and only the most stubborn social theorist could now deny that one reason for this is that the disposition to it , at least , is partly inherited . |
| 13 | I had missed , early morning , the VIC 32 , one of the few working puffers kept afloat by an enthusiasts ' club . |
| 14 | It was Jack Trumper , one of the few disreputable acquaintances of his Cambridge days . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the City Council has behaved in what can only be described as a lax , sluggish and offhand manner towards one of the few private initiatives at the very centre of Dutch cultural life . |
| 16 | ‘ This is one of the few private properties on the island . |
| 17 | For a breakdown of the characteristics of the prison population at any one time , one of the few available sources is the statistics collected for the All-India Committee on Jail Reforms 1980–3 . |
| 18 | Ross claims that the Promix system it acquired in 1991 having taken over Pioneer Systems ( CI No 1,730 ) is one of the few available packages specifically designed to address the booming process manufacturing market , with other offerings tending to be adaptations of discrete systems software . |
| 19 | Jill , charged to find the oldest building in town , located one of the few pre-earthquake buildings in downtown Jackson Square , part of the financial district . |
| 20 | Asthma is an increasing worry because it 's one of the few Western diseases that is becoming more frequent and severe . |
| 21 | Last year environmentalists managed to stop a plan by a Japanese group to build a retirement home with a golf course attached on the top of Penang Hill , one of the few untouched areas on a fast developing island . |
| 22 | One of the few Irish studios going against the grain by attracting international acts here to record . |
| 23 | He to me was an example of one of the few untrained journalists who make a real success of TV news . |
| 24 | In one of the few specific references to a member country , the G-7 statement said that the decline of the yen " was not contributing to the adjustment process " . |
| 25 | Significantly , one of the few specific promises called for is : ‘ I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked , nor suggest such counsel . ’ |
| 26 | She is also one of the few Labour frontbenchers with ministerial experience , having been a junior Education Minister . |
| 27 | Obviously , when sport offers itself as one of the few accessible routes away from deprivation , as it was to the early slaves , it takes on an attractive quality . |
| 28 | The infrared region of the spectrum is used to determine molecular structures via their vibrational modes , and this is one of the few surface-sensitive techniques that does not need an ultra-high vacuum . |
| 29 | Outdoor Adventure is one of the few outdoor centres which makes adults its top priority . |
| 30 | In one of the few official references to population control at the conference , the Declaration called on governments to " promote appropriate demographic policies " . |