Example sentences of "[prep] the few [noun pl] [conj] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because potatoes do not absorb radioactive nucleotides , they are one of the few crops that could be grown safely in the heavily contaminated soils around Chernobyl . |
| 2 | The first of the few blocks that can be used in competition to be considered are the slapping blocks . |
| 3 | ‘ We are one of the few clubs that could maintain a big staff and keep everybody happy . |
| 4 | German measles ( rubella ) is one of the few viruses that can infect the baby in the first 12 weeks . |
| 5 | He was called out by an offended patriot of the town , but killed his opponent in the consequent duel , one of the few duels that can ever have been fought for the sake of a marginal note in a book . |
| 6 | It is one of the few features that can be identified on Earth-based drawings of Mercury . |
| 7 | It will be one of the few practices that will be able to turn round and tell the FPC that it has got it wrong , claims its senior partner . |
| 8 | School students will stay on in the few settlements that will be left and in schools in Cuba , West Africa and other countries . |