Example sentences of "[prep] the few [noun pl] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the few things that keeps movies worth watching is the vitality of all the marvellous comedians from Saturday Night Live and SCTV : Bill Murray , John Candy and so on , terrific personalities who can bring a vibrancy even to dead scripts . ’ |
| 2 | One of the few criticisms that has rankled with Mr Kinnock has been the allegation of cockiness — the presumption he has won before the votes have been counted . |
| 3 | An uneven geographical distribution is also characteristic of tourism , one of the few industries that does tend to be found in the remoter rural areas ( see chapter 9 below ) . |
| 4 | When young , it is one of the few wines that makes a good partner for salads . |
| 5 | It is one of the few villages that has changed position over the years . |
| 6 | Headline is one of the few companies that has lost no staff during the recession — in fact it has taken more on . |
| 7 | Singapore is one of the few countries that supports the reality of global business . |
| 8 | POLLING stations 83 and 84 for the village of Hath Qila lie down a dusty track that must be one of the few roads that has not been metalled in the five years that Mr Rajiv Gandhi has been cosseting his home constituency of Amethi . |