Example sentences of "[prep] one [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tourist or business or conference traveller will more often than not travel on a plane manufactured by one of the few aerospace TNCs that dominate the civil airline industry , occupy a hotel room subcontracted to or owned or managed by the local affiliate of one of the few chains that dominate the global hotel industry , hire a car from an agency of one of the international firms that dominate the car rental industry , and will pay for all this with one of the credit cards issued by the few TNCs that control global personal finance . |
| 2 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 3 | Kalchu 's brother and several other men , seeing the smoke from outside , came to share the warmth of one of the few fires still burning . |
| 4 | She compromised with one of the few dresses she 'd brought with her — a simple navy cotton in a button-through style , with short sleeves , a deep square neck and a full skirt . |
| 5 | This reflects the so-called doctrine of double effect which was incorporated into English law in one of the few cases that have been decided in this area , R v. |
| 6 | In fact Peasgood suggests , in one of the few surveys which have been carried out in this area , that selection in academic libraries from the ‘ book in hand ’ was found to be no more effective than selection from lists ( effectiveness being measured in terms of subsequent issues ) . |
| 7 | One thing , thought Sally-Anne , looking around her , after Ma Bailey had set her down in one of the few chairs the room possessed , was that no one here had ever done any summer cleaning , nor spring , autumn nor winter cleaning either . |
| 8 | In one of the few studies of evacuation behaviour after a non-nuclear hazard event Liverman and Wilson ( 1981 ) give weight to this argument . |
| 9 | In one of the few misjudgements of his brilliant career Cockroft said that he was ‘ 90 per cent certain ’ that thermonuclear fusion was occurring . |
| 10 | He wore the suit rarely and in one of the few points of discipline which he managed to impose on himself he always made sure that the suit , or the trousers at least , were pressed immediately after use . |
| 11 | Two of the screen 's toughest tough guys , James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart , each won his only Oscar in one of the few films in which he played a goody : Yankee Doodle Dandy and The African Queen respectively . |
| 12 | … And I think you 've also got to have people who do bear in mind that they 're about one of the few parts of the authority that are in the forefront of the people and are basically representing the authority . |
| 13 | But the first real headhunting boom began in the late 1970s and early 1980s , when the recession really began to bite ; executive search may be seen as one of the few industries which grew in this period . |
| 14 | Having lacked the opportunity to create a new constitutional framework afresh from first principles , Britain now stands out as one of the few nations lacking such a document . |
| 15 | Those who are brave enough to hope for one of the few lectureships around tend to go for the astronomy or nuclear physics . |
| 16 | Oh , then I am young again and , for one of the few occasions in my life , deeply in love . |
| 17 | Just 48 hours after dumping fourth seed Goran Ivanisevic out of the Stella Artois championships , the 23-year-old from Southampton lost 3–6 7–5 6–3 to one of the few players at Queen 's Club this week ranked lower than his 176 . |
| 18 | He took her in his car up to one of the few routes over the Apennines , but when she arrived at the pass , the Passo della Cisa , and saw the undulating , never-ending hills , she panicked . |
| 19 | If you belong to one of the few parishes who have not yet started a discussion group then why not start now . |
| 20 | Coventry v Arsenal Arsenal return to one of the few grounds where they were beaten last season , with their match winner against Manchester United , Groves , likely to partner Smith up front again . |
| 21 | ON ONE of the few days with sunshine recently I was shambling through Cavendish Square in the West End of London . |
| 22 | Once the notice has been served , the tenant has the right to apply to the Court for a new general lease and the Court will grant a new lease of up to 14 years unless the landlord objects on one of the few grounds for objection set out in the 1954 Act . |
| 23 | I paused at one of the few spots where a bright streak of light fell across the boards and , as she approached , said : ‘ Ah , Miss Kenton . ’ |
| 24 | Cuts in the public sector eat away at one of the few parts of the economy with a relatively even geographical distribution , especially local services ( Massey , 1984 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ That is one of the exceptions , made by one of the few directors in this country who has huge energy , a great deal of talent and knows how to address an audience . |