Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This seemed to explain one of the few advantages of the underground network to Preston — the fact that it was comparatively free of Rottweilers and pit bull terriers . |
| 2 | Ours is one of the few countries in the European Community that would meet those aspects of the stage 3 European monetary union standards . |
| 3 | One of the few things about the penal system that almost everyone agrees on is that England and Wales have an alarmingly high ( and most of the time rapidly rising ) number of people in prison . |
| 4 | At its best it remains one of the few areas of the modern press where imagination , honesty and idealism , however fatuous , can still , occasionally , be found . |
| 5 | Indeed , this was one of the few areas in the early 1980s to be aware of the significance of these centres for early intervention in psychiatric illness , aimed at countering the drift of clients into inpatient facilities and dependency . |
| 6 | One of the few certainties in the European debate is physical geography which decrees a peripheral position for Scotland in the new Europe . |
| 7 | She was one of the few members of the artistic community who admitted to religious observance . |
| 8 | Anderson was one of the few members of the British colonial administration who , remaining in Africa after British colonialism retreated , made a successful transition to serving the independent governments of the continent . |
| 9 | Probyn is one of the few players on the international scene to have played the game at every level : from Old Albanians , Streatham and Croydon through Richmond and Wasps to the first of his 33 caps in 1988 . |
| 10 | ( The General Register Office in Edinburgh has been aware of the few errors in the Scottish data ) . |
| 11 | Hackney-born Ehiogu , who has won seven Under-21 caps , has been one of the few successes in a disappointing England side this season . |
| 12 | In addition , while Tony Adams played well against Norway , Keown 's availability will be welcomed as he was one of the few successes in the European Champion-ships . |
| 13 | That decentralized state structures serve to reduce the scope of welfare state expansion and socialist incumbency is one of the few findings in the comparative public policy literature on which there is near unanimity ( Castles , 1985 , p. 120 ) . |
| 14 | This ranks as one of the few occasions in the past 20 years when I have forked out for a little bottle . |
| 15 | On a patch where the rough surface of brickwork was exposed , someone had vomited , probably a passing drunk whose sense of propriety , demanding privacy , had deterred him from being sick in the street ; or a returning resident who could not wait to climb the few steps to the communal toilet on the first half-landing . |
| 16 | If the hon. Gentleman will think back to days gone by , he will remember that such questions have been perennial in the few weeks before a general election . |
| 17 | In the seventh century the decision of the aristocracy of Austrasia to abandon Brunhild and her great-grandson , and to transfer their loyalty to Chlothar II , is one of the few examples of a successful rebellion against a member of the Merovingian dynasty . |
| 18 | The result , at least in Nikol'skaia volost' , was that the few literates from the old regime were starting to occupy the best bureaucratic jobs and to run parish-pump economics and politics in ways barely supervised from above and in fact quite inimical to the aspirations of the guberniia officials . |
| 19 | It was their habit to take lunch several times a week at Dolly 's Chop House , by St. Paul 's Churchyard , one of the few places in the financial district that would allow a woman in . |
| 20 | An engraving of Allen by Wenceslaus Hollar [ q.v. ] ( from a lost painting ) is one of the few portraits of an English artisan of so early a period , and bears witness to his fame . |
| 21 | Secretary John Deakin admits it 's one of the few drawbacks of the new set-up . |
| 22 | Gloucester 's strength is also reflected in the choice of knights of the shire for the county of Cornwall , one of the few elections to the planned parliament of Edward V for which returns survive . |
| 23 | Gloucester 's strength is also reflected in the choice of knights of the shire for the county of Cornwall , one of the few elections to the planned parliament of Edward V for which returns survive . |
| 24 | More recently General Wynell-Mayow , who is commemorated in the Church , was one of the few survivors of the heroic but futile charge of the six hundred at Balaclava . |
| 25 | Let us think for a few moments of the wonderful achievements of the human race — the towns that have been built , the works of art that have been produced — the books , plays , films , pictures , music … the progress that has been made in science and technology . |
| 26 | Dear Ralph It was a blessing to have met with you Wednesday night to share a few moments with a fellow Christian who like I has stumbled on the walk . |
| 27 | She had managed , nevertheless , to seize a few moments with the erstwhile companion when the gentlemen returned , for Araminta had at once gone over to greet Mr Saul Quatt , who had , at her request , presided over the service in the local church — much to the chagrin of its incumbent , whose ruffled feathers Mrs Alderley had been obliged to smooth when she heard of the plan from him . |
| 28 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 29 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 30 | Having left Scratchwood a few moments after the other vehicle , the mustard-coloured van , its roof rack carrying a decorator 's ladder , also turned off at Junction 4 , but then picked up the Uxbridge road before turning south towards Harrow-on-the-Hill and the home of Beth and Ali Christie . |