Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | She was one of the few members of the artistic community who admitted to religious observance . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Secretary John Deakin admits it 's one of the few drawbacks of the new set-up . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Lousy beer , but a good jacket with more than a few memories of a young lady from Boulder , Colorado , attached to it . |
| 11 | If you fancy trying it yourself around harvest time in September , then gather together a few pounds of the bluey-black sloe berries , prick them all over with a fork , smother them in about 6oz of sugar and top up with a litre of gin . |
| 12 | Within only a few hours of the big bang , the production of helium and other elements would have stopped . |
| 13 | A survey of usage also brings to light a few cases of a rare use — the to infinitive denoting an action after make . |
| 14 | After a few glasses of the local ‘ dark and stormy ’ cocktail — a mixture of rum and ginger beer — the new Governor might agree with the poet Andrew Marvell who wrote of eternal spring in ‘ an isle so long unknown and yet far kinder than our own ’ . |
| 15 | Pathos is created only by the sacrifice of a few members of the virtuous side , mostly old ones like Théoden or Dáin , or peripheral ones like Háma and Halbarad and the list of mere names in the Rohan dirge after the Pelennor Fields . |
| 16 | In Scotia , which had not been mentioned as part of the Archbishop Adalbert 's spiritual kingdom , a few members of the Norman party left at short notice , to be more than replaced in the next week or two by friends and kinsmen who wanted their posts . |
| 17 | Only a few stalwarts of the original L Detachment were included , together with Stirling himself and Paddy Mayne . |
| 18 | We hear that they made a few proposals of an undetermined nature which we are sure do not involve recording contracts … lives of the rich and famous , eh ? |
| 19 | All cabinet council meetings took place in the west wing of the White House within a few feet of the Oval Office . |
| 20 | She took a few sips of the hot coffee . |
| 21 | However , after conduction an informal poll , I can report that quite a few women of a certain age think Mr McShane is hotter stuff than most of the antiques he sells . |
| 22 | She felt herself to be reasonably proficient in Italian and she had begun , rather to the disapproval of her employers , to learn a few words of the Neapolitan dialect . |
| 23 | A few yards of the old Whitehorse Road line were brought back into use and a crossover installed at Talbot Road , so that cars could stand clear of the busy road junction , as from 17 November . |
| 24 | And the chapter on some uses of grammar turns out to be more about how a few parts of the grammatical system undergoing diachronic change are open for exploitation by authors at this time . |
| 25 | These are just a few examples of a wide range of security problems that can be encountered in the many disciplines of IT system development and operation . |
| 26 | Here are a few indications of the different laws worldwide where a stolen work is put up for sale . |
| 27 | The new ruling was a financial consideration to prevent ratepayers from , in effect , subsiding replays played within a few days of the original game . |
| 28 | You need to be able to get into the turn quickly and accurately , and to be flying within a few knots of the pre-stall buffet . |
| 29 | They do in fact own almost literally nothing , except the house , and a few acres of the surrounding woodland to serve as a no-man's-land between them and the world . |
| 30 | A few drops of the appropriate oil can be sprinkled onto your pillow to ease nasal congestion and to aid restful sleep . |