Example sentences of "[pron] [is] one of [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | This disillusionment among the young must be worrying for the Iranian regime , which is one of the few countries in the world with a minimum voting age of only 15 . |
| 2 | His meetings were arranged by the World Council of Churches which is one of the few non-government organisations represented in the country . |
| 3 | A marvellous stylistic contrast to the intricacy and sophistication of these magnificent Court carpets can be seen in the delightful Marby rug — named after the Swedish village in whose church it was found — which is one of the few remaining examples of the first Anatolian or Caucasian rugs to be brought into the West . |
| 4 | We charge the highest rate in the country for issuing fire certificates which is one of the few things which we 're actually allowed to charge , and we charge more than virtually any other authority in this country . |
| 5 | She gets on very well with my grandmother , in fact she 's one of the few young people she 'll actually listen to when — ’ |
| 6 | Lloyd describes her books as ‘ wonderful , moving stuff : she is one of the few authors to have made John Booth cry . ’ |
| 7 | These days she is one of the few top Tories who can still command respect in this country and has tremendous status abroad . |
| 8 | She is one of the few who has gained hope through the technique , known as the Ilizarov frame . |
| 9 | ‘ Vicky adores the dog and she is one of the few things she is interested in . |
| 10 | From Australia , former Woodworker editor , Peter Collenette sends a report on the Tasmanian furniture-maker , Alan Livermore , who is one of the few designer-makers to have his designs made in factories and in his own workshop . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's one of the few places close to Washington where you can get lost and still not get hurt , ’ Ashelman said . |
| 12 | It 's one of the few places in Britain where you can catch sight of the endangered sand lizard or smooth snake . |
| 13 | Billed as ‘ the silliest tour we 've done … very pantomime ’ , it 's one of the few winter tours selling well in a chilly economic climate — testimony again to the loyalty afforded the duo by their UK following . |
| 14 | It 's one of the few privileges of old age . |
| 15 | Asthma is an increasing worry because it 's one of the few Western diseases that is becoming more frequent and severe . |
| 16 | It is no longer the kiss of death to an actor ( watch this space ) , and it 's one of the few ways we have of paying the school fees on a regular basis . |
| 17 | In fact , it 's one of the few places he 's ever been outside London . |
| 18 | It 's one of the few herds left with no Canadian or American blood . |
| 19 | The Elderflower juice is part of the booming market in adult soft drinks — it 's one of the few businesses that 's beaten the recession . |
| 20 | It 's one of the few crops the European Community is n't growing enough of . |
| 21 | With stress management courses like this , it 's one of the few big companies trying to tackle the problem . |
| 22 | Secretary John Deakin admits it 's one of the few drawbacks of the new set-up . |
| 23 | The site is particularly important because it is one of the few such castles to have developed out of an earlier Norman stone-built ring-work fort . |
| 24 | It is one of the few gestures of real friendship encountered by this lonely man in his long and tormented odyssey . |
| 25 | It is one of the few examples of mobiliary art of the period from Britain . |
| 26 | It is one of the few symphonies — like Brahms 's Fourth and Mahler 's Sixth — that ends in complete disaster . |
| 27 | And I know I was madly , madly involved with the symphony to the extent that when it was done — and it is one of the few works I say this of — I would not dare touch it again . |
| 28 | Certainly it is one of the few areas of growth : between 1985 and 1990 the advertising spend in Britain grew 75 per cent , but the spend on direct mail grew 101 per cent . |
| 29 | It is one of the few companies exposed to the full blast of petroleum revenue tax but , as a recent National Audit Office report showed , the whole offshore tax system is in a mess . |
| 30 | There is a watercolour of this by Fortuné de Fournier , and so it is one of the few smaller but important rooms of the Tuileries of which we have a record . |