Example sentences of "[be] one [prep] [art] few [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 He still has many supporters , though , among the Western press , who considered him to be one of the few UN bureaucrats with a habit of telling the truth .
2 Mr Keane is one of the few Ireland players to have won over 50 caps .
3 This is not really suited for binocular observation , but it is one of the few Mira variables easily found with binoculars when near maximum .
4 This is one of the few Lakeland crags to face due north and receives virtually no sun whatsoever .
5 Dagenham , which is currently scheduled to produce 1,100 cars a day , is one of the few Ford plants in Europe where output is not planned to increase .
6 It is one of the few Cryptocorynes capable of growing in alkaline conditions .
7 It was one of the few BBC radio shows which played to full houses .
8 By then , however , he was alienated by the Rump 's lukewarm attitude to religious and civil reform , and when Oliver Cromwell expelled it he was one of the few London aldermen who approved .
9 Dill , the ‘ boarded meeting place ’ , was one of the few Sussex hundreds that seems to have had any accommodation specially provided ; what effect the winter conditions had on the conducting of business can only be imagined .
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