Example sentences of "[am/are] [num] of [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Yet they 're one of the few products not advertised on TV , probably because their appearance is far from viewer-friendly .
2 ‘ They are one of the few teams that have come here and attacked us and they did a good job , ’ he said .
3 Trolls are not the only monsters to be found there , but they are one of the few creatures able to thrive in this grim and hostile land .
4 4ths are of particular value to guitarists as they are one of the few intervals that consistently sound good with a distorted sound ( try playing thirds with distortion , and you 'll see exactly what I mean ) .
5 They are one of the few reactors in the country which , if anything went wrong with the core in any way , could not be shut down .
6 We are one of the few companies in the pet food industry not to have seen a decline in sales during this period as wholesalers and retailers reduce stocks to compensate for the high interest rates .
7 Well good luck to you because er you know I can tell you right now we are one of the few companies that take on people in their fifties .
8 ‘ We are one of the few clubs that could maintain a big staff and keep everybody happy .
9 Machine-tools are one of the few industries in east Germany that come close to matching world standards , and Niles Werkzeugmaschinen , based in the district of Weissensee , was the core enterprise of the defunct 7 Oktober engineering combine .
10 Because potatoes do not absorb radioactive nucleotides , they are one of the few crops that could be grown safely in the heavily contaminated soils around Chernobyl .
11 When all else fails , disciplinary procedures instigated properly and fairly are one of the few protections the public has .
12 Festivals are one of the few opportunities in the UK for screening short films , and we will be presenting not just this year 's BFI New Directors shorts , but also programmes of short films from film schools in the UK and Canada , from the Arts Council funded schemes and films funded by the filmmakers themselves .
13 But Mr Swash said : ‘ These parties are one of the few occasions some people get out .
14 I think that soaps and crime series are two of the few arenas where moral questions are debated .
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