Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [art] few [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One of the few companies willing to talk about RFI is Foxbro , based in Massachusetts , which makes control equipment for petrochemical plants . |
| 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 | Gambon , 51 , is one of the few actors big enough to play the mountainous Maxwell . |
| 5 | One of the few things predictable about future input technology is that it will include an optical scan element which will be at its best handling the output from IT related machines . |
| 6 | One of the few things certain about the outlook is that 1993 will be a difficult year financially . |
| 7 | Labour MP Chris Mullin , another leader in the Guildford Four case , said : ‘ He was one of the few judges willing to face the possibility that the system to which he had devoted his life was capable of making serious mistakes . ’ |
| 8 | Nevertheless he is one of the few batsmen available to South Africa who has a proven record of being able to put big hundreds together and this is a prime requirement for Test match cricket . |
| 9 | Relevant data are therefore difficult to identify and scenario building is one of the few approaches available . |
| 10 | A shoal makes an impressive sight , especially as they are one of the few catfish active by day . |
| 11 | On the contrary , one of the few broadcasters likely to use D2 MAC was recently shut down . |
| 12 | Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party was one of the few persons keen to help . |
| 13 | His death in 1804 removed ‘ one of the few lives precious to mankind ’ , in the words of Thomas Jefferson , third president of the United States . |
| 14 | It is one of the few Cryptocorynes capable of growing in alkaline conditions . |
| 15 | The Israelis , fielding five international masters and two FIDE masters against Bayern 's six grandmasters , went down by the narrow margin of 7–5 after IM Leonid Zaid ( a recent arrival from the USSR and one of the few men alive with a plus score against Kasparov ) shocked the Germans by defeating Kindermann and Bischoff . |
| 16 | He 's one of the few people alive today who knew Elgar personally . |
| 17 | One of the few occasions big bream spend any length of time in marginal weed is the two or three weeks in spring or early summer when they spawn . |
| 18 | But Mr Swash said : ‘ These parties are one of the few occasions some people get out . |
| 19 | Allow one month for depopulation , one month while the new birds settle in and one month for the production to increase , basically producing most grades under size four with a few size fours and threes thrown in . |