Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [art] few people [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , in splendid isolation , emerged a tribe of Polynesians who were prepared to address problems such as this , and who moreover were one of the few peoples in the world to develop a system of writing . |
| 2 | She was one of the few people in the world who genuinely found Henry funny . |
| 3 | As Wayne Gossage has said : " Patricia Knapp was one of the few people in the inner circle of the library-college vanguard who was in any way critical " ( Gossage 1975 : 8 ) and this has been a sad weakness in a movement which , with its enthusiasm and provocative reversal of traditional priorities , has aroused much interest and thought amongst educators , librarians and administrators . |
| 4 | She was one of the few people in Iran who dared speak her mind to him ( perhaps the sole person ) , but what was on her mind was not to everyone 's liking . |
| 5 | After all , he reflected , I am one of the few people in the world who is n't worth blackmailing . |
| 6 | Cos I had studied the chart to k know something about er and I I presume I was one of the few people in New York , who knew the damn thing was on 's Island you see . |
| 7 | And that 's meant a big boost in trade for one of the few people in this country who makes them . |