Example sentences of "[num] of [art] few [noun pl] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can best be seen in the appointment of commissions to assess the subsidy on aliens granted in Edward IV 's last parliament , one of the few cases where the council took positive decisions about personnel rather than ( as with the sheriffs , for instance ) simply confirming Edward IV 's appointments . |
| 2 | They were never very significant , few are well-documented , and many are now abandoned , but they represent , in the old and densely occupied county of Somerset , one of the few cases where an area was colonised and settled . |
| 3 | This can best be seen in the appointment of commissions to assess the subsidy on aliens granted in Edward IV 's last parliament , one of the few cases where the council took positive decisions about personnel rather than ( as with the sheriffs , for instance ) simply confirming Edward IV 's appointments . |
| 4 | France , he adds , is one of the few countries where science and technology has a future . |
| 5 | In doing so it became one of the few countries where the brand has an active agency handling Guinness through the retail distribution system . |
| 6 | One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky . |
| 7 | ‘ It was one of the few races where I 've been happy with my performance . |
| 8 | I paused at one of the few spots where a bright streak of light fell across the boards and , as she approached , said : ‘ Ah , Miss Kenton . ’ |
| 9 | Feeding and nutrition of horses is one of the few areas where independent specialist advice is quite difficult to find even though feeding is one of the most important aspects of horse management . |
| 10 | The predictions co-incided with a survey by the recruitment firm , Manpower , which shows that Scotland — along with the west of England , Yorkshire and Humberside — is one of the few areas where employers expect better job prospects in the spring . |
| 11 | For her it was one of the few instances where Susan was allowed to be anything other than a 15-year-old schoolgirl . |
| 12 | For instance bedrooms , much more use of bedrooms for actually living , particularly for children , although I think that is one of the few instances where you can discover class patterns if you like . |
| 13 | and one of the few movies where he 's not going around shouting he was drinking , but he was n't shouting |
| 14 | Economists are warning that a prolonged strike in the industry — one of the few sectors where the US enjoys a positive trade balance — would have a serious impact on the American trade deficit . |
| 15 | It was also one of the few occasions where the singer 's sense of humour was enticed from the shell . |
| 16 | The political activity around Clause 28 was one of the few occasions when lesbians and gay men have worked together and successfully expressed their anger . |
| 17 | In fact , there 's a simple explanation for the loopily lopsided emphasis , spelled out by the BBC 's Election 92 editor , Peter Horrocks : ‘ Election night is one of the few occasions when BBC and ITV are in direct competition with the same programming . ’ |
| 18 | This was one of the few occasions when Joan was unable to accompany her half-sister . |
| 19 | One of the few occasions when she had been really cross with me had been when I suggested he might have been wiser to make some sort of provision for his wife and son . |
| 20 | While this does not appear to be such an earth shattering decision , it is one of the few occasions when a coroner 's action has been criticised . |
| 21 | It is significant that one of the few occasions when the author of Ancrene Wisse hints at the contemplative experience occurs in his account of the behaviour appropriate at the Mass : ( After the kiss of peace in the Mass , when the priest communicates , forget the world , be completely out of the body , and with burning love embrace your Beloved who has come down from heaven to your heart 's bower , and hold Him fast until He has granted you all that you ask . ) |
| 22 | It was the first time the monarch had ever used a Thames passenger ferry — and one of the few occasions when she had arrived at an official engagement by public transport in the UK . |
| 23 | For the very poorest the station was one of the few places where they could encounter the better-off , and attempt some income redistribution by the provision of services like newspaper-selling , boot-blacking , hawking , or simply begging . |
| 24 | That house was one of the few places where I preferred to be different from the others . |
| 25 | I think that soaps and crime series are two of the few arenas where moral questions are debated . |