Example sentences of "one of the rare " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by and large these are only examples of the gesture as an item on its own , MacMillan is one of the rare choreographers who has used occupational gesture as an integral part of the dance . |
| 2 | If noise pollution is made a more clearly identifiable criminal offence , this will prove one of the rare occasions on which hard cases have generated a much-needed law . |
| 3 | The chemical composition of clay may differ in major elements , like aluminium , iron , sodium or calcium , or in the minor or trace elements present at very low concentrations , such as chromium , uranium , barium or lanthanum ( one of the rare earths ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I BOUGHT a bourgeois house in the Hollywood Hills , ’ sings Bruce Springsteen in one of the rare light-hearted moments of his two simultaneously released new LPs , ‘ with a trunkload of hundred thousand dollar bills . ’ |
| 5 | The TUC General Council made history by failing to urge members to vote Labour , and a march in Birmingham yesterday headed by Bill Jordan , president of the AEU , and Mr Lyons was one of the rare occasions when trade union support has been out in force on the streets . |
| 6 | ‘ The great thing about Joe Boyd , ’ says Andy Kershaw , whose Radio 1 show provides one of the rare outlets for the African percussionists and Bulgarian tractor mechanics ' choral ensembles currently recording for Hannibal , ‘ is that he has consistently put his artistic principles before his commercial instincts . |
| 7 | This is one of the rare uses of plasma species for molecular synthesis . |
| 8 | It was in the 2nd round of the FA Cup in December 1937 when the Palace had had to make the long trip to Accrington on one of the rare times when the draw for this round was not made on a geographical basis . |
| 9 | It is economical in time and resources , but sadly is only effective if the teacher is one of the rare breed who is highly skilled in lecturing methods . |
| 10 | He has recently bought and shipped to the UK one of the rare remaining Mooney M10 Cadets , which he flew solo from Los Angeles to Miami , the 2,267 nm journey taking almost two weeks . |
| 11 | At his subsequent trial , Benjamin Hayler , a 23 year old labourer , married with two children , gave one of the rare insights historians have into the individual perceptions of the poor : |
| 12 | Incidentally , just to show how difficult life can be , the true first issue has no half-title — one of the rare instances when its absence is a point in its favour . |
| 13 | It was one of the rare occasions in his life when Sean Walsh spoke without calculation . |
| 14 | Next day they had collected the rejuvenated Goblander , catching one of the rare buses to Colchester and taking all day about it . |
| 15 | On one of the rare occasions Prince Charles came too , he made it obvious he liked Raine . |
| 16 | One of the rare occasions on which they ventured beyond the studio was for Carry On Up The Khyber . |
| 17 | It was one of the rare occasions when her tight-lipped mouth opened into something approaching a smile . |
| 18 | But the house , one of the rare examples of Sir John Soane 's domestic architecture , was pictured in so many books on the capital 's buildings that its elegant eccentricity was as familiar to him as if he commonly walked these streets and squares . |
| 19 | I was night relief nurse in Hope , a women 's acute medical ward , and tonight was one of the rare nights when all three Hope night nurses were on together . |
| 20 | It was a journalist , but Toby Greenslade was one of the rare ones who could write entertainingly about golf , and was a companionable and amusing fellow as well . |
| 21 | Of the furniture , one of the rare disappointments ( if you can call it that ) was the $825,000 ( £458,300 ) sale of an important Louis XIV ormolu-mounted Boulle marquetry bureau plat , around 1710 , attributed to André-Charles Boulle , that had been estimated to sell for $1–1.5 million . |
| 22 | The works range from images of high seriousness and merit , for example one of the rare , celebrated proof impressions of Picasso 's ‘ Repas frugal ’ ( 1904 ) printed in blue ( with later signature ) , to the fin-de-siècle soupy soft porn of Manuel Robbe . |
| 23 | One of the rare continental visitors to a Britain , he found the bolted sport climbs of Yorkshire to his liking — but was not shy of climbing routes with natural protection — and his on-sight flashes at Malhal and Kilnsey astonished many locals . |
| 24 | It was one of the rare instances when Joyce managed to excuse his failure without blaming it on Jewish influence . |
| 25 | One of the rare similarities between Highland and Lowland customs was the resemblance between the northern clans ' loyalty to a chieftain who in return owed his family and retainers an equal commitment , and the mutually supportive ‘ surnames ’ of Border groups — usually known on the Northumbrian side of the Border , especially in Tynedale , as ‘ graynes ’ . |
| 26 | The Red Kite is one of the rare bird species protected in rural Wales |
| 27 | My most pressing experience of Wigg as a tipster was on one of the rare occasions when I went to the Derby . |
| 28 | Marenches considered it most unfortunate that Morocco did not have oil , for Hassan was " one of the rare statesmen of our time . " |
| 29 | One of these carries the legend Cunoarus Fecit/ Vico Durobrivis , recording its manufacture at the vicus at Durobrivae , which is one of the rare instances in Roman Britain where epigraphy attests a site 's status . |
| 30 | The village of Markham cum Cumbermound had grown on one of the rare patches of clay with which the fens were dotted . |