Example sentences of "of [art] few [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the few inspiring things in the whole gallery come from the 1951 Festival Of Britain exhibition . |
| 2 | Jill , charged to find the oldest building in town , located one of the few pre-earthquake buildings in downtown Jackson Square , part of the financial district . |
| 3 | One of the few salutary notes in the debate was provided by the Labour Party spokesman , Roy Jenkins ( who was to become President of the EEC Commission in the late 1970s ) , who said , |
| 4 | The pacing of that third movement climax is one of the few weak spots in Claus Peter Flor 's interpretation — the jump forward at 8′40″ ( fig. 129 in the score ) is either a structural miscalculation or a different take , and the premature slowing at 10′12″ ( fig. 137 ) is no more effective . |
| 5 | The stone church of S. Nicola at Bari is one of the few ancient buildings in the city to survive . |
| 6 | The academic literature on the Prime Minister has given rise to one of the few serious debates in British political science ; the idea of Prime Ministerial government versus that of Cabinet government . |
| 7 | Theirs was one of the few ale-only breweries in London at this time , most of the others producing huge amounts of porter for a voraciously thirsty market . |
| 8 | Organised crime is one of the few economic activities in Russia that is growing . |
| 9 | But Connery 's antics up in the rainforest canopy at least provide one of the few effective moments in the otherwise slow-moving , uninspired Green adventure Medicine Man ( Guild , PG , out now ) . |
| 10 | At the instigation of the Greenock Deaf and Dumb Christian Society , the authorities in Greenock , Scotland , approved the use of a room in Greenock Academy ( opened 1855 ) for the teaching of the few deaf children in the town . |
| 11 | ‘ In addition to being one of the few remaining commons in the area Newtown Common is a very valuable home for wildlife . ’ |
| 12 | It is , and always has been , one of the few first-class libraries in the world and remains a leader in its field . |
| 13 | Stansfield , one of the few prominent radicals in Gladstone 's cabinet of the early 1870s , was from a Unitarian brewing family . |
| 14 | It is not known whether all the material will be permanently exhibited , because South Cambridgeshire District is one of the few local authorities in Britain not to have a local museum . |
| 15 | Half a dozen programmes in the series are being produced and directed by Medwen Roberts of Mold-based Ffilmiau Hiraethog , one of the few independent producers in Clwyd . |
| 16 | In ten years ' time the Esquire piece will be required reading for any journalist or student researching one of the few creative talents in the cinema today . |
| 17 | One of the few unexpected measures in the legislation is a clause removing the need for the Health Secretary to authorise private patient facilities in NHS hospitals . |
| 18 | They must have drunk deeply because the very next week in her column Beatrice introduces her readers to a ‘ charming book of Breton verse by Max Jacob ’ , translates a poem of his and describes him as ‘ one of the few classical critics in the world ’ . |
| 19 | One of the few senior aides in the confidence of the couple admits it is unlikely Tim bent down on one knee to pop the question . |
| 20 | The header is one of the few mandatory elements in a TEI document , reflecting the importance attached to this kind of information by the research community . |
| 21 | It represented a unique western European opportunity to grab control at that supreme moment of time and to consolidate the structure of what is one of the few secure fixtures in this fast-changing continent that we inhabit . |
| 22 | She was one of the few self-made women in Britain . |
| 23 | The combination of adobe construction and design for solar heat gain , is one of the few vital ideas in architecture today . |
| 24 | The Center is one of the few Christian organisations in Japan which are actively concerned with social and political issues affecting the life of the nation . |
| 25 | It was one of the few bright moments in her hardworking life . |
| 26 | The enlarged CSO , under its present director , Mr Jack Hibbert ( one of the few permanent secretaries in Whitehall to have started his career as an executive officer ) , will become a separate government department responsible to the chancellor of the exchequer . |
| 27 | Given that the Republic of Ireland does not pay the tuition fees of the few Scottish students in the Republic , is that additional burden on Scottish universities taken into account and are larger grants made available to those universities on that basis ? |
| 28 | The techno studio complex belonging to May , Saunderson and Atkins is one of the few expanding enterprises in central Detroit . |
| 29 | Unfortunately I ca n't imagine any chairman introducing measures that would make it harder for him to flog of a few prised assets in order to raise some hard cash . |
| 30 | For example , there has been extensive coverage of the controversial actions of a few local councils in London , and of the campaign for black sections in the Labour party . |