Example sentences of "of the few [noun pl] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I would n't worry too much about cramming it all together tightly because it 's erm one of the few things we 've still got a budget for is photocopying student questionnaires so you m you know , you might as well take advantage of that , it does n't erm it does n't cost you anything and the actual difference it makes to the university and to erm world resources is very slight indeed I think |
| 2 | One of the few things we do n't know , though , are their slogans . |
| 3 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 4 | Er , one of the paradoxes of the modern era as er , pointed out by Tom Peters , not by me , one of the few things I do not claim original thought on , erm , is , is that it 's not that we , people think that we do n't have enough information at our fingertips and are constantly striving to gather more and more , the opposite is actually true . |
| 5 | One of the few women who had done so over time without the complement of sexual gratification . |
| 6 | It is believed to be one of the few parasites which has become free-living . |
| 7 | Furthermore , this is one of the few studies which gives an account of the feelings after the task was completed . |
| 8 | " Dr Dunstaple , please ! " protested the Magistrate , who was one of the few cantonment-dwellers who had never experienced any affection for Dr Dunstaple . |
| 9 | One of the few skills I possess is the ability to type with ten fingers . |
| 10 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
| 11 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 12 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
| 13 | Even Graham , one of the few members who had left home and lived in a flat , would be helping in the campaign , although he would not be voting Conservative , so much did he dislike the personality and politics of the local MP . |
| 14 | So that 's one of the few options you 've got at the moment . |
| 15 | As he left the house Huy glanced around the square , and along the streets that led from it ; but there was no movement at any of the few windows which looked on to the street , and the handful of people about were all familiar to him . |
| 16 | The ancient Forest of Naddle , with deciduous trees , is one of the few areas which remain to show the natural tree growth of the region . |
| 17 | For them this meeting may be one of the few contacts they have with the Church . |
| 18 | It was one of the few cottages which housed a wireless . |
| 19 | In fact Peasgood suggests , in one of the few surveys which have been carried out in this area , that selection in academic libraries from the ‘ book in hand ’ was found to be no more effective than selection from lists ( effectiveness being measured in terms of subsequent issues ) . |
| 20 | She compromised with one of the few dresses she 'd brought with her — a simple navy cotton in a button-through style , with short sleeves , a deep square neck and a full skirt . |
| 21 | But the first real headhunting boom began in the late 1970s and early 1980s , when the recession really began to bite ; executive search may be seen as one of the few industries which grew in this period . |
| 22 | Holland is one of the few countries which practices a hotel grading system ranging from 1 to 5 stars . |
| 23 | But one of the few countries he has not designed for is his homeland Hungary . |
| 24 | It is one of the few sites which illustrate the many phases of castle building in Britain . |
| 25 | The founder of Serbian expressionism was one of the few artists who worked and thought alongside the European art movements of the beginning of the century . |
| 26 | And Keith is one of the few Englishmen I know who really likes Spencer , the rest dismiss him as representative of an imperial , conservative , rural English idyll . |
| 27 | The Turner Prize is therefore one of the few ways we have of acknowledging the contribution the visual arts play in our culture . |
| 28 | It is no longer the kiss of death to an actor ( watch this space ) , and it 's one of the few ways we have of paying the school fees on a regular basis . |
| 29 | Darts is one of the few sports I 've got the right build for . |
| 30 | At 18 , Couples hooked his drive out of bounds , one of the few mistakes he made on a day that turned cold and windy by the time the five-hour 25-minute round had ended . |