Example sentences of "of the few [noun pl] [pron] [vb base] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | One of the few skills I possess is the ability to type with ten fingers . |
| 5 | So that 's one of the few options you 've got at the moment . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For them this meeting may be one of the few contacts they have with the Church . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | It is one of the few sites which illustrate the many phases of castle building in Britain . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Turner Prize is therefore one of the few ways we have of acknowledging the contribution the visual arts play in our culture . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Darts is one of the few sports I 've got the right build for . |
| 14 | Mr Devaty is one of the few dissidents who do not come from a Prague-based intellectual background . |
| 15 | They are still one of the few bands who mean anything these days . |
| 16 | ‘ He is one of the few teetotallers I know who can be entertaining after dinner . ’ |
| 17 | Invitations come via playgroups but parents of the few children who do not attend one can contact the headteacher , Margaret Sutton , at the school . |
| 18 | I say ‘ the wife ’ with impunity as Doreen is one of the few wives I know who actually calls herself that . |
| 19 | Erm , so we are particularly pleased to have you here because we know as well that the G M B is in the forefront of erm establishing activity within Europe , one of , one of the few unions I think is that the only unions will have an office open in Brussels . |
| 20 | If you belong to one of the few parishes who have not yet started a discussion group then why not start now . |
| 21 | Wood is scarce in the Sinai desert , but the acacia is one of the few trees which grow there . |
| 22 | We sat on a tree that had been felled and ate some very tasty ham sandwiches -one of the few picnics I have ever been to . |