Example sentences of "of the few [noun pl] in [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It is one of the few things in which I excel , ’ Ratagan said . |
2 | She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her . |
3 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
4 | Edward sat frozen , one of the few times in his life he had been genuinely frightened . |
5 | It was one of the few times in my life when I actually spoke the truth . |
6 | This is perhaps one of the few areas in which more research may provide genuinely useful insights for more realistic conservation programmes . |
7 | I was lucky to have chosen to work in theoretical physics because that was one of the few areas in which my condition would not be a serious handicap . |
8 | It is after all one of the few areas in our lives over which we have control . |
9 | England is one of the few countries in which the legal tradition provides a test which can distinguish between the natural and the unnatural , the civilised and the barbarous . |
10 | But Bolivia is one of the few countries in which hyperinflation has had a happy outcome . |
11 | Since non-acceptance on the basis of length of residence is one of the few ways in which local workers can retain any of their old status in the village , they restrict their social contacts to those who share these judgements with them . |
12 | Should anyone be interested , I would gladly co-ordinate their efforts — one of the few ways in which I might be able to help the Society from this distance ’ . |
13 | This is an important aspect of the hardware as it is one of the few ways in which the hardware of the RISC utilises the instruction set . |
14 | Two of the screen 's toughest tough guys , James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart , each won his only Oscar in one of the few films in which he played a goody : Yankee Doodle Dandy and The African Queen respectively . |
15 | Defence has accounted for 11% of UK manufacturing output and is one of the few sectors in which the country is still a world leader . |
16 | ( 1983 ) and one of the few volumes in its field is Herington ( 1984 ) . |
17 | ‘ It was one of the few occasions in his life when he tried and failed . |
18 | Oh , then I am young again and , for one of the few occasions in my life , deeply in love . |