Example sentences of "he [was/were] one [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these years he was one of a few markedly royalist bishops among a generally Montfortian episcopate . |
| 2 | Yardley was proud that he was one of the few bowlers who could claim to have dismissed Bradman three times in Tests . |
| 3 | He knew I worked with Malcolm because he was one of the few teachers I could have a conversation with about something more than homework or football . |
| 4 | George Seawright is a Scot who had developed an interest in Ulster politics while still in Springburn , near Glasgow , where he was one of the few Scottish members of Paisley 's Ulster Protestant Volunteers . |
| 5 | Critics noticed that he was one of the few artists genuinely enthusiastic about new talent . |
| 6 | A slim , wiry youth , he was one of the few who could claim a ‘ middle-class ’ upbringing . |
| 7 | He was one of the few who did n't give the company a song . |
| 8 | As it fell out he was one of the few successes at Selhurst Park at a particularly difficult time for the Palace club . |
| 9 | One of the points that distinguishes Green from many of the artists who made prints of the Lake District at this period was the fact that he was one of the few who prepared and drew on the plates and etched the images himself . |
| 10 | He was one of the few genuinely honest men in racing . |
| 11 | In addition , while Tony Adams played well against Norway , Keown 's availability will be welcomed as he was one of the few successes in the European Champion-ships . |
| 12 | Labour MP Chris Mullin , another leader in the Guildford Four case , said : ‘ He was one of the few judges willing to face the possibility that the system to which he had devoted his life was capable of making serious mistakes . ’ |
| 13 | The head was away and that was dreadful because he was one of the few people that knew what was going on because the community adviser told him that home/school links was an area that we should think about ; that is the school . |
| 14 | Promoted to a senior lectureship in 1973 and to his professorship in German some 10 years later , he was one of the few remaining full-time members of the staff to have witnessed not only the coming of age of the University , but also the massive expansion of the Modern Languages Department and its impressive rise to prominence as an exponent of the applied approach to the teaching of languages , involving a marked shift of emphasis from a near exclusive preoccupation with literary studies in one foreign language to the development of communication skills in at least two . |
| 15 | Whether it was to share his moment of regret at the passing of time , or to express disillusion with Parkin himself — she had made some comment in the car about how he was one of the few television reporters she knew and respected — Dexter did not know . |
| 16 | By then , however , he was alienated by the Rump 's lukewarm attitude to religious and civil reform , and when Oliver Cromwell expelled it he was one of the few London aldermen who approved . |
| 17 | Never one to believe in quick or facile solutions , he cared very much about the national welfare ; and as he was one of the few British writers whose word carried any weight with the authorities — in contrast to such authors as Priestley who carried more weight with the public through his remarkable war-time broadcasts — he gave the impression of a certain helplessness in face of government policy which appeared to lack resolution . |
| 18 | She knew him when he came ; though he trod quietly his step was unmistakably light and long and confident , and he was one of the few who came that way by night alone , yet not furtively . |
| 19 | He was one of the few really good men I have ever met . |
| 20 | He was a brilliant man who had a great deal of influence — in fact , he was one of the few doges who wielded any real authority . |
| 21 | He did have er when he opened , of course , he was one of the few houses to have in Lancaster to have Boddy did n't they ? |
| 22 | He was trained at the École Nationale d'Administration , which is the national administration training school , and in fact at the École Polytechnique as well , which is , so he was one of the few people who went through both the elite training establishments , and he served as a civil servant for a while before turning to political life and getting elected as a Member of Parliament . |