Example sentences of "of [art] few [noun] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stoddard Templeton is one of the few companies to become a Registered Firm under this scheme . |
| 2 | He is one of the few artists to make a successful transition from music to movies . |
| 3 | She was also one of the few Salvationists to see the need and value of the media . |
| 4 | Welsh House was one of the few buildings to survive the Great Fire . |
| 5 | Not only will he be one of the few Democrats to win the presidency in the past 50 years but he will have humiliated an incumbent President in the process . |
| 6 | This is one of the few constellations to resemble the object after which it is named . |
| 7 | BLCMP is one of the few OPACs to offer a classmark pivot . |
| 8 | One of the few animals to defeat the Himalayas — the bar-headed goose ( left ) is thought to cross the peak of Everest on migration . |
| 9 | The wrenching cry at the start of the Finale claps a vice on the emotions that is sustained through to the ambivalent release provided by the Epilogue , and Barbirolli is one of the few conductors to prolong the agony of the climax by observing VW 's protracted emphasis on the grinding trombone and tube underpinning . |
| 10 | According to figures made public in 1990 , it was one of the few republics to run a positive balance in its trade with other republics . |
| 11 | It was also humbling to know her as she was one of the few colleagues to combine the life of a successful international singer with an equally successful marriage ( to the music teacher Paul Blissett ) . |
| 12 | Later on you can turn the small pit into a muddy puddle for the odd water lily , and contemplate , while scratching mosquito bites , whether the building of a few sandcastles justified a hole in the patio or the loss of a dream border to that safe , but monotonous , area of lawn . |
| 13 | From Glen Spean in the north , however , the full range is splendidly in view , the distance of a few miles revealing the individual summits in true perspective . |
| 14 | ‘ The pretense that the constant repetition of a few words constitutes a story becomes an insult to the child 's intelligence ’ ( ibid , p.221 ) . |
| 15 | In a complex web of mystifying deals , Hibs were held together by a financial structure which in the space of a few years involved a local bookmaker , an English based company with extensive leisure interests in the west country and a company registered in Panama called Charcoal Holdings . |