Example sentences of "it is one [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The site is particularly important because it is one of the few such castles to have developed out of an earlier Norman stone-built ring-work fort . |
| 2 | It is one of the few gestures of real friendship encountered by this lonely man in his long and tormented odyssey . |
| 3 | It is one of the few examples of mobiliary art of the period from Britain . |
| 4 | It is one of the few symphonies — like Brahms 's Fourth and Mahler 's Sixth — that ends in complete disaster . |
| 5 | And I know I was madly , madly involved with the symphony to the extent that when it was done — and it is one of the few works I say this of — I would not dare touch it again . |
| 6 | Certainly it is one of the few areas of growth : between 1985 and 1990 the advertising spend in Britain grew 75 per cent , but the spend on direct mail grew 101 per cent . |
| 7 | It is one of the few companies exposed to the full blast of petroleum revenue tax but , as a recent National Audit Office report showed , the whole offshore tax system is in a mess . |
| 8 | There is a watercolour of this by Fortuné de Fournier , and so it is one of the few smaller but important rooms of the Tuileries of which we have a record . |
| 9 | It is one of the few stone galleries . |
| 10 | When young , it is one of the few wines that makes a good partner for salads . |
| 11 | It is one of the few villages that has changed position over the years . |
| 12 | It is one of the few new entries to a chart dominated by old favourites . |
| 13 | It is one of the few Cryptocorynes capable of growing in alkaline conditions . |
| 14 | It is one of the few letters from Theo that we have , and a remarkably frank one . |
| 15 | We have a portable overhead projector and it is one of the few schools with electricity , so I was able to use slides . |
| 16 | It is one of the few places ( in this book ) where a car is not an absolute necessity : Alnmouth is on the main London-Edinburgh rail line and the village has an excellent local bus service . |
| 17 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 18 | While this does not appear to be such an earth shattering decision , it is one of the few occasions when a coroner 's action has been criticised . |
| 19 | It is one of the few pubs in London where the landlord and his staff have mastered the art of pulling a really good pint of bitter : one with a creamy head which lasts right down the glass . |
| 20 | ‘ It is one of the few hospices in the country to have all four services actually working from one centre . ’ |
| 21 | This is not really suited for binocular observation , but it is one of the few Mira variables easily found with binoculars when near maximum . |
| 22 | It is one of the few diseases which medicine could attack before the Second World War , by passive immunization . |
| 23 | It is one of the few sites which illustrate the many phases of castle building in Britain . |
| 24 | Firstly , the altitude and harsh weather in the winter meant Teesdale was not good for tree regeneration , so it is one of the few areas in England and Wales which never became deeply forested . |
| 25 | It is one of the few features that can be identified on Earth-based drawings of Mercury . |
| 26 | ‘ It is one of the few things in which I excel , ’ Ratagan said . |
| 27 | The original Peninsular Steam Navigation Company was founded in 1837 with the award of an Admiralty contract to carry mails to the Iberian Peninsula ; it is one of the few British companies that operate under a Royal Charter — granted in 1840 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Mr Johnston , who stood on a ‘ Save Our Townlands ’ ticket in the council elections of 1977 , said : ‘ It is one of the few powers which councils have left that they can enforce the format for local addresses . |
| 30 | ‘ However , I believe it is one of the few jobs where you actually get recognition for what you do . |