Example sentences of "[prep] the few men " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Israelis , fielding five international masters and two FIDE masters against Bayern 's six grandmasters , went down by the narrow margin of 7–5 after IM Leonid Zaid ( a recent arrival from the USSR and one of the few men alive with a plus score against Kasparov ) shocked the Germans by defeating Kindermann and Bischoff . |
| 2 | He became a sergeant and later , because of an act of suicidal braver , became one of the few men promoted from the ranks to become an officer . |
| 3 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 4 | Zahedi was one of the few men in the court with his own standing . |
| 5 | Of the few men with Thorfinn , she had recognised Osbern of Eu and the Riveire boy , and the sallow face of Gillecrist of Strathclyde . |
| 6 | He is actually one of the few men around who is not obsessed by faithlessness . |
| 7 | He is actually one of the few men around who is not obsessed by faithlessness . |
| 8 | was one of the few men in England acknowledged as an authority on Luini . |
| 9 | He listened to the few men who had survived for more than a few weeks and talked of ‘ Blighty ’ and prayed only for a ‘ cushy wound ’ so they could be moved to the nearest hospital tent and , if they were among the lucky ones , eventually be sent home to England . |