Example sentences of "[adj] of the few examples " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All About Eve ’ and ‘ Kennedy ’ , are some of the few examples ) and even after more than 50 lyrical outings , the one-track mind persists . |
| 2 | Douglas Jay observed that the later 1970s were a time of genuine recovery — ‘ one of the few examples of any Western governments in the seventies reducing both inflationary pressures and unemployment ’ at one and the same time . |
| 3 | It is one of the few examples of mobiliary art of the period from Britain . |
| 4 | Two major divisions of sponges are distinguished on the composition of the spicules : the glass sponges have a skeleton composed of silica , one of the few examples in nature where this material is used as a basis for a skeleton , while the calcareous sponges use calcium carbonate for their spicules . |
| 5 | ‘ Largo II ’ by Jan Sluijter , recently on loan to the Stedelijk Museum , is one of the few examples of Futurism in his work ( est . |
| 6 | The statuette of the god Amun-Re , formerly in the Carnarvon Collection and now in the Met , is one of the masterpieces of Egyptian metalwork ( dated from 1070–712 BC ) , while the large and heavy statue of a falcon-headed god , probably Horus the Elder , is one of the few examples of a cult-image to have survived from ancient Egypt . |
| 7 | Scarlet fever is one of the few examples of a disease whose virulence has obviously declined . |
| 8 | Dartmoor is one of the few examples in Britain of an almost complete Bronze Age landscape . |
| 9 | In the seventh century the decision of the aristocracy of Austrasia to abandon Brunhild and her great-grandson , and to transfer their loyalty to Chlothar II , is one of the few examples of a successful rebellion against a member of the Merovingian dynasty . |