Example sentences of "[prep] the few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | I tell the truth , honest I do ! " one was shouting , and it and a few others tugged at the lower edges of the few furs he still had on and pulling on his under-breeches where they appeared out of the top of his boots . |
| 34 | She compromised with one of the few dresses she 'd brought with her — a simple navy cotton in a button-through style , with short sleeves , a deep square neck and a full skirt . |
| 35 | But one of the few countries he has not designed for is his homeland Hungary . |
| 36 | And Keith is one of the few Englishmen I know who really likes Spencer , the rest dismiss him as representative of an imperial , conservative , rural English idyll . |
| 37 | AB : I would be a fool if I did n't say Schenker was one of the few analysts we can rate seriously . |
| 38 | The Turner Prize is therefore one of the few ways we have of acknowledging the contribution the visual arts play in our culture . |
| 39 | It is no longer the kiss of death to an actor ( watch this space ) , and it 's one of the few ways we have of paying the school fees on a regular basis . |
| 40 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 41 | Darts is one of the few sports I 've got the right build for . |
| 42 | At 18 , Couples hooked his drive out of bounds , one of the few mistakes he made on a day that turned cold and windy by the time the five-hour 25-minute round had ended . |
| 43 | One of the few places we could go to on the camp at Binbrook without risk of being observed by the hierarchy was the Station cinema . |
| 44 | In fact , it 's one of the few places he 's ever been outside London . |
| 45 | ‘ He is one of the few teetotallers I know who can be entertaining after dinner . ’ |
| 46 | I say ‘ the wife ’ with impunity as Doreen is one of the few wives I know who actually calls herself that . |
| 47 | With the relaxed detachment of a man who has an implicit trust in his technology , Vologsky cast his eyes over the bewildering array of instruments which made up the control panel , taking note of the few facts he actually needed to know . |
| 48 | That is a fact , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , one of the few facts I can swear to , though I find it impossible to explain . |
| 49 | Erm , so we are particularly pleased to have you here because we know as well that the G M B is in the forefront of erm establishing activity within Europe , one of , one of the few unions I think is that the only unions will have an office open in Brussels . |
| 50 | As he took it their fingers met , invoking so vivid a memory of the few seconds she had spent in his arms that she jerked away , spilling coffee into the saucer . |
| 51 | One of the few occasions I ever saw him and the only one in which we sat face to face . |
| 52 | We sat on a tree that had been felled and ate some very tasty ham sandwiches -one of the few picnics I have ever been to . |
| 53 | Lash and Urry are amongst the few commentators we have reviewed who recognise that the middle classes are those best able to indulge in , and benefit by , this emergent form of culture . |
| 54 | One younger Welsh hill farmer used to go up ‘ to help his father in evenings with the few cattle they had ’ , but afterwards at supper the older man expected the grandchildren to keep silent , and if they spoke ‘ he 'd look at us fiercely . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ She is unable to give an interview to someone who has been so rude to her , ’ he told Groom curtly , but agreed to furnish her himself with the few facts she needed . |
| 56 | Apart from the few noises I made on the path , all I could hear was the very occasional and distant roar of heavy trucks on the road through town . |
| 57 | Alternatively or additionally subjects may genuinely feel that there is greater subjective difference within the few films they have given high ratings to than within the many they have given lower ratings to and have been at least partially successful in avoiding what Poulton ( 1989 ) terms equal frequency biases . |
| 58 | He was making a wonderful recovery and in the few hours we were there we managed to get him on to an ambulance train — off to Myitkyina to be flown out to India . |
| 59 | Moran was unassertive and attentive in the few minutes they discussed the game afterwards . |
| 60 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |