Example sentences of "[prep] one [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the City Council has behaved in what can only be described as a lax , sluggish and offhand manner towards one of the few private initiatives at the very centre of Dutch cultural life . |
| 2 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 3 | Kalchu 's brother and several other men , seeing the smoke from outside , came to share the warmth of one of the few fires still burning . |
| 4 | Despite their differences and Leopold 's difficult and austere character , his father 's death robbed Wolfgang of a most loving and tender parent , and of one of the few people who genuinely appreciated and fully comprehended the nature of his genius . |
| 5 | He to me was an example of one of the few untrained journalists who make a real success of TV news . |
| 6 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 7 | This concession , which is due north of the giant Dai Hung oil field , is located in the centre of one of the few remaining prospective and as yet relatively unexplored basins in South East Asia . |
| 8 | The tourist or business or conference traveller will more often than not travel on a plane manufactured by one of the few aerospace TNCs that dominate the civil airline industry , occupy a hotel room subcontracted to or owned or managed by the local affiliate of one of the few chains that dominate the global hotel industry , hire a car from an agency of one of the international firms that dominate the car rental industry , and will pay for all this with one of the credit cards issued by the few TNCs that control global personal finance . |
| 9 | We stop the car below the Blackwall Basin , in front of one of the few remaining terraces . |
| 10 | Mrs Chalker , who was Britain 's governor at the 55-nation bank , was replaced by senior civil servant Timothy Lankester , but her sudden departure left Britain with one of the few non-political delegations at this meeting which starts here on Monday . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Two of the screen 's toughest tough guys , James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart , each won his only Oscar in one of the few films in which he played a goody : Yankee Doodle Dandy and The African Queen respectively . |
| 13 | This reflects the so-called doctrine of double effect which was incorporated into English law in one of the few cases that have been decided in this area , R v. |
| 14 | He wore the suit rarely and in one of the few points of discipline which he managed to impose on himself he always made sure that the suit , or the trousers at least , were pressed immediately after use . |
| 15 | In fact Peasgood suggests , in one of the few surveys which have been carried out in this area , that selection in academic libraries from the ‘ book in hand ’ was found to be no more effective than selection from lists ( effectiveness being measured in terms of subsequent issues ) . |
| 16 | In one of the few studies of evacuation behaviour after a non-nuclear hazard event Liverman and Wilson ( 1981 ) give weight to this argument . |
| 17 | By June , new wireless sets had arrived , although the first consignment in one of the few supply errors , had no acid for their heavy ‘ wet ’ ( distilled water ) batteries . |
| 18 | The truth is anyone 's guess , but Weller certainly offered to play on Raw Stylus ' single ‘ Pushin' Against The Flow ’ , and their name cropped up in one of the few recent interviews given by the former Cappuccino Kid . |
| 19 | In one of the few misjudgements of his brilliant career Cockroft said that he was ‘ 90 per cent certain ’ that thermonuclear fusion was occurring . |
| 20 | It mentioned that he lived with his mother , Lady Ursula Berowne , and his second wife in one of the few extant houses built by Sir John Soane and that he had one child by his first marriage , 24-year-old Sarah Berowne , who was active in left-wing politics and who was thought to be estranged from her father . |
| 21 | One thing , thought Sally-Anne , looking around her , after Ma Bailey had set her down in one of the few chairs the room possessed , was that no one here had ever done any summer cleaning , nor spring , autumn nor winter cleaning either . |
| 22 | In one of the few specific references to a member country , the G-7 statement said that the decline of the yen " was not contributing to the adjustment process " . |
| 23 | Indeed in one of the few Scottish studies McDonald ( 1991 ) defines ‘ non-traditional ’ students as all those who are 21 or over at the time of entry to their higher education course . |
| 24 | I suppose he could live in one of the few old terraces not yet knocked down . |
| 25 | In one of the few official references to population control at the conference , the Declaration called on governments to " promote appropriate demographic policies " . |
| 26 | In one of the few remaining parking spaces she pulled up . |
| 27 | What seems to have happened is that the distinction , drawn perhaps from one of the few classical instances ( of Ulpian or Papinian ) , was seized on by epi-classical law and later adopted as a post-classical touchstone . |
| 28 | … And I think you 've also got to have people who do bear in mind that they 're about one of the few parts of the authority that are in the forefront of the people and are basically representing the authority . |
| 29 | Marko Radoman , 103 , and a veteran of both Balkan wars , was given a place at the front as one of the few with personal memories of Nicholas 's reign . |
| 30 | He saw rubber fetishism as one of the few remaining genuine underground cultures . |