Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adv] few [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one of the largest law faculties in the United Kingdom , and is one of the very few to be recognised by the Universities Funding Council as a Grade 5 ( ‘ international excellence ’ ) centre of research . |
| 2 | Famously tenacious in her friendships , she was one of the very few of Capote 's society ‘ swans ’ to stay true after the débâcle of Answered Prayers . |
| 3 | That policy was reasonable in a buoyant market , but the directors now feel that even capitalisation should discontinue : ‘ Your company is one of the very few in the sector which does not capitalise any interest or other finance costs and has no off-balance sheet accounting of any kind . ’ |
| 4 | The ideal Family hotel , the Sandbanks is one of the only hotels in the area situated right on the beach , one of the very few in the UK to hold the coveted EEC Blue Flag Award for clean beaches . |
| 5 | All were firm but kind with the eagles , who were passive in return , but for a very few like Kraal who gave them as much trouble as he could . |
| 6 | He lived for his profession , so much so that , instead of limiting himself to examining the remains of bomb-blast victims , he attended the courses and lectures available only to a very few on bomb-making and disarming offered at Fort Halstead . |