Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legislation protects their consciences , and in charity makes financial provision for the few priests who will feel that they must leave . |
| 2 | Near nightfall he saw his younger sister Katya come out of the kitchens into the yard , saw her empty some slops for the few chickens who scuttled about . |
| 3 | Hari had remained in the cemetery long after the few neighbours who had attended Win Morgan 's funeral had gone . |
| 4 | One of the few women who had done so over time without the complement of sexual gratification . |
| 5 | " Dr Dunstaple , please ! " protested the Magistrate , who was one of the few cantonment-dwellers who had never experienced any affection for Dr Dunstaple . |
| 6 | Even Graham , one of the few members who had left home and lived in a flat , would be helping in the campaign , although he would not be voting Conservative , so much did he dislike the personality and politics of the local MP . |
| 7 | He is one of the few comedians who , when someone truthfully observes , ‘ I say , you 're sitting in a dustbin ’ , can make the classic reply , ‘ Oh , so I am ’ sound like an hilarious joke . ’ |
| 8 | The founder of Serbian expressionism was one of the few artists who worked and thought alongside the European art movements of the beginning of the century . |
| 9 | Mr Devaty is one of the few dissidents who do not come from a Prague-based intellectual background . |
| 10 | He was a brilliant man who had a great deal of influence — in fact , he was one of the few doges who wielded any real authority . |
| 11 | They are still one of the few bands who mean anything these days . |
| 12 | Invitations come via playgroups but parents of the few children who do not attend one can contact the headteacher , Margaret Sutton , at the school . |
| 13 | From videofilms shown to reporters in Saudi Arabia , and the reports of the few journalists who spent the first days of the war in Baghdad , other successful hits can be independently verified . |
| 14 | One of the few journalists who was always sceptical of the Al Fayeds ' case has just joined the staff of The Economist . |
| 15 | Sickened by the endemic one-upmanship of a political system founded on resistance nomenklatura ( Pompidou was one of the few politicians who had not been in the resistance ) , he spoke of the need to look to the future and forget the time when ‘ Frenchmen did not love one another . ’ |
| 16 | Yardley was proud that he was one of the few bowlers who could claim to have dismissed Bradman three times in Tests . |
| 17 | If you belong to one of the few parishes who have not yet started a discussion group then why not start now . |
| 18 | The University 's Alumni Office can provide help and advice to groups , whether they consist of a few friends who meet informally from time to time , a group from a particular department or year who wish to arrange a special reunion , or a more established society like the ones described on these pages . |
| 19 | There are exceptions , of course ; anyone can quote the names of a few specialists who have attained local or even national eminence . |
| 20 | They mentioned the names of a few judges who they did not think highly of . |
| 21 | These organisations are rare , although an example might be a partnership of a few individuals who do all the work of the organisation themselves ( with perhaps a little administrative assistance ) . |
| 22 | For a few patients who experience severe or recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding of unknown origin , diagnostic laparotomy still has a place . |
| 23 | This is obviously easier if you are fishing with a few friends who are prepared to let you move in if they locate the fish first . |
| 24 | Station staff knew everyone worth knowing in the suburb apart from the few tradesmen who made no use of the railway for carriage of goods . |
| 25 | Such sentiments are confirmed by reports from the few dealers who make it into stockbroking offices . |
| 26 | This finding may have clinical importance in the few patients who have pronounced hypergastrinaemia because of profound long acting acid inhibition . |
| 27 | This finding may be of clinical importance in the few patients who have severe hypergastrinaemia as a result of long acting profound acid inhibition . |
| 28 | I 've got James ringing around all the private houses on the island to rope in a few cooks who are n't working tonight . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A travel company from Thailand has contacted the People 's Committee about the possibility of bringing in tourists , and the governor of the province , An He , is keen to talk to the few foreigners who pass through about his hypothetical Riviera . |