Example sentences of "few [prep] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 This great canvas is one of the few of Rudolf 's collection to remain in Prague .
3 She shared a few with Hackney 's mayor Harry Shaw .
4 Petitions from communities , or common petitions , were few in Edward 's reign , and though they may have derived something from the example of clerical grievances , they could hardly have failed to have developed from private petitions .
5 In terms of the stage of the disease , the majority were Dukes ' stage B ( 35% ) or C ( 33% ) , with only a few in Dukes ' stage A ( 12% ) .
6 But few in Dowd 's experience had made such a commonplace of it as Godolphin .
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