Example sentences of "of [art] few [noun pl] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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1 | One of the few women who had done so over time without the complement of sexual gratification . |
2 | " Dr Dunstaple , please ! " protested the Magistrate , who was one of the few cantonment-dwellers who had never experienced any affection for Dr Dunstaple . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Mr Devaty is one of the few dissidents who do not come from a Prague-based intellectual background . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | They are still one of the few bands who mean anything these days . |
9 | Invitations come via playgroups but parents of the few children who do not attend one can contact the headteacher , Margaret Sutton , at the school . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | One of the few journalists who was always sceptical of the Al Fayeds ' case has just joined the staff of The Economist . |
12 | 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 . ’ |
13 | Yardley was proud that he was one of the few bowlers who could claim to have dismissed Bradman three times in Tests . |
14 | If you belong to one of the few parishes who have not yet started a discussion group then why not start now . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | There are exceptions , of course ; anyone can quote the names of a few specialists who have attained local or even national eminence . |
17 | They mentioned the names of a few judges who they did not think highly of . |
18 | 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 ) . |