Example sentences of "of [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the few things we do n't know , though , are their slogans . |
| 2 | Well I would n't worry too much about cramming it all together tightly because it 's erm one of the few things we 've still got a budget for is photocopying student questionnaires so you m you know , you might as well take advantage of that , it does n't erm it does n't cost you anything and the actual difference it makes to the university and to erm world resources is very slight indeed I think |
| 3 | One of the few things he could instantly recall from his own brief marriage was his wife 's grilling a kipper on a gridiron over the fire . |
| 4 | ONE OF the few things you can do more efficiently in an aircraft than anywhere else is get drunk . |
| 5 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 6 | ‘ Vicky adores the dog and she is one of the few things she is interested in . |
| 7 | ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar . |
| 8 | Er , one of the paradoxes of the modern era as er , pointed out by Tom Peters , not by me , one of the few things I do not claim original thought on , erm , is , is that it 's not that we , people think that we do n't have enough information at our fingertips and are constantly striving to gather more and more , the opposite is actually true . |
| 9 | And your cousin was one of the first one of the few women I ever knew , who could take shorthand in Welsh . |
| 10 | One of the few skills I possess is the ability to type with ten fingers . |
| 11 | ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea . |
| 12 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 13 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
| 14 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
| 15 | So that 's one of the few options you 've got at the moment . |
| 16 | For them this meeting may be one of the few contacts they have with the Church . |
| 17 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 18 | He knew I worked with Malcolm because he was one of the few teachers I could have a conversation with about something more than homework or football . |
| 19 | I tell the truth , honest I do ! " one was shouting , and it and a few others tugged at the lower edges of the few furs he still had on and pulling on his under-breeches where they appeared out of the top of his boots . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But one of the few countries he has not designed for is his homeland Hungary . |
| 22 | And Keith is one of the few Englishmen I know who really likes Spencer , the rest dismiss him as representative of an imperial , conservative , rural English idyll . |
| 23 | AB : I would be a fool if I did n't say Schenker was one of the few analysts we can rate seriously . |
| 24 | The Turner Prize is therefore one of the few ways we have of acknowledging the contribution the visual arts play in our culture . |
| 25 | It is no longer the kiss of death to an actor ( watch this space ) , and it 's one of the few ways we have of paying the school fees on a regular basis . |
| 26 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 27 | Darts is one of the few sports I 've got the right build for . |
| 28 | At 18 , Couples hooked his drive out of bounds , one of the few mistakes he made on a day that turned cold and windy by the time the five-hour 25-minute round had ended . |
| 29 | One of the few places we could go to on the camp at Binbrook without risk of being observed by the hierarchy was the Station cinema . |
| 30 | In fact , it 's one of the few places he 's ever been outside London . |