Example sentences of "of [art] few people [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , in splendid isolation , emerged a tribe of Polynesians who were prepared to address problems such as this , and who moreover were one of the few peoples in the world to develop a system of writing . |
| 2 | She was one of the few people in the world who genuinely found Henry funny . |
| 3 | As Wayne Gossage has said : " Patricia Knapp was one of the few people in the inner circle of the library-college vanguard who was in any way critical " ( Gossage 1975 : 8 ) and this has been a sad weakness in a movement which , with its enthusiasm and provocative reversal of traditional priorities , has aroused much interest and thought amongst educators , librarians and administrators . |
| 4 | She was one of the few people in Iran who dared speak her mind to him ( perhaps the sole person ) , but what was on her mind was not to everyone 's liking . |
| 5 | After all , he reflected , I am one of the few people in the world who is n't worth blackmailing . |
| 6 | Cos I had studied the chart to k know something about er and I I presume I was one of the few people in New York , who knew the damn thing was on 's Island you see . |
| 7 | There are few people , I 'm very concerned for those people and we will be imposing conditions if members wish to approve it to protect the interests of the few people in close proximity , many of the objectors er they must be heard and their point of view is report in the committee papers but they do live at er a couple of miles from the site . |
| 8 | And that 's meant a big boost in trade for one of the few people in this country who makes them . |
| 9 | This is not seen as a very attractive chore but is probably the most important of all and really depends on the goodwill of a few people under the guidance of Annie Hanlon . |
| 10 | On the Passage of a Few People Through a Brief Moment in Time . |
| 11 | These books are both related to the exhibition On The Passage of a Few People Through a Brief Period of Time presented at the Musée national d'art moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou , the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London , and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston , Massachusetts during 1989 — 90 . |
| 12 | On the Passage of a Few People Through a Brief Moment in Time ( henceforth ‘ the Boston text' ) is a film title used by Guy Debord in 1959 . |
| 13 | If I am serious , I can not simply see the preservation of the countryside as a desire of a few people like myself , to be weighed in the balance against the desires of others for holidays abroad , when it comes to deciding on whether a new airport should be built in some place of outstanding beauty . |