Example sentences of "is one [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally , the cataloguer will be sure to make comparisons , which will be useful to the reader , for the format is one of the few in which a generous number of illustrations can be included . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Discovered at one of the LTA 's 3 Star Clubs at King George 's Comprehensive school , by the father of local professional coach Harvey Slater ( who now coaches the youngster ) , Joanne , who is about to leave school for a year of full time playing , is one of the few British juniors who has the ability to ‘ kick ’ and break from the pack . |
| 4 | From Australia , former Woodworker editor , Peter Collenette sends a report on the Tasmanian furniture-maker , Alan Livermore , who is one of the few designer-makers to have his designs made in factories and in his own workshop . |
| 5 | He is one of the few people I have ever met who has never been either inflated or deflated by personal possessions . |
| 6 | ( The allusion to Pope 's ‘ Essay on Man ’ is one of the few that the editors pass over . ) |
| 7 | With a turnover of about £250m , Virgin Records is one of the few independents left in the music business . |
| 8 | Sylvia is one of the few people who has learnt to interpret Elaine 's noises . |
| 9 | The site is particularly important because it is one of the few such castles to have developed out of an earlier Norman stone-built ring-work fort . |
| 10 | Mr Parkinson can turn his back on all this but if he decides to confront it , road pricing is one of the few tools at his disposal . |
| 11 | As a fellow international lawyer has put it , Akehurst is one of the few who succeeded . |
| 12 | It is not known whether all the material will be permanently exhibited , because South Cambridgeshire District is one of the few local authorities in Britain not to have a local museum . |
| 13 | Dagenham , which is currently scheduled to produce 1,100 cars a day , is one of the few Ford plants in Europe where output is not planned to increase . |
| 14 | Mr Devaty is one of the few dissidents who do not come from a Prague-based intellectual background . |
| 15 | Shelford , with Iro , is one of the few players of undoubted world class the tourists presently possess , and his absence would seriously dent New Zealand 's Test hopes . |
| 16 | Gold output is one of the few remaining state economic secrets . |
| 17 | Mrs Thatcher is one of the few senior politicians who takes pride in stating her political convictions and insists that policies should derive from a coherent set of principles . |
| 18 | D. J. Wrench is one of the few to have considered in any detail what happened after the National Government was formed . |
| 19 | It is one of the few gestures of real friendship encountered by this lonely man in his long and tormented odyssey . |
| 20 | The tucuxi is one of the few dolphins to be found in both fresh and salt waters . |
| 21 | Mr Solarz 's Brooklyn district is one of the few districts in America where Jewish voters form the majority . |
| 22 | America is one of the few countries that , in effect , taxes corporate income twice : once as corporation tax , and a second time as personal-income tax , when the income is paid out as dividends . |
| 23 | The sudden death of Philip in the novel is one of the few references in Thomas 's work traceable to the impact of the elder critic 's death upon him and the Part it played in hardening his determination to become a writer . |
| 24 | Having been told by the gentleman at passenger enquiries that the Lowestoft train is one of the few in Britain to retain six-seater compartments , I am fully prepared to adopt my usual routine for such occasions ; I intend to rush on , secure an empty compartment , slide the door behind me , adopt the brazen-hussy-like pose of an Amsterdam whore in her front window ( tongue rolling out and knees wide apart , as I slouch across the upholstery ) , crook my index finger and beckon slowly at any commuters passing along the corridor outside who are considering invading my territory . |
| 25 | Birmingham is one of the few cities where any attempt at sensible provision has been made . |
| 26 | It is one of the few examples of mobiliary art of the period from Britain . |
| 27 | This is one of the few places to take shelter from the streets that was safe to go . |
| 28 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
| 29 | It is one of the few symphonies — like Brahms 's Fourth and Mahler 's Sixth — that ends in complete disaster . |
| 30 | And I know I was madly , madly involved with the symphony to the extent that when it was done — and it is one of the few works I say this of — I would not dare touch it again . |