Example sentences of "was one [prep] the few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theirs was one of the few ale-only breweries in London at this time , most of the others producing huge amounts of porter for a voraciously thirsty market . |
| 2 | To scoffs of disbelief from some delegates , he asserted that , where managed safely and sensibly , nuclear power was one of the few energy sources which did not pollute the atmosphere . |
| 3 | Yardley was proud that he was one of the few bowlers who could claim to have dismissed Bradman three times in Tests . |
| 4 | The Worksop trainer was one of the few who missed seeing the gelding , bought with another yearling for £3,250 , pull six lengths clear . |
| 5 | BURMAH , the oil group which nearly came to grief in the 1970s stock market crash , was one of the few shares to resist Barclays de Zoete Wedd 's gloomy forecast on shares . |
| 6 | Anderson was one of the few members of the British colonial administration who , remaining in Africa after British colonialism retreated , made a successful transition to serving the independent governments of the continent . |
| 7 | Allen , who had a goal disallowed , was one of the few players to perform well for Wales on a night when they were generally outclassed . |
| 8 | Mikey Craig , from Culture Club , was one of the few . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Her mother , she thought with a most annoying pride , who was one of the few genuinely creative women scientists around and in whose success , were it anyone except her mother 's , she would be rejoicing . |
| 11 | Stepping out on to grass she turned and knew that she was one of the few in all history and legend who could safely look a dragon in the eye . |
| 12 | Having known the Royal Family all her life , she was easy to talk to , and was one of the few people who knew what Diana was talking about when she spoke about her day-to-day life . |
| 13 | Mr Gidaspov , however , who is not a party apparatchik , was one of the few top Communists to retain popularity with the Leningrad electorate . |
| 14 | Mr Gidaspov , however , who is not a party apparatchik , was one of the few top Communists to retain popularity with the Leningrad electorate . |
| 15 | David had always liked Mott The Hoople and admired them , and I think it was one of the few really unselfish acts he did when , when they were on the verge of breaking up , he wrote them a song — ‘ All The Young Dudes ’ . |
| 16 | Stevenson himself was one of the few to speak out strenuously against the newly received wisdom — ‘ the idea that you can merchandize candidates like breakfast cereal ’ . |
| 17 | George Seawright is a Scot who had developed an interest in Ulster politics while still in Springburn , near Glasgow , where he was one of the few Scottish members of Paisley 's Ulster Protestant Volunteers . |
| 18 | Hamad Hasan al-Harash , for example , was a senior official in the Agriculture Department in Kufra ( Zawiya ) , had two well-established irrigated gardens worked by Egyptian labourers in 1975–9 , and was one of the few people who supplied fruit and vegetables to the Kufra market on a regular basis . |
| 19 | Of course , sermon-tasting was one of the few traits shared by all church-going Victorians . |
| 20 | Mrs Mary Brunell , 67 , was one of the few outright supporters of the Ashdown personality cult . |
| 21 | Mr Jose-Maria Mendiluce , special envoy of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees , was one of the few permitted to pass through Zvornik in a white Jeep bearing the organisation 's flag . |
| 22 | It was one of the few references to the former prime minister 's gender that I heard during the whole week of leadership crise . |
| 23 | Critics noticed that he was one of the few artists genuinely enthusiastic about new talent . |
| 24 | She was one of the few members of the artistic community who admitted to religious observance . |
| 25 | Carter brought her little enough , and this was one of the few exceptions . |
| 26 | Soldier of Fortune was one of the few who published my pictures ; I had a cover . |
| 27 | A slim , wiry youth , he was one of the few who could claim a ‘ middle-class ’ upbringing . |
| 28 | Boyle was one of the few Tories for whom Crosland had any time . |
| 29 | It was one of the few times that the pulp glossy pop press produced journalism worth reading . |
| 30 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |