Example sentences of "were one [prep] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 If you were one of the few to risk the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Monday , you would have been able to find no information about the composers being played .
2 Mice were one of the few things that Miss Fogerty could not endure .
3 In the whole sorry saga , West Bromwich Albion were one of the few parties to emerge with dignity .
4 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 .
5 Throughout that decade Vox were one of the few British guitar ‘ names ’ , and certain models from that era have become much sought-after by collectors .
6 ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar .
7 ‘ You 're right , Cleg , ’ Hari sipped the hot weak tea , enjoying every mouthful , the Jones family were one of the few families in Greenhill who could afford tea at all .
8 Koresh 's lawyer , , were one of the few the F B I allowed to speak to him .
9 It is fair to point our that training and education were one of the few positive points that the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) made .
10 Er in the U K we 've held our market position and it 's been a a pretty desperate market we were one of the few if not the only book seller who refused to er to yield better discount terms er , on the threat of er every , every book seller was every er publisher was threatened with erm not being stocked unless we gave bigger discounts .
11 So that I think has been the biggest , communication-wise , has been the biggest step forward in a more erm friendly and er happier sort of note we , we were one of the few brigades that started a band .
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