Example sentences of "one [prep] [art] few who " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a fellow international lawyer has put it , Akehurst is one of the few who succeeded . |
| 2 | The Worksop trainer was one of the few who missed seeing the gelding , bought with another yearling for £3,250 , pull six lengths clear . |
| 3 | Ehrenburg reported it , and he is one of the few who described Modigliani in serious mood , not merely hitting the bottle or making a scene . |
| 4 | Soldier of Fortune was one of the few who published my pictures ; I had a cover . |
| 5 | A slim , wiry youth , he was one of the few who could claim a ‘ middle-class ’ upbringing . |
| 6 | This remarkable man is one of the few who … have been , in their own lifetime , their country 's pride . |
| 7 | He was one of the few who did n't give the company a song . |
| 8 | One of the points that distinguishes Green from many of the artists who made prints of the Lake District at this period was the fact that he was one of the few who prepared and drew on the plates and etched the images himself . |
| 9 | Clive Milton was one of the few who found that the open life did have its virtues : |
| 10 | Paisley , one of the few who could grasp the larger issues brought into focus by the assassination attempt at Tully-West , unfortunately was absent at Westminster . |
| 11 | Knowing both men as well as I did , I was one of the few who did not think there would be any major friction between them — both men were far too smart for that-but I did think Niki would find himself struggling for a primacy which he had long taken for granted . |
| 12 | In Britain , Eastman ( 1984 ) , a social worker , is one of the few who have sought to draw attention to abuse of old people . |
| 13 | Yanaihara Tadao was one of the few who courageously advocated home rule for Korea and even , if necessary , independence . |
| 14 | And so it was that she died alone in a mental hospital — as Eliot told Violet Schiff , one of the few who had known them both from their earliest days together , death could only have been a deliverance for her . |
| 15 | Harold Macmillan and Anthony Eden shared the same reaction ; the young Robert Boothby was one of the few who were disappointed by the Armistice , because he had been too young to fight . |
| 16 | You 're one of the few who was aware of their existence . |
| 17 | Many were shot in the back as they ran , and I was one of the few who reached the trench we had started from unhurt — alive , even . |
| 18 | Although he was active in the local government of Warwickshire , Worcestershire , and , more briefly , Buckinghamshire , Throckmorton 's chief claim to fame is as one of the few who openly attacked Henry VIII over the divorce of Catherine of Aragon [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | Pennings ( 1985 ) is one of the few who has attempted to investigate strategic decision-making taking this simple fact into account . |
| 20 | She was one of the few who possessed it . |
| 21 | Of his contemporaries Eliot was one of the few who not merely looked to a culturally united Europe but knew personally many of the writers and intellectual leaders on the Continent . |
| 22 | She knew him when he came ; though he trod quietly his step was unmistakably light and long and confident , and he was one of the few who came that way by night alone , yet not furtively . |
| 23 | And he is one of the few who have never changed sides . |
| 24 | I give way to the hon. Gentleman , who is an endangered species on the Opposition Benches as he is one of the few who still speak their mind . |
| 25 | William Hutton was one of the few who worked in both factory and cottage as a child , for he was first employed in a silk mill in Derby before becoming apprenticed to his framework knitter uncle . |
| 26 | Brian Sewell is one of the few who still ca n't find it and we 're very glad he ca n't . |
| 27 | She is one of the few who has gained hope through the technique , known as the Ilizarov frame . |
| 28 | Willie Watson , 211 appearances for Sunderland and later player/manager at Halifax Town , was one of the few who represented England at both sports . |