Example sentences of "of [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ She was one of the few women Charles regarded as an equal , ’ one who witnessed their early meetings recalled . |
| 32 | One of the few women who had done so over time without the complement of sexual gratification . |
| 33 | And your cousin was one of the first one of the few women I ever knew , who could take shorthand in Welsh . |
| 34 | But if today Georgia O'Keeffe is one of the few women to have been admitted to the art historical canon under the banner of ‘ greatness ’ , in her day she never won the critical acclaim she sought . |
| 35 | Among her leisure occupations is birdwatching , and she admits to being invariably the oldest of the few women ‘ twitchers ’ on the scene when a rare bird is reported . |
| 36 | United Biscuits was one of the few fallers after confirmation that it had sold its Terry 's chocolate division to Kraft of the U.S. in a deal worth £220 million . |
| 37 | Imbalances in the ecology of the reefs has been put forward as a reason for these plagues caused by commercial fishing of the large predatory gastropod the triton ( Charonia tritonis ) one of the few predators of the Crown of Thorns . |
| 38 | One of the few draw-backs of computer faxes is that they treat all faxes as bitmap files and gobble up memory at an alarming rate . |
| 39 | One of the few complaints which I would make is that the actor looks much too spruce for someone who is living rough in every sense of the word — forever dossing down in stations and trains and consuming endless quantities of the most vicious liquors . |
| 40 | One of the few agencies in the survey to use discount schemes that include the acceptance of low deposits and the offer of free travel insurance . |
| 41 | Because potatoes do not absorb radioactive nucleotides , they are one of the few crops that could be grown safely in the heavily contaminated soils around Chernobyl . |
| 42 | It 's one of the few crops the European Community is n't growing enough of . |
| 43 | Jack was ready to bet all the crisp honeymoon pound notes he had in his pocket that Charlie would be one of the few quests not wearing a hired morning coat . |
| 44 | This is one of the few Lakeland crags to face due north and receives virtually no sun whatsoever . |
| 45 | This is not really suited for binocular observation , but it is one of the few Mira variables easily found with binoculars when near maximum . |
| 46 | One of the few lawyers in modern times to have reached the Woolsack other than via membership of the House of Commons and ministerial office , Gardiner was a visionary who came to government late in his career , with the result that his idealism had not been exhausted by previous struggles to get things done . |
| 47 | ‘ You must be one of the few friends of Gamal that I do n't know . ’ |
| 48 | He walks to the crease with a swagger , totally confident , undoubtedly one of the few batsmen to whom the word ‘ Unforgettable ’ could be applied without risk of hyperbole . |
| 49 | Nevertheless he is one of the few batsmen available to South Africa who has a proven record of being able to put big hundreds together and this is a prime requirement for Test match cricket . |
| 50 | It was one of the few BBC radio shows which played to full houses . |
| 51 | It is believed to be one of the few parasites which has become free-living . |
| 52 | MAPLE trees , just now unfurling their leaves , are one of the few species known not by their common name but the official botanical one . |
| 53 | In the nests of the few species that feed exclusively on carrion , the queen cells and food storage cells are much the same size . |
| 54 | Of the few species that do have the opportunity to interbreed , none do so frequently . |
| 55 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |
| 56 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |
| 57 | This was one of the few houses to escape destruction in the Great Fire . |
| 58 | One or two of the few houses that make up the hamlet of San Sano were acquired and transformed by the owner with great mastery into the attractive Hotel Residence San Sano , Signor Matarazzo 's taste runs to what could be called a ‘ glorification of simplicity ’ . |
| 59 | He did have er when he opened , of course , he was one of the few houses to have in Lancaster to have Boddy did n't they ? |
| 60 | In a country where the media is state controlled and acts as a mouthpiece for the Party , putting up posters was one of the few forms of communication and free expression . |