Sentences with phrase «part of the rare breed»

The Corvette Z06 is part of a rare breed: the naturally aspirated sports car.
As a punctuation perfectionist, Truss considers herself part of a rare breed, and she expected her book, Eats, Shoots ∧ Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, to interest only a tiny segment of the British population when it was first published in the U.K. last year.
As a punctuation perfectionist, Truss considers herself part of a rare breed, and...

Not exact matches

The recent birth of two test tube foals in the UK, as part of a collaborative project conducted by leading fertility experts, could help benefit rare breed conservation and horses with fertility problems.
Part of the problem was red wolves breeding with coyotes, and the resultant hybridisation diluted attempts to maintain this rare wolf species.
In a small proportion of cases, we find dogs that don't share segments with other dogs we have tested, indicating the presence of a rare breed that is not part of our reference panel or possibly a true «village dog» without any purebred relatives at all.
With 40 studio portraits of breed champions by Andrew Perris, «Beautiful Cats» showcases cats, from the traditional favorites like the Siamese and Persian, to the relatively new and rare breeds, like the Tiffanie, «a semi-long-haired breed that is part of the Asian group.
On rare occasions, they were given to lay people out of gratitude for favours or services rendered, and slowly the breed spread to other parts of the country and beyond.
Many of the AKC breeds can be considered rare, but since they are part of the «official» dog scene, they are seldom so categorized.
Whether this is true is debatable but it forms part of a long, rich history of the breed and although a relatively rare breed they are loyal and well - mannered - the perfect lapdog.
While numbers are currently increasing in other parts of the world due to the increased demand for rare breeds of animals, the Pharaoh Hound still thrives in numbers on its native island of Malta.
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