He has complete control over his movies, a rare thing.

It's a rare thing when a father and son can share the same experience.

It is that rare thing: a light book about a big issue.

And these days even a brief hope was a rare thing of worth.

The two women sat in silence, for each knew what a rare thing was before them.

It was still a rare thing for her to use the words.

The rare thing is to have stayed in one place long enough to know them.

In those days childhood was a rare thing, for people of any class.

He looked down at her with a smile, a rare thing for him.

And of course, that is no longer a rare thing.