11.   He was a classic example of the self-taught connoisseur, a species often lamented today as a vanishing breed.

12.   He was one of the last and best of a vanishing breed, the roving reporter.

13.   His kind is a vanishing breed.

14.   In the era of free agency and the salary cap, top-rated quarterbacks who are fifth-year seniors are a vanishing breed.

15.   In the New York City public schools, Musto is a member of a vanishing breed.

16.   In these parts, international veterans are a vanishing breed.

17.   It also struck him how showgirls, like cowboys, were a vanishing breed.

18.   It also struck a blow for that vanishing breed known as the single-car team.

19.   It seems a suitable spot to ask why the bistro, that monument of French street culture, has been declared a vanishing breed.

20.   Joel, along with Pearl Jam and Garth Brooks, is among a vanishing breed of superstar acts that keeps ticket prices down.