Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] one of [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one could deny that it brought real benefit to Scotland , which built up one of the most advanced and successful electronics sectors in Europe . |
| 2 | Eleven days ago these sides contrived to conjure up one of the really memorable Croke Park finals that wo n't be easily forgotten by those fortunate enough to have been present . |
| 3 | Mike Curb , who has built up one of the most successful privately-owned record companies and recently moved his head office to Nashville from Los Angeles , thinks country is well on its way to being a big part of mainstream pop — making a nonsense of the current radio-station categories that still set country apart . |
| 4 | Workmen cleaning up one of the less contaminated rooms hastened out in alarm after their air meters showed they were breathing dangerously low levels of oxygen . |
| 5 | A NEW jab available in the autumn could wipe out one of the most common forms of meningitis affecting babies in Britain . |
| 6 | ‘ Ever open door , ’ muttered Bill , dredging up one of the more attractive phrases from his footballing past . |
| 7 | It made up one of the most satisfying compositions of all American stations . |
| 8 | Dictionaries describe a monograph as an account of a single subject ; by this definition monographs make up one of the most common categories of art publishing . |
| 9 | It is , however , the whole — the books , their bindings , the shelving , stucco and paint — which together make up one of the most atmospheric interiors in Prague . |
| 10 | The co-leaders receive excellent support from trumpeter Terell Stafford , pianist Ed Simon and bass player Essiet Essiet , who make up one of the most consistently brilliant — but still under-valued — bands on the jazz scene . |
| 11 | Separated from Forte dei Marmi by the small Fiumetto channel , Marina di Pietrasanta stretches along one of the most exceptional beaches on the Tuscany coast — three miles of golden sand , up to 200 yards wide in places — simply perfect for relaxing , lazy days in the sun . |
| 12 | Brenda Denvir takes up one of the most pressing contemporary issues , that of the multiple roles of assessment in schools , by looking at the intimately-related questions of ‘ what are we assessing ? ’ and , ‘ what are we assessing for ? ’ |
| 13 | There is , however , another element in the GP 's ideology and with this I want to draw out one of the most powerful of the myths of medical work and relate it back to my earlier theme of profession as mystery . |
| 14 | In offering advice to aspiring photographers , Dermot points out one of the most common mistakes made by amateurs . |
| 15 | And such observations bring out one of the most arresting features of hypochondria : its almost total independence from any real diseases from which the hypochondriac suffers . |
| 16 | So successful had the Minogue Machine become that it was then able to turn down one of the most lucrative deals in pop music history . |
| 17 | Shortly after taking over one of the most sensitive posts in the recently formed conservative government of Edouard Balladur , France 's new Minister of Culture , fifty-one year old RPR Gaullist Jacques Toubon said he intended keeping ‘ cultural affairs ’ — a term he prefers to that of ‘ culture ’ — separate from any philosophy of State or political or doctrinal message . |
| 18 | In France , the one country that had developed a strong tradition of vernacular opera with its own different aesthetic , it needed only a visit of an Italian company playing a repertoire of opere buffe to spark off one of the most celebrated of musical civil wars , the querelle des bouffons , a war which was renewed a quarter of a century later when the pro-Italian faction set up Piccinni in rivalry with the now gallicized Gluck . |
| 19 | The very specimens to which Gould refers so casually in his letter , particularly those which came to be known as ‘ Darwin 's finches ’ , were to spark off one of the most controversial theories of all time . |
| 20 | Has he signed up one of the most formidable Arabs to ride for his expanding pro team ? |