Example sentences of "[conj] one [prep] [art] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | For a man , this does not seem to be so much of a problem ; he can be one of a squadron of marching , identically dressed soldiers , or one of a thousand employees in a firm , and still know that he is special and unique . |
2 | Screw the outlet in place using 25mm rust-proof ( zinc-plated ) No 8 screws , fit a stop end outlet if the outlet is at the end of the roof and then move to the other end of the roof ( or one of the two ends if a central downpipe is being used ) . |
3 | It was reported that one of the two attackers had been wounded while escaping . |
4 | ‘ Gorbachev sends troops to Georgia ’ was The Times headline that day and the hotel manager greeted us with news that one of the two helicopters had crashed last Friday , leaving three people in hospital . |
5 | Well , when we say horrifying car crash what we really mean is that one of the two cars got a puncture and the other vehicle bashed into the back of them but you never know , it could have been worse . |
6 | I soon discovered that one of the two compartments of the dinghy had sprung a leak and it was a race against time to reach shore before it deflated completely . |
7 | Especially of interest was the fact that one of the two men clearly experiencing difficulty with section ( c ) on the examination paper , Howard Brown ( Morse wondered why his wife had n't been willing to cover for him ) , had filled in section ( e ) with the correct date of arrival , 27 October ; or , to be more precise about the matter , ‘ 2 October ’ . |
8 | The authors noted that one of the eight deaths had been recorded as being from motor neurone disease even though the patient had died from a myelopathy secondary to severe cervical spondylosis . |
9 | ‘ Willy Thorne , for example took part in a ProAm game at Alsager and insisted that one of the three charities who were to receive donations just had to be the Rainbow Trust and that meant £1,400 cheque . |
10 | One of the regions adjacent to Surrey which is referred to in Frithuwald 's charter is Sonning , the province of the Suningas in east Berkshire , and it is possible that one of the three sub-kings who witnessed with Frithuwald ruled here , in which case Wulfhere 's presence in Berkshire was already established at the time of Frithuwald 's grant . |
11 | Llanelli 's second try , a disarmingly easy one by Steve Bowling on the blind side of a scrum-five , was of more modest proportions and if Jeff Bird had kicked more than one of the six chances he had the conclusion would by half-time have been foregone . |
12 | Indeed there are things which suggest that not only did vase-painting at Athens in this time move pari passu with free painting and sculpture but that the same person may sometimes have worked in more than one of the three crafts . |
13 | It was critical of the judges ' decision to award only one prize to each competitor , and pointed out that there was nothing in the conditions which debarred the same competitor from receiving prizes in more than one of the three parts of the competition . |
14 | It increases from more than one in every 2,000 births where the mother is aged 20 years or less to one in 60 where the mother is over 45 years old . |
15 | However , the use of a tranquilliser is a last resort , and is most unlikely to be necessary for more than one in a hundred horses . |
16 | Less than one in a thousand members of the population belongs to this class . |
17 | played one season for FC Koln ( Cologne ) in the Bundesliga. also excellent central defender but not a regular starter ; Pedersen and captain ( and one of the top-three defenders in the world ) Rune Bratseth keeps him out . |
18 | This was very lucky and one of the two strokes of luck we had on the whole job . |
19 | I also tracked down the first lieutenant of the submarine and one of the two soldiers carried on board and they confirmed the killings . |
20 | The defeated side was Cairns and District Juniors and one of the four girls in the crowd was heard to suggest : ‘ Let's cheer for the poms , you guys ’ ! |
21 | , Sir Swire ( 1842–1918 ) , textile manufacturer and pioneer of technical education , was born 4 March 1842 at a small house , Wagon Fold , in Keighley , Yorkshire , the elder son and one of the four children of George Smith , also a textile manufacturer , and his wife Mary , of yeoman stock but completely uneducated . |
22 | No official announcement has yet been made by the DoH , but it is understood that the new ‘ community care unit ’ is to be headed by Liz Wolstenholme , general manager of Bradford Family Health Services Authority and one of the 18 members of the original Support Force . |
23 | David Sollom , owner of the centre and one of the three instructors of the day , was enthusiastic about the conditions so we drove straight out to one of the four sites which the school uses . |
24 | His boat is only big enough to carry himself , and one of the three things at a time . |
25 | It had rusted and one of the three screws was missing . |
26 | This E S R D really is the bible and we have specified the aircraft to meet that E S R D and not anything extra , er obviously if one of the four nations wants to build a nuclear role into the aircraft that becomes a very big political question first and foremost and we have just not considered it at the technical level at all because it 's er it 's not in the requirement . |
27 | This included a commitment that " if one of the two states should become the target of aggression , then the other side will give the aggressor no military aid or other support " . |
28 | If one of the two states should become the target of aggression , then the other side will give the aggressor no military aid or other support and will take all measures to end the conflict using the principles and procedures of the United Nations and other structures of collective security . |
29 | Even if one of the two exceptions applies , dismissal will still be unfair if at the time of the dismissal there was a suitable alternative vacancy which was not offered in accordance with the detailed requirements of the employment protection legislation . |
30 | IF one of the two points , say x , is in some cluster C |