Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Hemingway text selected for the exercise is one of the many vignettes peppered throughout the In our time collection . |
| 32 | Maria is one of the many examples of the younger generation who has become politically involved against the regime through her participation in a Christian community . |
| 33 | Designed on paper and then woven on her loom , this pure wool rug in a geometric pattern is one of the many designs available from Jacy Wall . |
| 34 | This is one of the many books which address the snobbery of the English , which flash at their readers the lawns of country houses , the baize of gambling-tables , which tell tales of those virtuosos of ostentation and disregard who have in common a contempt for commonness , for the middle class ; and it could be said of such books that their chief resource is the eccentricity which has long amounted to a convention of upper-class life . |
| 35 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 36 | Leisure is one of the few industries that is growing . |
| 37 | Gambon , 51 , is one of the few actors big enough to play the mountainous Maxwell . |
| 38 | This willingness to forgive past wrongs is one of the few signs of hope for this benighted province ; but it is not enough to bring peace . |
| 39 | It is one of the few diseases which medicine could attack before the Second World War , by passive immunization . |
| 40 | Asthma is one of the few diseases on the increase in Britain said Simon Hughes , the party 's environment spokesman . |
| 41 | But if today Georgia O'Keeffe is one of the few women to have been admitted to the art historical canon under the banner of ‘ greatness ’ , in her day she never won the critical acclaim she sought . |
| 42 | These days they appear infrequently , but the prospect of a shopping expedition is one of the few things that are guaranteed to bring them out . |
| 43 | It is called Macrae 's Monument and is one of the few things left in Ayrshire to remind us of a very remarkable man called James Macrae . |
| 44 | Staring is one of the few things frogs are good at . |
| 45 | ‘ It is one of the few things in which I excel , ’ Ratagan said . |
| 46 | We charge the highest rate in the country for issuing fire certificates which is one of the few things which we 're actually allowed to charge , and we charge more than virtually any other authority in this country . |
| 47 | ‘ Vicky adores the dog and she is one of the few things she is interested in . |
| 48 | It is one of the few letters from Theo that we have , and a remarkably frank one . |
| 49 | This hostelry has a county-wide following and is one of the few pubs in England that still has no bar and serves its wonderful beer straight from the barrels in the cellar . |
| 50 | It is one of the few pubs in London where the landlord and his staff have mastered the art of pulling a really good pint of bitter : one with a creamy head which lasts right down the glass . |
| 51 | Nevertheless he is one of the few batsmen available to South Africa who has a proven record of being able to put big hundreds together and this is a prime requirement for Test match cricket . |
| 52 | It is one of the few villages that has changed position over the years . |
| 53 | There have been some new houses built in the last few years , but Ottringham is one of the few villages in Holderness which has not seen large housing developments taking place . |
| 54 | German measles ( rubella ) is one of the few viruses that can infect the baby in the first 12 weeks . |
| 55 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
| 56 | WALTER SMITH will take his injury-ravaged squad out to lunch today aware that , in the present , stricken climate at Ibrox , food poisoning is one of the few afflictions not to have hit his players before their European Champions League tie with FC Brugge on Wednesday , writes Hugh Keevins . |
| 57 | Birmingham is one of the few cities where any attempt at sensible provision has been made . |
| 58 | He is one of the few engineers or designers still at Browns Lane to have worked with Sir William Lyons , the company 's founder and whose principles still provide much of its inspiration . |
| 59 | Mr Johnston , who stood on a ‘ Save Our Townlands ’ ticket in the council elections of 1977 , said : ‘ It is one of the few powers which councils have left that they can enforce the format for local addresses . |
| 60 | Indeed rhinoceros horn is one of the few materials regarded as precious in the past not to appear inherently attractive to most modern observers . |