Example sentences of "[is] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] things " in BNC.

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1 There 's hundreds of the bloody things int there ?
2 That is one of the great things about the club golfer he is so stoical and resistant to his own poor play .
3 A huge orange and black van with the full the name of the owner on it of course , because if you want to advertise something a removal van is one of the best things in the world for putting an advert on if you want people to see it that is .
4 And this I I find is one of the helpful things and when you get together not during the actual talking the actual session but er .
5 It is one of the funniest things to see .
6 The absolute discipline of drama training is one of the major things that helps you all the time .
7 When times are good , people spend relatively more on gambling ; when they are bad , gambling expenditure is one of the first things to be cut back .
8 The large and unmistakable clay phallus for insertion in a wall is one of the first things to greet us as we enter the exhibition .
9 The generosity of machine knitters comes as no surprise to us — it is one of the first things one notices about them .
10 You can buy it on a Tuesday up in London , which is one of the good things about London
11 And in fact that is one of the affecting things : the story that we read is undoubtedly a love-story .
12 Taking regular exercise is one of the healthiest things that women can do .
13 Taking regular exercise is one of the healthiest things that women can do .
14 Aftershave is one of the worst things you can use if you 've just shaved .
15 The comical thing is one of the comical things is there 's quite a lot of money go into some of those corporation houses you know ?
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Staring is one of the few things frogs are good at .
19 ‘ It is one of the few things in which I excel , ’ Ratagan said .
20 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 .
21 ‘ Vicky adores the dog and she is one of the few things she is interested in .
22 Well sir , they 're , we support dipping because it 's already been stated to note that we make most of the money for Shropshire from farming , and sheep is one of the big things which we sell all over the country , but unless we can guarantee our sheep are clear of er , disease people are n't going to come here and buy meat and stuff are they ?
23 Cleaning is one of the easiest things to get organised .
24 ‘ That form of music definitely works best when it is kept simple , which does n't , of course , mean that it 's easy to do ; being inventive within a restricted format is one of the hardest things to do .
25 However , this issue can be looked at positively : perhaps someone may do something about their abuse as a result of Mr Rose 's coming forward — telling someone is one of the hardest things a victim can do .
26 It could be argued back , however , that intent is one of the hardest things to prove .
27 That is , if you 're concentrating and observing , which is one of the cardinal things I 've already mentioned .
28 My boss is very clever and thinks that presentation is one of the main things to think about .
29 There are many sacred cows with within this organization that must be preserved , principally our regional structure , our regional financial structure , er is one of the main things that we have to preserve .
30 ‘ The length of the toe bone is one of the last things to change in the loss of arboreality , ’ said Lovejoy .
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