Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] one of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complex problems can arise where one of the purposes is lawful and one is regarded as unlawful . |
| 2 | We should , however , recollect that one of the reasons for the strength of the City of London is that it has consistently followed a very open policy , which is not always followed on the continent and elsewhere . |
| 3 | The team is likely to be unchanged by there 's a chance Terry Fenwick may appear as one of the subs … the other is likely to be Steve White … he 's fit again |
| 4 | He could n't see the torch being flashed underneath and through the windows , but he felt the car sway as one of the coppers tugged at the driver s handle and the boot . |
| 5 | Stephen refers to a crime being excusable if the defendant can show as one of the requisites that what was done was done to avoid a consequence which could not otherwise have been avoided , and which , if not done , would have inflicted harm on him or on others he was bound to protect . |
| 6 | But those who hate the nostalgia of the elderly should remember that one of the reasons why they want to talk so much about the past may be that , for them , the present is unbearable , and the future unthinkable . |
| 7 | A proper discussion of a football match can not occur if one of the participants is quite ignorant of the rules of the game ; and the kind of assessment of a restaurant meal that would involve the possible insertion of the establishment into a good food guide ( or perhaps its deletion from it ) will not get very far if one of the diners does not care for the meal because his idea of a gastronomic treat is a cheeseburger and french fries ( though within the order of the burger discriminations are possible ) . |
| 8 | Sometimes , after I 'd given them back their money , the customer would open the palm of their hand and I would discover that one of the coins I had passed over had suddenly disappeared so I ended up having to give them even more bees and honey . |
| 9 | We can note that one of the speaker-presuppositions in asking ( 3a ) is that car A turned right . |
| 10 | It makes me wonder if one of the things we 're |
| 11 | The cells did not respond if one of the gratings moved in the preferred direction . |
| 12 | Since almost all of the original powerful magic within this armour has been drained , you can use the Animated Armour profile for this , save that one of the attacks is actually from a Chaos sword gripped in one gauntlet . |
| 13 | When you were searching the kitchen area for the assailant , did you notice if one of the windows was n't properly closed ? ’ |
| 14 | Does he agree that one of the tasks of the Civil Service college is to inculcate a sense of responsibility , a sense of loyalty and a sense of commitment to the Government of the day ? |
| 15 | Does he accept that one of the reasons for the United Kingdom 's continued possession of a strategic deterrent was the fact that it would provide another centre of power , and thus create disequilibrium in the mind of a potential foe ? |
| 16 | You should then find that one of the buds near the break point becomes dominant over the others and can be trained to take the place of the original leader . |
| 17 | If anyone admits to taking the Tatler , they will find that one of the Clergy of the Parish , Dr William Oddie has contributed a major article in the June number on the appointment of a new Archbishop . |