Example sentences of "[is] one [prep] [det] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one has claimed that this is the only cause of strike activity — merely that it is one of many factors that have a bearing on strike activity . |
| 2 | Urea is one of many metabolites that accumulates in renal failure . |
| 3 | This development is one of many indications that the main obstacle to the Canterbury primacy was the growth of a unified legal and administrative system centred on Rome . |
| 4 | The funding of sport in the United Kingdom is one of many issues that I discuss regularly with the chairman of the Sports Council . |
| 5 | Um often this is one of these things that 's er a vicious circle |
| 6 | The fabliaux as a whole clearly imply a system of values that in many respects is quite conventional , and it is one of these values that directs that the lecherous priest should be the type that suffers most from the poetic justice of these texts . |
| 7 | Bad breath , or halitosis , is one of those ailments that often provokes ribald comments but it can cause intense embarrassment to the sufferer . |
| 8 | Oxfordshire is one of few counties in the south-east in which we have a surplus of holes in the ground and so Oxfordshire is one of those counties that has to help London out . |
| 9 | The preparation of the title is one of those tasks that can be undertaken in advance of a transaction being negotiated , and should form part of the early work of a seller 's conveyancer . |
| 10 | The first thing to say is that this is one of those things that can disappoint us . |
| 11 | ‘ Nobody wants to get old , but ageing is one of those things that 's going to happen and I 'm just going to let it . |
| 12 | Yeah , it 's the , it 's the with the word natural is n't it that er you know people often use the word natural to mean good and right and therefore something you should do , but of course no not always I mean if I said to you death is natural , nobody here would think I was advocating suicide or that er we should n't have hospitals to try and save people 's lives I mean er when you say death is natural , what you mean is death is one of those things that we just have to put up with , we 'd rather we did n't but we 're all gon na have to face it in the end , some of us sooner than others er but erm but there we are . |
| 13 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |
| 14 | Communication is one of those things that I 'm not |
| 15 | The Havelok text ( Bodleian MS Laud Misc 108 ) is one of those sources that has been traditionally thought to be the work of an Anglo-Norman scribe ( Sisam , 1915 ) on the grounds that the spelling is highly variable in the respects specified by Skeat and indeed in some other respects also . |
| 16 | This is one of those originals and still giving its present day owner great enjoyment . |
| 17 | He is one of those players that when he gets the ball can turn it on and do something magic . |
| 18 | Bonfire night is one of those traditions that we perpetuate and if it is to be perpetuated , then go to organized bonfires . |
| 19 | DataEase is one of those products that has hidden its light under the proverbial bushel . |
| 20 | Building a flashing l.e.d. circuit is one of those designs that sounds trivially easy until the stop to consider the design requirements for its application . |
| 21 | The history of pronunciation is one of those issues that do not primarily involve standardization , because it is about the history of speech in face-to-face interaction and because standardization has always had less effect on pronunciation than on other linguistic levels . |
| 22 | Joanna Wood , 48A Pimlico Road , SW1 , is one of those shops that sells charming fripperies , the sort of place where you can be sure of finding the very thing for someone who would prefer to buy their own toaster but who would love to be given a Limoges breakfast set or monogrammed shoe-bag . |
| 23 | DEC of course is one of those sponsors and OSF thrives on the factionalism that has marked the Unix community . |
| 24 | This is one of those guitars that imparts a whole new sonic quality to even the oldest of the old faves — bizarre , but addictive . |
| 25 | Tuck stitch is one of those fabrics that almost all machine knitters recognise at once , it is so unique in its formation . |
| 26 | LIFE on the Airliners by Bob Price is one of those books that manages to combine humour with facts . |
| 27 | Arlington Mill is one of those mills that was pulled back from the brink of destruction in the nick of time . |
| 28 | We have argued strongly that BSL is one of those tools and a very powerful one for language growth . |
| 29 | This is one of those channels where it 's hard to find a bad sound ; everything set on 5 is about right , full-bodied but still jangly , exactly how it should be . |
| 30 | Silicon is one of several elements that biochemistry textbooks like to describe as a ‘ required trace element whose precise biochemical role is still unknown . ’ |