Example sentences of "[am/are] one [prep] the [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even if the weather is passable , low level walks will take you to places you 'd perhaps never have tried if you 're one of the many walkers whose sights are normally set pretty firmly on the heights . |
| 2 | Yet they 're one of the few products not advertised on TV , probably because their appearance is far from viewer-friendly . |
| 3 | Fire hoses are one of the many items of equipment manufactured by Fireater . |
| 4 | Right : stalagmites are one of the many treats in store for the downwardly mobile . |
| 5 | ‘ They are one of the few teams that have come here and attacked us and they did a good job , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Trolls are not the only monsters to be found there , but they are one of the few creatures able to thrive in this grim and hostile land . |
| 7 | 4ths are of particular value to guitarists as they are one of the few intervals that consistently sound good with a distorted sound ( try playing thirds with distortion , and you 'll see exactly what I mean ) . |
| 8 | They are one of the few reactors in the country which , if anything went wrong with the core in any way , could not be shut down . |
| 9 | We are one of the few companies in the pet food industry not to have seen a decline in sales during this period as wholesalers and retailers reduce stocks to compensate for the high interest rates . |
| 10 | Well good luck to you because er you know I can tell you right now we are one of the few companies that take on people in their fifties . |
| 11 | ‘ We are one of the few clubs that could maintain a big staff and keep everybody happy . |
| 12 | Machine-tools are one of the few industries in east Germany that come close to matching world standards , and Niles Werkzeugmaschinen , based in the district of Weissensee , was the core enterprise of the defunct 7 Oktober engineering combine . |
| 13 | Because potatoes do not absorb radioactive nucleotides , they are one of the few crops that could be grown safely in the heavily contaminated soils around Chernobyl . |
| 14 | When all else fails , disciplinary procedures instigated properly and fairly are one of the few protections the public has . |
| 15 | Festivals are one of the few opportunities in the UK for screening short films , and we will be presenting not just this year 's BFI New Directors shorts , but also programmes of short films from film schools in the UK and Canada , from the Arts Council funded schemes and films funded by the filmmakers themselves . |
| 16 | But Mr Swash said : ‘ These parties are one of the few occasions some people get out . |