Example sentences of "[noun sg] was one [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brailsford was one of the few popular frontists prepared to go the whole hog and accept this . |
| 2 | The Worksop trainer was one of the few who missed seeing the gelding , bought with another yearling for £3,250 , pull six lengths clear . |
| 3 | The talk was one of the many social activities which include visits to Exbury Gardens , Bournemouth and Haslemere Theatre . |
| 4 | The founder of Serbian expressionism was one of the few artists who worked and thought alongside the European art movements of the beginning of the century . |
| 5 | The nationalisation of iron and steel-making was one of the few ‘ socialist ’ measures remaining on the party 's agenda . |
| 6 | Mr Williamson , can I ask for your confirmation that the reason that the Secretary of State deleted Policy E two in the nineteen eighty structure plan was one of the many reasons under the heading , General , there is no specific reference in the notice of approval to the deletion of this policy and therefore I am assuming it fell for one of the reasons given in paragraphs five point two to five point four five . |
| 7 | The room was one of the few in the house spared by its former owner 's transforming zeal . |
| 8 | Neil Back was one of the few stars to emerge from the England ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand . |
| 9 | Nithard was one of the latter sort . |
| 10 | For the very poorest the station was one of the few places where they could encounter the better-off , and attempt some income redistribution by the provision of services like newspaper-selling , boot-blacking , hawking , or simply begging . |
| 11 | Duroc had barely heard of the Ancient Adversary , but he knew this entity was one of the few Great Unseen Powers that stood in opposition to the Dark Ones , the extra-dimensional masters to whom Nguyen Seth had dedicated his long life . |
| 12 | Anyway , the mosque was one of the many subjects he felt it safest to avoid until he had plucked up the courage to go into one . |
| 13 | Her cotton dress was rent almost from the armpit to the hem and as she leaned forward to bring a saucer of water to the lips of a wounded man , the Collector glimpsed three polished ribs and the shrunken globe of her breast ; modesty was one of the many considerations which no longer troubled her . |
| 14 | Opinion such as this was well established long before Hitler rose to power and there can be little doubt that Germanisation was one of the many items of baggage the Prussians left behind for the Nazis to snatch . |
| 15 | Zaria was one of the few people who could control her when she had the moods . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Freedom of labour ’ in capitalist society was one of the many myths of that society , since in reality the monopolisation of the means of production by the capitalists forced the workers to sell their labour-power . |
| 17 | Platinum was one of the few I came across that allowed you to have any more . ’ |
| 18 | Community theatre was one of the few forms of communication which managed to flourish under President Stroessner 's dictatorship in Paraguay . |
| 19 | The proportion of the workforce covered by medical records ( the source of our data ) is probably greater than on most sites because a visit to the medical centre was one of the few legitimate reasons for breaking off work , so often made irksome by harsh weather . |
| 20 | Their skills and courage were well tested under South Africa 's apartheid regime , when the Christian Church was one of the few groups that managed to get their voices heard . |
| 21 | Their skills and courage were well tested under South Africa 's apartheid regime , when the Christian Church was one of the few groups that managed to get their voices heard . |
| 22 | As a result , Antarctic science was one of the few research disciplines to receive a significant funding boost in the 1980s . |
| 23 | Mill Road Hospital was one of the many places hit and Maureen was injured there , fortunately only slightly , and taken to another hospital . |
| 24 | Mr Grant 's grandfather was one of the many skippers who used the railway to sell fresh fish to the industrial markets in the hinterland and to London . |
| 25 | Mr Thomas said the Co-op Bank was one of the few to cut its charge for bad debts , which fell from £47.7 million to £42.8 million in the year to 9 January , while profits before debt provisions leapt 26 per cent to £52.7 million . |
| 26 | Stylistic analysis was one of the few tasks for which such statistical information was deemed appropriate [ Ellegard , 1962 ] . |
| 27 | Of course , sermon-tasting was one of the few traits shared by all church-going Victorians . |
| 28 | Soldier of Fortune was one of the few who published my pictures ; I had a cover . |
| 29 | He told Sharpe his patrol was one of the many that daily scouted south to the French border and beyond ; this particular troop had been ordered to explore the villages south and east of Mons down as far as the Sambre , but not to encroach on Prussian territory . |
| 30 | The skin was one of the few aspects of himself he had passed on to Sylvia , his bonny young daughter . |