Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] one [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As lack of funds was one of the reasons for the BDDA 's national ineffectiveness an experiment was begun in 1928 to augment its income by the appointment of " official collectors " . |
| 2 | Cézanne worked with a full Impressionist palette , and it is evident , not only from a visual analysis of his painting , but also from his letters and from Emile Bernard 's observations on his method of work , that Cézanne relied on the exactness of tonal relationships to produce a sensation of volume and recession ; indeed , the necessity he felt to verify these relationships was one of the reasons why he was compelled to turn back continually to a study of nature . |
| 3 | The Anarchists were one of the groups they moved against . |
| 4 | Company chairman Mr Sam Whitbread admitted yesterday that selling the breweries was one of the options it considered . |
| 5 | The high costs were one of the justifications for the creation of a Government Working Party on Woonerven in 1984 , with a brief to assess the operation of Woonerven some seven years after the first legislation . |
| 6 | Tory candidate Simon Fowler said the halving of the unemployment rate since the peak of the mid-1980s was one of the reasons why the Tories expected to win the seat . |
| 7 | This element of technology transfer from yachting and wind generators was one of the strengths of the design . |
| 8 | In fact , the continuing satisfaction of customers was one of the reasons for conversion . |
| 9 | In his first spell with the Palace , Steve matured under Dick Graham , Arthur Rowe and Bert Head and quickly became an important part of Palace 's sides in the late 1960s , when his talented inside-forward or midfield displays were one of the hallmarks of Palace performances . |
| 10 | Plutonium mining for dubious ends was one of the plots foiled by Dan . |
| 11 | Horsley 's CND activities went back to his days at Oxford , when the time he spent on demonstrations was one of the reasons for his third-class degree . |
| 12 | ‘ La jetée du Havre ’ with its vivid representation of nature 's moods was one of the fruits of Monet 's stay in 1868 at his aunt 's house in Normandy where he sought refuge from his financial woes . |
| 13 | A sporting interest in pursuing such failures was one of the reasons John le Grant stayed with Nicholas . |
| 14 | Installing direct communications between drivers and signalmen was one of the recommendations of the report by Sir Anthony Hidden QC into the crash on December 12 1988 , which killed 35 people . |
| 15 | The antics of the children as they scrambled and tried to pick up the coins were one of the highlights of the day . |
| 16 | Confidence in the securities markets was one of the features emphasized by professor Gower , whose report led to the regime of regulation for United Kingdom financial services introduced by the Financial Services Act , 1986 . |
| 17 | The indignity of peering into other people 's intimacies had appalled me , quite overpowering the acquired , accepted knowledge that reading other people 's letters was one of the things that was n't done . |
| 18 | Certainly she was indurate against Knox 's sermonizing , and their clash of ideologies was one of the factors leading to passionate outbursts against Mary whenever one of her enemies wished to force her into an awkward situation . |