Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] one of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denver also contains one of the finest collections of Spanish Colonial and pre-Columbian art in the United States , rivalled only by the Brooklyn Museum . |
| 2 | Forsyth immediately became one of the great hopes of British cinema , and much of the well-earned praise for the eagerly awaited films that followed came edged with disappointment . |
| 3 | Father Crispin here took one of the horses , a young one , out through Aldgate to gallop in the fields . |
| 4 | What pleased her enormously was that over these garments Tina actually wore one of the patchwork aprons she had made and given her years before , with little hope of their ever being used . |
| 5 | In a side which included Pat Stanton , Peter Cormack , Colin Stein and John Blackley , the teenage Marinello quickly became one of the rising young stars of Scottish football . |
| 6 | Godfrey promptly warned one of the accused Catholics and the court itself . |
| 7 | Hamburg now has one of the great ballet companies of the world , thanks to John Neumeier ( Director since 1973 ) and the wonderful international team he has built up . |
| 8 | Graham reluctantly pushed one of the cassettes into the system , waved the cigarette smoke irritably from his face , then turned his attention to the New York skyline and started to name the numerous skyscrapers to himself in an attempt to pass the time . |
| 9 | There is another area in which Jesus strikingly fulfilled one of the main strands of Old Testament teaching about the Spirit . |
| 10 | The UK now has one of the most open and dynamic telecommunications markets in the world . |
| 11 | According to Baroness Cumberlege , ‘ the UK now has one of the lowest estimated HIV prevalence rates in western Europe ’ . |
| 12 | She added : ‘ The UK now has one of the lowest estimated HIV prevalence rates in Western Europe . ’ |
| 13 | Reagan also met one of the crucial tests of leadership in a pluralist system — the capacity to be both firm and flexible . |
| 14 | Britain already has one of the highest beer tax rates in Europe . |
| 15 | Brandon then told one of the other group : ‘ Order your food and leave if you do n't want trouble , or I 'll splatter your face across the road . ’ |
| 16 | The irony is that in striving to perpetuate a certain mythology about his own prescience and consistency , about France 's fundamental unity , and about the mediocrity of the times in comparison with the exalted hours of the war and the liberation , de Gaulle actually masked one of the great achievements , perhaps the greatest achievement , of his political career . |
| 17 | Blake apparently broke one of the cast-iron sections of the frame , creating a space through which he could crawl , and then dropped down to the ground below , a distance of 22 feet , which was broken by the roof of a covered passageway . |
| 18 | FIVE years on , they gathered in Enniskillen yesterday to remember one of the IRA 's most hideous atrocities the Remembrance Sunday bombing . |
| 19 | Douglas also has one of the best museums in Britain with sound effects and videos enhancing the displays . |
| 20 | A belligerent bat and adhesive catcher , Taylor certainly enjoyed one of the more auspicious starts to a county career , taking a century off the Sri Lankans on debut in 1979 then claiming four Gold Awards in his first five Benson & Hedges Cup ties . |
| 21 | ‘ This research program will help both BPX and FWS better understand one of the remaining mysteries of bird migration in Alaska , ’ said Troy . |
| 22 | The transfer of souls in reincarnation would be important for The Waste Land , but in 1915 the ‘ revitalizing of the classics ’ , as Eliot later described one of the effects of anthropology , seems most apparent in ‘ Mr. Apollinax ’ where we are made very aware of the primitive , and particularly sexual aspects of classical mythology . |