Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] one [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Severe import controls were introduced and were one of the factors explaining the slump in industrial production in 1973 . |
| 2 | Last season it seemed as though Fairclough was one of those being blamed for the porous Leeds defence ( without the benefit of TV or live matches I 'm going entirely on what I read ) , and was one of the players stuck with a for sale sign at the end of the season by Wilko . |
| 3 | The independent trade union federation Podkrepa ( " Support " ) , which had emerged from underground in October 1989 [ see p. 36980 ] and was one of the movements represented in the opposition UDF [ see p. 37110 ] , held its founding congress on March 18 . |
| 4 | The Irish-born bishop had worked as a member of the Catholic Church in Malawi for 20 years and was one of the signatories of a Lenten pastoral letter which condemned human rights abuses [ ibid . ] . |
| 5 | This trading concern , based in Winterthur and Bombay was started in 1851 by Salomon Volkart ( 1816–1893 ) and was so successful that it was soon founding banks and insurance companies , and was one of the stalwarts of Switzerland 's growing influence in world business affairs . |
| 6 | The international aspect continued to be of importance and was one of the reasons why the Nationalist — a very costly venture — was kept going even when its existence could no longer be justified on any other grounds . |
| 7 | he laid the foundations of several wartime secret services , and was one of the originators of the Commandos . |
| 8 | Somes was well known on the Stock Exchange and at Lloyd 's , and was one of the originators of the new Lloyd 's Register of Shipping in 1834 . |
| 9 | As a Gaelic scholar his greatest work was the collation and editing of William Livingston 's poems , with his own memoir and introductory criticism , and was one of the translators of the Revised version of the Bible into Gaelic , He died in Edinburgh in 1907 . |
| 10 | He is an art history graduate of the Courtauld Institute and was one of the founders of Prospect Tours , but now runs a company under his own name . |
| 11 | He wrote more than 180 papers , and was one of the authors of Essential Surgical Practice ( 1982 ) . |
| 12 | We are quite clear , and we were clear when we conducted the talks this summer , that they were not peace talks because they would not bring an end to the violence , but were one of the pressures that can be mounted against the terrorists . |
| 13 | After completing the questionnaires , Susan felt that working in a library would not only fit her answers but was one of the things she 'd always been interested in doing . |