Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [art] [adj] things about " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one of the oddest things about the anorexic is her ability to tolerate two deprivations in particular which others find quite intolerable , namely , cold and hunger . |
| 2 | ‘ It occurs to me that one of the cleverest things about Operation Eagle was the way Colonel Steiner and his men were transported to England . ’ |
| 3 | One of the distinctive things about modern Darwinism is that it exploded the myth of group selection . |
| 4 | One of the striking things about Havel is his commitment to drama over the past quarter-century and his insistence , in the period immediately before the Czech revolution , that he was first and foremost a writer . |
| 5 | Well , better than that , and one of the best things about it is the fact that so few people , except the French themselves , bother with it . |
| 6 | One of the best things about the Acapulco apartments is its ideal location — only a five minute walk from the Veronicas nightlife centre of Las Americas . |
| 7 | One of the best things about doing a talk show is that you get the chance to meet people you 've admired for years . |
| 8 | One of the best things about the Empire army is that it can accommodate almost any style of play . |
| 9 | One of the best things about this game is the fact that there 's only one level ; no annoying multiload . |
| 10 | So that 's going to be one of the best things about being here — going to lots of concerts that I 'd never be able to see back home . |
| 11 | One of the best things about advertising is the people , creative people that is . |
| 12 | One of the great things about drama school is what you learn to reject as much as what you actually learn . |
| 13 | One of the great things about mountain walking in Austria is that no matter where you go , you never seem to be far from a mountain hut serving food and drinks to refresh you . |
| 14 | One of the great things about watching a good comedy show or film is that people around you start laughing and you are much more likely to join in . |
| 15 | One of the great things about Center Parcs is that you get away from the ‘ I 'm Rubbish ’ Syndrome . |
| 16 | One of the great things about gardening is that we can constantly change . |
| 17 | In fact one of the great things about this walk is that it keeps for most of the time to the shoulder of the fells so that they fall away steep sided below you giving you clear views out and down . |
| 18 | One of the great things about these utilities is the frequency with which they 're updated . |
| 19 | That is one of the great things about the club golfer he is so stoical and resistant to his own poor play . |
| 20 | One of the nicest things about walking around coastline peninsulas is that it is often easy to stick to the coastline without doubling back on yourself at the end . |
| 21 | It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like . |
| 22 | One of the nicest things about the house is that it is virtually as it was in 1906 , and with all its rooms of manageable size . |
| 23 | But one of the things , obvious at first , that , one of the first things about any kind of journalism apart from apart from , in your specialist journals and so on , is that they 're about newspapers are about people , so obviously get the people in and there 's a , a very good very good you 've got the person , you 've got you 've got you 've got someone in up at the top and saying something . |
| 24 | You can buy it on a Tuesday up in London , which is one of the good things about London |
| 25 | One of the good things about the school was that it overlooked open countryside , where there were usually buzzards and kestrels flying around . |
| 26 | One of the good things about such clubs is that they offer a range of courses , so that , having mastered the basics , you can progress to a more advanced level . |
| 27 | One of the good things about the group is that they get lectures and talks from experts who know about recent research , progress in developments round the country , mental health law , what to do in a crisis . |
| 28 | ‘ Funnily enough , that 's been one of the nice things about Harwich : people have n't overburdened everything with all my troubles and they 've just been themselves . |
| 29 | One of the nice things about them is that they are situated in one of the quieter areas between Palma Nova and Magalluf , but it is only a short walk to the beaches and nightlife of both resorts . |
| 30 | In the central and southern parts where there are Moslems , a pig 's life is easy — because one of the nice things about being an ‘ unclean ’ animal is that , not only can you not be eaten , you are not supposed to be killed , even for raiding crops . |