Example sentences of "[num] of [pos pn] [noun] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALTHOUGH the circumstances have been so sad , the staff of the magazine have been reminded recently how much the rugby community will rally around when one of its members suffers a loss . |
| 2 | One of its shafts provides a bass drone and the other the melody . |
| 3 | It might even be Mr Ozal himself ( he has not ruled out the idea of standing ) , but one of his associates seems a likelier choice . |
| 4 | Emphasizing the intellectual approach , Hourcade was the first of the many writers to relate Cubist painting to Kantian aesthetics , and in one of his articles includes a quotation from Schopenhauer : ‘ Kant 's greatest service was to distinguish between the appearance of a thing and the thing in itself , and he showed that our intelligence stands between the thing and us . ’ |
| 5 | One of his paintings shows a rough wooden gallery on a house thought to be Willy Hill . |
| 6 | One of my sows has a litter about three days old . |
| 7 | One of my characters owns a cafe but I wo n't be seen peeling any spuds . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Every one of our pictures has a title so you can remember it , and our suits are based on that , so you can remember us , ’ says Gilbert . |
| 9 | One of your children loses a valuable watch . |