Example sentences of "of one [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a true story of one of the many tragedies of apartheid — a white South African policeman falls in love with a woman of mixed race , resigns from his job and goes to live with her in Cape Town . |
| 2 | Besides , it makes more sense to me to believe your brother was the victim of one of the many enemies I 'm sure he made in the course of his life . |
| 3 | Eventually they found a spot , away from the track but on the edge of one of the many glades in the forest . |
| 4 | Summer gales were rarely of long duration in our experience , and if it blew really hard we used to snug down in the lee of one of the many anchorages and take to the hills for a change . |
| 5 | Discover the beauty of the Cameron Highlands near the capital , the ruins of a bygone age at Malacca , or the serene beauty of one of the many beaches on the popular island getaway of Penang . |
| 6 | The tourist or business or conference traveller will more often than not travel on a plane manufactured by one of the few aerospace TNCs that dominate the civil airline industry , occupy a hotel room subcontracted to or owned or managed by the local affiliate of one of the few chains that dominate the global hotel industry , hire a car from an agency of one of the international firms that dominate the car rental industry , and will pay for all this with one of the credit cards issued by the few TNCs that control global personal finance . |
| 7 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 8 | Kalchu 's brother and several other men , seeing the smoke from outside , came to share the warmth of one of the few fires still burning . |
| 9 | Such a circumstance is far less likely to arise if defective slating is replaced either with a new natural slate roof or a surface of one of the several types of lightweight synthetic slate that are now obtainable . |