Example sentences of "one of [art] [adj] [noun prp] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next up was a hard-looking fellow I remembered as one of the surviving Africa veterans , a prodigal who 'd been seduced by Martinho but had redeemed himself by daring and sacrifice under Osvaldo — I was surprised he was still alive . |
| 2 | But the clearest evidence that Gloucester 's links with the Clifford connection preceded his possession of Skipton is his grant of a fee to one of the surviving Clifford brothers , Robert , in 1471 . |
| 3 | But the clearest evidence that Gloucester 's links with the Clifford connection preceded his possession of Skipton is his grant of a fee to one of the surviving Clifford brothers , Robert , in 1471 . |
| 4 | ‘ Choose one of the six London bridges , ’ he said , ‘ and throw your money over it . |
| 5 | ‘ Orkney Angora ’ , the company which produces these essential thermal accessories , is a small family-run croft business based on one of the northernmost Orkney Isles . |
| 6 | Civil servants in what was normally one of the sleepier Whitehall departments had enjoyed the intoxicating experience of mobilizing the empire for global conflict . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the early Dalek episodes had a Thal going down to the shore of a lake at night to collect some water . |
| 8 | It was not to be , for although we were all keyed up like first violins , having heard Churchill 's great ‘ Their finest hour ’ speech on June 15th with les soldats Francaises listening as well , Whitehall had decided that better arrangements had to be made for children than care in one of the best London hospitals . |
| 9 | This has been one of the best Friday debates that I have attended for a long time . |
| 10 | A new ghazal ( love lyric ) by one of the great Delhi poets was considered the most desirable gift that any civilized host could wish for . |
| 11 | As a centre-forward , tall and crafty , he formed one of the great Anfield partnerships with Kevin Keegan . |
| 12 | The first office he is known to have held ( in 1256 ) was the purely local one of coroner and in 1258 he was one of the four Shropshire knights appointed to investigate grievances in the same county under the Provisions of Oxford . |
| 13 | The car was No. 25 , one of the small Milnes cars and in those days a ‘ Lorry ’ was a flat truck drawn by horses . |
| 14 | Warren Spring is one of the five DTI laboratories . |
| 15 | The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals were to be merged , and one of the five Gurkha battalions would be cut . |
| 16 | FIG. 3 a , Stereo drawing of one of the five CsA-CypA complexes . |
| 17 | In the two general election held in April 1987 [ see pp. 35187-88 ] the UWP had won nine seats and the SLP eight , although one of the eight SLP members , Neville Cenac , then defected and joined the Compton government as Minister of Foreign Affairs . |
| 18 | On balance it seems reasonable to assume that this coffin was supplied by one of the established London cabinet-makers with a small funeral furnishing interest . |
| 19 | And , ‘ I was one of the first Medicare patients . |
| 20 | Neil Blender , one of the first US pros to visit Farnborough . |
| 21 | In 1903 he went to Merton College , Oxford , as one of the first Rhodes scholars and in 1906 he gained a second-class degree in modern history . |
| 22 | In the three years I 've been here , and because C&P was one of the first ICI groups to move into quality , the value of the quality ethos has taught me that it 's the only way to do business . |
| 23 | He became one of the first Whitworth scholars in 1875 and completed his education at King 's College , University of London . |
| 24 | Not one of the many East Berliners I spoke to at several crossing points said they meant to stay in the West . |
| 25 | The library is one of the finest Adam rooms in existence . |
| 26 | One of the finest Brooklands races , the June 1914 Aeroplane Handicap , was held over a nine mile course . |
| 27 | Over a period of a few days during early August the world 's perception of the Kingdom shifted dramatically , so that King Hussein was no longer portrayed as one of the chief US allies in the region , but instead as one of Saddam Hussein 's prime collaborators . |
| 28 | Just before ten o'clock one of the two FBI men in the listening-post stuck his head round the door . |
| 29 | This will depend whether ( a ) the Nissan cars are for export to the EC , ( b ) they are sold in the UK to customers who would otherwise have purchased an imported car or ( c ) they are sold in the UK to customers who would otherwise have bought a car produced in the UK by one of the other UK manufacturers . |
| 30 | ‘ One of the other STG partners , perhaps ? ’ |