Example sentences of "one [prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward Coleman , second Professor ( Principal ) of the College , said Hunter was one of the best friends the College ever had . |
| 2 | That said , one of the best chances an unknown has of national music press exposure is in the live review section . |
| 3 | Among all the fuss about income tax , I should like to point out that one of the best things the Conservatives have done is to allow a wife 's earnings to be taxed separately from her husband . |
| 4 | Not only is he one of the best goalkeepers the country ever produced , but the only Scottish internationalist who can honestly claim he was involved in the mysterious case of the missing meat . |
| 5 | ‘ It was one of the best classes the school has ever had , quite an academic one . |
| 6 | Undoubtedly one of the best ways the overseas student has of seeing what is required in British theatre training is to apply for one of the summer schools offered by the drama schools , and find out what it 's all about before committing him- or herself to a long and expensive stay . |
| 7 | Was n't he one of the best postmen the GPO had ever had ? |
| 8 | In the case of the latter , the last straw in Wilson 's continuing agitation and " one of the greatest blunders the union ever made " , thought Walter Runciman , " was the despotic effort to make the officers and engineers join a union . |
| 9 | To be forbidden to speak and write one 's own native tongue is one of the greatest punishments a cruel dictator can inflict upon a proudly independent people : it was one of the Franco regime 's most despicable crimes against humanity . |
| 10 | Well one of the greatest qualities a fisherman can have is of course patience . |
| 11 | A ‘ Grolier ’ binding is one of the greatest treasures a collector could wish for . |
| 12 | Planning started several years back as exhibits were re-assessed and others found to fill ‘ gaps ’ in the story of aviation , but the rework of the gallery itself was one of the quickest revamps the Museum has ever undertaken with work starting in January this year . |
| 13 | Lightbody 's omission must go down as one of the biggest boobs the NIBA have made in recent years . |
| 14 | Dr Neil Cochrane was engaged in one of the worst tasks a doctor had to face : attempting to save the life of a young girl and the child she was trying to bear , after earlier neglect and mismanagement from the moment the birth had begun . |
| 15 | However , this issue can be looked at positively : perhaps someone may do something about their abuse as a result of Mr Rose 's coming forward — telling someone is one of the hardest things a victim can do . |