Example sentences of "to be [num] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This proved to be one of the sources of its downfall : there came a point when failure to come up with the goods , rationalised by ‘ the need for more research ’ , began to sound a little hollow and begged the asking of more fundamental questions . |
| 2 | I want this one to be one of the times when it 's not . ’ |
| 3 | No doubt this draper 's ‘ Rep ’ would have cut a bit of a dashing figure in the big city in his way , replete with some of the family charm and salesmanship which we have assumed to be one of the hallmarks of William Charles himself . |
| 4 | It was this proprietorial attitude that was later to be one of the elements that would alienate Anne , who wanted to pursue her own career in parallel with her husband 's . |
| 5 | She had expected to be one of the others . |
| 6 | It was Maria Luigia who commissioned the building of the Teatro Regio , with its white and gold and red plush interior , and appointed Paganini , who had lived in Parma since the age of twelve , to be one of the directors of her orchestra , at that time the finest in all Italy . |
| 7 | He knew it was unlikely that he would ever see the true Ireland again because he was being taken to the place that many people believed to be one of the Gateways to the Dark Ireland . |
| 8 | You could never , as she said , pretend to be one of the boys in a skirt . |
| 9 | I excelled at no sports at all , preferring instead to be one of the boys who was allowed to use the lawn mowers and keep the garden in trim — my one attempt at cricket was a disaster , and I was sent off the field for not paying attention . |
| 10 | The management should n't try to be one of the boys . ’ |
| 11 | It 's hard to be one of the boys when the boys unite only against a common enemy and at the moment that is oneself . |
| 12 | And time out : Another blow for the girl who just wants to be one of the boys . |
| 13 | Today , even the most traditional courses in English Literature do not , as a rule , include the English Bible , reasonably thought to be one of the masterpieces of our literature . |
| 14 | Yes , like many of the others , I happen to be one of the ones who did go up there and take a look at it , erm , at the time , and I hope that the motion as er , not only to the county archivist but all the staff over there for the very hard work and diligent work of which they put in . |
| 15 | Shortly afterwards Jane went to a friend 's house in Kensington to a musical party where a famous quartet was playing and , sitting on the stairs , talked to someone whom she took to be one of the players . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you never want to be one of the players , Izzie ? ’ said Gabriel . |
| 17 | But erm sewage was to be one of the things I shall never forget , later on . |
| 18 | It seems to be one of the things actually that people that are home on holiday to Orkney , you know , maybe you have lived here in the past and Orkney cheese is one of the things they want to take back with them , a farmhouse cheese . |
| 19 | Microcirculatory disturbances of the stomach are thought to be one of the factors contributing to the development of gastric mucosal damages . |
| 20 | He was reckoned to be one of the officers prepared to use force to put down the revolution . |
| 21 | Teachers do not , as a breed , read or talk much about education and this presumably reflects the general feeling that ‘ something 's got to go ’ , and that concern with ideas and ideals seems to be one of the areas that is dispensable . |
| 22 | President Bush has yet to be convinced that ‘ going green ’ will translate into real votes come the presidential election later in the year , and his advisers ( who enjoy nothing so much as bashing a few Greens on the media before breakfast ) have sown so many doubts in his mind about ‘ the lack of scientific evidence ’ that global warming is not seen to be one of the challenges he now faces — despite the fact that his country is responsible for nearly 30 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide , the main greenhouse gas . |
| 23 | It turned out to be one of The Goodies , who were making a comedy programme for their series in the area . |
| 24 | There he met and came under the influence of one of the instructors , Professor Virgil Magureanu , who was to be one of the judges at the trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu , thirteen years later . |
| 25 | It turned out to be one of the buoys which marked the safe limits of the channel for the ships entering and leaving the cavern . |
| 26 | The County Ground should be bursting with people … and bubbling with excitement tomorrow as Swindon take on league leaders Newcastle United … it 's got to be one of the games of the season … one of the great battles … |
| 27 | I used to be one of the allocators over there as well |
| 28 | Hundreds of people have been auditioning this week for the chance to be one of the faces in the crowd . |
| 29 | The problem of prostitution will have to be one of the priorities of the FDR-FMLN after they take power . |
| 30 | Thus in university towns and cities , there is often comparatively little gonorrhoea compared with the large urban areas , where shifting populations seem to be one of the reasons for an increased prevalence of the venereal diseases . |