Example sentences of "was one [prep] [art] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the major figures of the Industrial Revolution , Arkwright was one of a poor Lancashire family of thirteen children . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was one of the best AAA 100 metres in a long time . |
| 4 | The man he knew only as Hamid was one of the two-man London cell . |
| 5 | Built in 1864 — 71 , Thoresby was one of the famous Nottinghamshire ‘ Dukeries ’ that 100 years ago made up the most illustrious group of houses in Britain . |
| 6 | From the shape of its lights I guessed it was one of the small Peugeots . |
| 7 | So he was one of the eighty-seven I Vologsky congratulated himself as he streaked back across the border , his mission completed . |
| 8 | The price was one of the highest Modigliani ever received at the time . |
| 9 | It was one of the London-based Thompson chain and was the only evening newspaper . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Yugoslavia must also not be forgotton since Yugoslavia was one of the first East European countries to show courage in making change , although its economy has not necessarily benefited from this , ’ said President Mitterrand . |
| 12 | And , ‘ I was one of the first Medicare patients . |
| 13 | It 's no ordinary guitar , either , since the prize was one of the first Washburn Custom Shop guitars in the UK , a handmade MG-104 model with a purple quilted maple top , custom-wound Seymour Duncans , a Schaller Floyd Rose and a list price of £1,150 . |
| 14 | Corona was one of the first IBM PC clone makers , so this machine probably hails from 1981/82 . |
| 15 | When Edge graduated he was one of the two Smith 's prizemen in his year . |
| 16 | For several years he drew a salary as distributor of stamps in Ireland , but it seems unlikely that he was one of the Irish Brookes . |
| 17 | At the house of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd not far from Magdalene College was one of the remarkable Knox brothers , Wilfred . |
| 18 | At first Sergeant Bramble thought it was one of the latest Atco motor-mowers but it seemed to be coming from above them . |
| 19 | Roundtrip Jack was one of the 550th BSs original ships flown by Lt Gerald D Binks and his lead crew . |
| 20 | It was one of the few BBC radio shows which played to full houses . |
| 21 | By then , however , he was alienated by the Rump 's lukewarm attitude to religious and civil reform , and when Oliver Cromwell expelled it he was one of the few London aldermen who approved . |
| 22 | Dill , the ‘ boarded meeting place ’ , was one of the few Sussex hundreds that seems to have had any accommodation specially provided ; what effect the winter conditions had on the conducting of business can only be imagined . |
| 23 | I looked out of the window for air raid damage but could see none and decided that this was one of the minor Ruhr towns which had not yet been attacked . |
| 24 | Ms Potier , a clinical psychologist , of Aughton , Lancashire , was one of the so-called Ashworth Five whose evidence was praised by Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC , who headed the Government inquiry . |