Example sentences of "was one [prep] the [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his was one of the many families in the streets that ran off the main road at the bottom of the hill and from whom this shop and the tobacconist 's derived most of their regular custom . |
| 2 | It was one of the many coves in Fethiye Bay where you can anchor up while the meltem , the locally variable north-westerly that is both the driving force and the cooling fan of the Lycian coast between May and September , does its stuff . |
| 3 | It was one of the many things for which she had Rune to thank . |
| 4 | There was a momentary hesitation while he considered the implications , but it was one of the many challenges he could n't let go . |
| 5 | Which was one of the many reasons , now he thought about it , why he was planning to kill her . |
| 6 | This was one of the many reasons why he was such an immensely likeable man . |
| 7 | Mr Williamson , can I ask for your confirmation that the reason that the Secretary of State deleted Policy E two in the nineteen eighty structure plan was one of the many reasons under the heading , General , there is no specific reference in the notice of approval to the deletion of this policy and therefore I am assuming it fell for one of the reasons given in paragraphs five point two to five point four five . |
| 8 | Hitting the headlines again , Connors was one of the many businesses affected in the Bangor and Portadown bombs this year . |
| 9 | The old woman 's son was one of the many prisoners who have subsequently died in the prison . |
| 10 | Mr Grant 's grandfather was one of the many skippers who used the railway to sell fresh fish to the industrial markets in the hinterland and to London . |
| 11 | Mill Road Hospital was one of the many places hit and Maureen was injured there , fortunately only slightly , and taken to another hospital . |
| 12 | It is extremely probable that it was one of the many plants brought over to Britain by the Roman occupationary army to remind the legionaries , while they shivered in the damp foggy cold , of the warmth and dryness they had left behind at home . |
| 13 | It was one of the many characteristics they shared . |
| 14 | Mike , an ex-philosophy student , was going off to Germany in the New Year ; Naomi from Bristol was about to embark on a Museum Studies course at university ; Liane , a weights and measures official , was one of the many volunteers who had helped at Uppark after the fire ; and Hugh , a quantity surveyor currently between jobs , set out to astound us over the next few days with his minimalist clothing ( some ancient jeans which were fashionably ripped at the crotch and a pair of lurid , exceedingly short shorts ) . |
| 15 | Opinion such as this was well established long before Hitler rose to power and there can be little doubt that Germanisation was one of the many items of baggage the Prussians left behind for the Nazis to snatch . |
| 16 | ‘ Freedom of labour ’ in capitalist society was one of the many myths of that society , since in reality the monopolisation of the means of production by the capitalists forced the workers to sell their labour-power . |
| 17 | ‘ Indeed , it was one of the many subjects … time , Amaryllis … but you have driven so much out of my thoughts . |
| 18 | Anyway , the mosque was one of the many subjects he felt it safest to avoid until he had plucked up the courage to go into one . |
| 19 | That was one of the many occasions when we were sent for after supper and beaten by the Library . |
| 20 | Her cotton dress was rent almost from the armpit to the hem and as she leaned forward to bring a saucer of water to the lips of a wounded man , the Collector glimpsed three polished ribs and the shrunken globe of her breast ; modesty was one of the many considerations which no longer troubled her . |
| 21 | ‘ It was one of the few races where I 've been happy with my performance . |
| 22 | Critics noticed that he was one of the few artists genuinely enthusiastic about new talent . |
| 23 | The founder of Serbian expressionism was one of the few artists who worked and thought alongside the European art movements of the beginning of the century . |
| 24 | In a country where the media is state controlled and acts as a mouthpiece for the Party , putting up posters was one of the few forms of communication and free expression . |
| 25 | Community theatre was one of the few forms of communication which managed to flourish under President Stroessner 's dictatorship in Paraguay . |
| 26 | As it fell out he was one of the few successes at Selhurst Park at a particularly difficult time for the Palace club . |
| 27 | In addition , while Tony Adams played well against Norway , Keown 's availability will be welcomed as he was one of the few successes in the European Champion-ships . |
| 28 | Compact and composed full-back who made a superb debut against New Zealand in August , Theo was one of the few successes against Australia . |
| 29 | This was one of the few liberties taken by the film 's editors , as no B–17 quite arrived that way on December 7 , but the shot was clearly too good not to include and it approximated to what had happened to a number of the actual B–17s which stumbled into the attack . |
| 30 | It was one of the few cottages which housed a wireless . |