Example sentences of "one of [art] [det] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The years in Lubyanka prison in Moscow transformed Wallenberg into a hostage of the Cold War , and then into one of the many errors of the Stalinist period whose truth became too ghastly to reveal . |
| 2 | Certainly we do not need to try to go into the whole causal history of an event in order to specify something — one of the many sets of things — that had the property of making the occurrence of the event necessary . |
| 3 | Today it houses the Vigili Urbani , one of the many factions of the Italian police forces . |
| 4 | He seemed to be haunted by a fear of being forgotten by his friends and Gould became one of the many objects of an obsessive correspondence . |
| 5 | This is one of the many advantages of an ‘ open ’ system . |
| 6 | One of the many advantages of a delicensed black cab is that unless the cops know it 's delicensed , the chances of getting pulled for not wearing a seat-belt are fairly remote . |
| 7 | First , a particular instance : one of the many cases of ‘ hypercorrection ’ that were noticed . |
| 8 | This is a true story of one of the many tragedies of apartheid — a white South African policeman falls in love with a woman of mixed race , resigns from his job and goes to live with her in Cape Town . |
| 9 | One of the many functions of local councils is the care and maintenance of local parks and commons etc , used by the public for recreation purposes . |
| 10 | By the age of 5 the majority of children have now already attended one of the many forms of pre-school provision outside the family ( e.g. nursery school , nursery class , playgroup , day nursery , child minder ) . |
| 11 | Interference with the satisfaction of needs is one of the many sources of frustration leading to aggression . |
| 12 | One of the many phobias of football culture ( see kissing ) . |
| 13 | Explain that loo becomes unnecessary — one of the many benefits of death . |
| 14 | One of the many benefits of this proposal will be the readiness of more defendants to plead guilty , thus reducing the length of the trau matic process . |
| 15 | Letting go of our poverty consciousness will be one of the many delights of the New Age , and a crucial aspect of our spiritual growth . |
| 16 | Maria is one of the many examples of the younger generation who has become politically involved against the regime through her participation in a Christian community . |
| 17 | as one of the many kinds of sprouting seeds , eaten when germinated seeds are a few cm tall ; lightly roasted ground seeds used in curry ; also used in Middle Eastern sweets such as halva ; fresh leaves used in curry dishes |
| 18 | She covered the place with her fingers , preventing one of the many draughts of Sleet from carrying it away . |
| 19 | The result is very different from the ideas expressed in chapter 6 , where it was suggested that one of the many results of the rise of material culture as a mode of cultural form was its ability to multiply and keep apart a plethora of hierarchies and diverse spheres . |
| 20 | She was an anchoress , one of the many recluses of the period who shut herself away from the world to pray in solitude : we can still see the foundations of her anchorage next to the church which is now called St Julian 's in Norwich . |
| 21 | ‘ It is vital that they are aware that it only gives protection against one of the many strains of the disease . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | It was introduced in the north of Nigeria as the result of the ‘ straight for English ’ policy , one of the many offshoots of the Kenya ‘ New Primary Approach ’ . |
| 24 | It is a paradox — one of the many paradoxes of mysticism — that even though mystics insist that their experiences are radically ineffable , many of the great mystics have felt compelled to write them down and to try to communicate them to others . |
| 25 | In Ashar 's attitude one senses one of the many paradoxes of the Iranian revolution . |
| 26 | Erm and speech convergence is one of the many methods of becoming more similar to another person , so that you erm get rid of your linguistic differences . |
| 27 | We have not continued the story strand in the statements of attainment beyond level 4 , although many pupils will continue to write stories of increasing complexity throughout the secondary school , because by then it will be just one of the many types of writing that pupils might undertake . |
| 28 | As you know myxoedema is a form of mental and physical slowness caused by an underactive thyroid gland and it is indeed one of the many causes of dementia . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Fire hoses are one of the many items of equipment manufactured by Fireater . |