Example sentences of "[vb pp] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , the Gloucester was deemed one of the country 's better dairy cows and a useful draught ox . |
| 2 | A DOCTOR has solved one of the abiding mysteries of Christmas : the illness suffered by Charles Dickens 's character Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol . |
| 3 | After the applicant has approached one of the solicitors , the Commissioner will then contact the solicitor and a law costs agreement will be negotiated and drawn up . |
| 4 | England had failed to qualify for the finals , Scotland had defeated Wales in an emotional match at Liverpool 's Anfield Stadium and Ally McLeod , a supremely patriotic manager given to hyperbole and heart-wrenching nationalism had amassed one of the finest footballing sides for years . |
| 5 | After 40 moves , he had regained one of the pawns , but had a miserably passive position to defend . |
| 6 | The question may have niggled at the 7,776 advertising talents who entered their work for the prestigious Design & Art Direction Awards , some of whom will turn up tonight at a glittering Grosvenor House junket to find out whether they have won one of the silver or gold pencils . |
| 7 | The Unwins themselves — and it was impossible for anyone to grudge them their moment — said over and over that it was great , just great that one of the horses actually on the train had won one of the races , it made the whole thing worthwhile , and the whole party , drifting into the dining car in true party mood , agreed and applauded . |
| 8 | Chapelcross has won one of the awards before but the brothers ' achievement was particularly pleasing , said Training Officer Willie Banks . |
| 9 | Bruce Maidment has won one of the major Thames races for the ninth successive year . |
| 10 | A MIDDLESBROUGH designer and manufacturer of hand-blown glassware products has won one of the UK 's top prizes for young business achievers . |
| 11 | I do n't remember maybe I 've got a poor memory but er I ca n't remember you mentioning that the erm area committee but er there was erm going to be another block there and that er , the er this er trust , er Environment Trust had let one of the Northbrooks er and consulted with the Northbrook 's people ? |
| 12 | He has certainly picked one of the best for himself . |
| 13 | Though I was , having expected one of the great historic documents of planning , bitterly disappointed with the Plan when I first studied it , I now think that in the circumstances Abercrombie did as well as any man , of the type who can survive in planning practice , could have done . |
| 14 | Even once Cinzia had bullied one of the assistants into offering Zen a discount , the item she had selected came to about three times what he had reckoned to spend , but he paid up . |
| 15 | The shooting of Yusef Hawkins last year while looking for a car in another mainly white area of the city led X-Clan to organise ‘ The Taking Of The Brooklyn Bridge ’ , when 10,000 black youths occupied one of the bridges connecting Manhattan Island to the rest of New York in a living roadblock . |
| 16 | The tribe occupied one of the countless tumble-down fortresses that line the craggy and tunnel strewn pass . |
| 17 | Moreover , he has occupied one of the more vital positions in the order . |
| 18 | Annette Chevallier 's recent show of paintings occupied one of the rooms in the gallery spilling out into a corner of the Victorian paintings , while opposite was a touring exhibition of European ceramics . |
| 19 | He 'd been er had an accident in the quarry some time ago and he was working in the helping as a mate or something in the carpenter 's shop and he he must have been h must have had his hands in our pile of finished products and er Well partly finished products and er he er he was caught one of the cos er these castings there was a an edge to them you know , the joint of the the mould that came together sort of thing . |
| 20 | It will be the first time in 15 years that an England tour party has not included one of the celebrated trio , who between them have appeared in 298 Test matches . |
| 21 | Yeah , he 's booked one of the thirteenth . |
| 22 | Professor Kanter , who was recently voted one of the 100 most important women in the United States by a leading business magazine , does not dispute that the agenda for change is based around the so-called ‘ softer ’ values . |
| 23 | THE Royal Bank has been voted one of the top mortgage lenders of the year by What Mortgage magazine . |
| 24 | Stephanie Middleton was yesterday voted one of the two runners-up in the 1992 Livewire UK Business Start Up Awards , winning herself £1,000 to invest in the business . |
| 25 | A close working relationship with John Wilkinson , the club chairman , developed over the last five years , and Ashcroft 's position was considered one of the First Division 's safest . |
| 26 | Ramaciotti is not just one of Europe 's finest car designers ( the stunning Mythos concept car was the result of his boyhood dreams ) but he is also considered one of the best analysts of design in the business . |
| 27 | BOSNIA-Hercegovina , with its potent ethnic mix and history of savage internecine warfare , is widely considered one of the most unstable and volatile regions in the Balkans and in Europe , writes Michael Montgomery . |
| 28 | The Salvator Chapel was incorporated in 1285 and is considered one of the most perfect examples of its type in Central Europe . |
| 29 | Indeed , the portrait must be considered one of the outstanding Roman contributions to the visual arts . |
| 30 | … The food was delicious , the drink unlimited ; and in spite of the dated dance records and battered furniture , the flat was considered one of the smartest places to be seen in Cairo . |