Example sentences of "[adv] one [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some areas of Britain local voluntary organizations , or perhaps one of the arms of the public sector services , have become so disheartened by the lack of commitment and enthusiasm on the part of local psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses for developing a new style of service away from their traditional hospital base that they have decided to go ahead and develop a new service without any support from the consultants and hospital staff . |
| 2 | And this 'll either be the head teacher of a school , or perhaps one of the governors of the school . |
| 3 | Perhaps one of the reasons why politicians as a breed are such unpopular people is because of the indiscriminate use of threats to meet their own objectives . |
| 4 | Perhaps one of the reasons she had gone from one man to another was that she could not bear to lose the excitement and flattery of the early stages of love . |
| 5 | Perhaps one of the reasons for his impact — as a man — on so many varied people was this great and lordly carelessness about where he was ‘ going ’ : as if a mapped-out course was just a waste of precious time . |
| 6 | Perhaps one of the reasons SunPics resisted the idea , other than the fact that it jeopardises the planet 's whole raison d'etre , is that the deal was reportedly sprung on them a week before it was signed . |
| 7 | In a voluntary way a voluntary capacity working I mean in in this sense in my there is a sense of responsibility and I find that good and challenging which is perhaps one of the reasons why I like doing these courses because you you er a certain amount of stress and responsibility is is . |
| 8 | She showed her beautiful teeth again — perhaps one of the reasons why she liked to smile so readily . |
| 9 | Perhaps one of the reasons why we are faced with the menace of increasing savagery among a minority of the young is that they fail to realise that TV is not a ‘ window on the world ’ , but a structure of small , angled , mirrors reflecting different viewpoints . |
| 10 | If not Donald , then perhaps one of the women from the therapy group . |
| 11 | Er perhaps one of the things that was n't mentioned this morning is our relationship with with Microsoft in that the the Microsoft SQL Server for a the O S Two environment is actually a developed product er and we have a joint marketing agreement on that . |
| 12 | I thought perhaps one of the customers might take a message , but … ’ |
| 13 | It is enough if the dependent conditional ( 1 ) , or perhaps one of the variants ( 1a ) or ( lb ) , is true of the two things . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps one of the boys would like it , then . ’ |
| 15 | in Ludlow , we 've to the er , the Whitchurch initiative , there 's something going on in , in Lud in Ludlow at present which is particularly education , social service linked at , but at the end of the day that 's also about jobs , two jobs of training , and perhaps one of the ways in which we solve er , land issues erm , and , and of course Craven Arms is now , is now coming up in each profile as needing something done , and I 'm also being approached about the East Water Block Coking where there are particular problems in those areas . |
| 16 | He stood for a while in the darkness , hoping that perhaps one of the nuns , Lady Amelia or Dame Agatha , would follow him out , but no one came . |
| 17 | Erm and someone who 's described as perhaps one of the architects of Italian unity . |
| 18 | Perhaps one of the chutes of the cluster had collapsed , but whatever the reason time had suddenly run out . |
| 19 | This intriguingly attractive blend of rights theory with forward-looking reductivism is perhaps one of the features that make Beccaria a continually fascinating and influential penal thinker even today . |
| 20 | One Head Girl found her team circling round the stage once as rehearsed but then galloping straight off stage to the lavatories ; apparently one of the Girls had realized that she had a sudden attack of diarrhoea and had acted with unheard-of initiative . |
| 21 | Erm apparently one of the services that gets offered at Thompson Travel Agents |
| 22 | But this , this bloke has sort of said , ooh he said , apparently one of the blokes that were working for him said that he had overheard him saying they were gon na burn the coach out . |
| 23 | Indeed , following the street further along to where it runs over the little round-backed bridge , I could see the mist rising from the river , obscuring almost entirely one of the bridge-posts . |
| 24 | Charlie is too much one of the lads and wo n't hold their respect , ’ answered her husband . |
| 25 | Appearances were deceptive , Loretta concluded sadly : in spite of his youth and casual dress , Geoffrey Simmons was still very much one of the fellows . |
| 26 | The base was merely one of the factors which should normally be considered . |
| 27 | Okay if erm so one of the questions that comes up a lot is speed and distance and time . |
| 28 | So one of the boys could well have imagined that the Crumwallises knocked it back enthusiastically in the privacy of their home . |
| 29 | So one of the challenges t is to be ale to show that there is something different about those of us who are Christians . |
| 30 | But he had a rather military approach to the work and he did run some rather tough courses for some of the boys , so one of the parents complained . |