Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down the edge of one page , adjoining a big picture of Markova and Dolin in Giselle , is a series of pictures showing John clowning with a length of gauze , as if burlesquing one of the Wilis in that ballet . |
| 2 | Lovingly , as if repeating one of the poems she had learnt as a girl , and never forgotten , she crooned to herself the doctor 's words , ‘ Nothing to worry about , Mrs Mallory . |
| 3 | There is a tendency to regard mains water as pure and to keep this for special purposes while using one of the other supplies for , say , bulk-washing on the assumption that it is less pure ; this may not always be true . |
| 4 | The afterlife was imagined as continuing an existence on earth , as becoming one of the imperishable starts , as travelling through the Underworld with Osiris , a realm to which Re brought light and joy at night . |
| 5 | Although it is true , as Charles Muscatine has recently pointed out , that it is inappropriate and impossible to seek to classify fabliaux in toto as representing one of the styles of Latin rhetoric recognized in the medieval schools — humilis , medius or gravis : low , middle or high — fabliau authors can call up such a range of styles for good local effect . |
| 6 | From the discussion of epistemology and pedagogy above , we may think of teacher perspectives as entailing one of the following ideal-type attitudes : |
| 7 | A museum described as containing one of the finest collections of modern art of its kind is threatened with closure because of council cutbacks . |
| 8 | In Byelorussia , which was widely regarded as retaining one of the most conservative republican leaderships , it had been decided to allocate a quota of reserved Supreme Soviet seats for official organizations ( a practice applied in the March 1989 elections to the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies but since labelled undemocratic and abandoned for national elections — see p. 36978 ) . |
| 9 | But it will certainly be remembered as having one of the most exciting finishes for years . |
| 10 | He was widely regarded as having one of the most brilliant minds in the Royal Navy . |
| 11 | Thailand has been criticised as having one of the world 's worst records in the illegal wildlife trade . |
| 12 | When choosing one of the many pocket field guides around , make sure any illustrations actually look to you like the birds they 're supposed to depict . |
| 13 | Bob Jones , managing director of Sonix , sees the product launch as dispelling one of the main criticisms of V.32terbo — that by the time products got to market , the V.fast CCITT standard would be fully defined , and conformant products would be available . |
| 14 | It had asked itself the wrong question when interpreting one of the ‘ X ’ questions in the empowering statute . |
| 15 | The remainder was intended for Bibles , Prayer Books and ‘ … other books of piety ’ , as well as putting one of the most hopeful of poor persons from each school to some trade , calling or honest employment . |