Example sentences of "[is] one [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rhythm of sleep and activity is one of the first to develop . |
| 2 | It is one of the first operas I conducted when I went to Ulm . |
| 3 | When times are good , people spend relatively more on gambling ; when they are bad , gambling expenditure is one of the first things to be cut back . |
| 4 | The large and unmistakable clay phallus for insertion in a wall is one of the first things to greet us as we enter the exhibition . |
| 5 | It is one of the first of its kind and won the COMDEF award in 1991 for the most innovative software solution . |
| 6 | Can you tell me if this Land Rover is one of the first to be factory fitted with a two litre diesel . |
| 7 | Yes , your Land Rover is one of the first right hand drive home market vehicles . |
| 8 | And this is one of the first points to note about children 's gun play . |
| 9 | Similarly , T. H. Pelham , the evangelical pioneer of youth work , and author of the very first club manual , urged on his readers the value of friendship , stressing that ‘ Personal influence is one of the first conditions of success ’ . |
| 10 | The disappearance of original traditional jewellery is one of the first signs of this unfortunate trend . |
| 11 | A recent investigation of moorhens is one of the first studies to show exactly what it is that makes for a high quality mate ( Science , vol 220 , p 413 ) . |
| 12 | He is working on the making of a crystal-wireless set ; he is one of the first men in Scotland to produce one at home . |
| 13 | The generosity of machine knitters comes as no surprise to us — it is one of the first things one notices about them . |
| 14 | Fortunately , Kathleen Kenyon took pottery a little more seriously than her mentor , and her Jewry Wall report ( 1948 ) is one of the first serious efforts to use it on a large scale to date the main sequences . |
| 15 | Paradox for Windows is one of the first products to feature full-scale implementation of object orientated programming . |
| 16 | This last is one of the first essentials of a true Suffolk ; for it was bred for use on the farm , and for use on the Suffolk farms in particular , where it was the custom for the horses to work a long day from 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. without nosebag or any break for rations . |
| 17 | Birmingham is one of the first universities in Europe to commit to the provision of a high speed data communications network using fibre technology . |
| 18 | The 90-second ad , which breaks on January 29 , is one of the first such reciprocal marketing exercises between a commercial organisation and a charity . |
| 19 | All tracks have been specially remixed in Q-Sound , a revolutionary technique which supposedly gives a quadraphonic effect from two stereo speakers and is one of the first ever releases to use this technique . |
| 20 | The simple block just mentioned , the rising block , is one of the first two blocks a beginner learns . |
| 21 | The Royal Bank is one of the first organisations in Scotland to join the scheme . |
| 22 | that 's , that 's er I know that Mrs has asked er youngsters at the Minster School to write in , and obviously this is one of the first of those . |
| 23 | Above all , IR spectrometers are almost universally available , and so IR spectroscopy is one of the first techniques the inorganic chemist will call upon when studying a new sample . |
| 24 | Under most circumstances this is one of the first stages in the preparation of material for pipette analysis . |
| 25 | And this is one of the first , on the first day , he was astonished to see , an older male baboon intervene in a fight between two younger ones and stop it . |
| 26 | And when the bankers and the IMF come knocking , the education budget is one of the first to be hit . |
| 27 | The fact that we can only guess at the figures is one of the first clues to their situation . |
| 28 | The bank 's parent company , National Westminster , is a strong supporter of the scheme in Great Britain and the Ulster Bank is one of the first firms to sign up in the province . |
| 29 | The new £4 million ‘ granulation ’ plant from Luxembourg is one of the first of its kind to be installed in Britain . |
| 30 | As it is one of the first international environmental GIS , the CORINE experience will be valuable in stimulating other , similar , projects and in providing experience on which other projects can draw . |