Example sentences of "[was/were] one [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saatchi & Saatchi , the communications group , was one to shine through the gloom . |
| 2 | There was one posed beside the grave , offering a clear full-face shot of the young man . |
| 3 | Besides the parochial school there was one supported by the Society for Propagation of Christian Knowledge , one by the Edinburgh Gaelic School Society and six " taught by persons on their own adventure . " |
| 4 | Besides the parochial school there was one supported by the Society for Propagation of Christian Knowledge , one by the Edinburgh Gaelic School Society and six " taught by persons on their own adventure . " |
| 5 | More than any other wartime figure he addressed himself to the conscience of middle-class radicalism , arguing that the only worthwhile victory possible was one based on the common ownership of the means of production and a moral revolution in which selfishness and the profit motive would give way to an ethic of service to the community . |
| 6 | The view of human nature implicit in the sociology of the 1950S and early 1960S was one based on the assumption that man was a role-player constantly seeking social approval and status , and that people therefore conformed to normative expectations to gain approval from peers , superiors or inferiors . |
| 7 | Now he has to content himself with the fact that the only replica of a Captain Cook ship he has been involved in was one built for the new shopping centre in Middlesbrough eight years ago . |
| 8 | As she sat facing him , rigidly upright , he saw that her chair was one designed for the disabled with a button in the armrest to raise the seat when she wanted help in rising . |
| 9 | This theme of giving back control over civic affairs to local people and moving away from the grip of town halls and utility or service administrations was one investigated in the community development projects of the 1970s . |
| 10 | Perhaps his greatest vulnerability was one shared with the great mass of mankind : a vanity which affected many aspects of his life , and which as he grew older increased his claims for credit for almost every activity within human reach . |