Example sentences of "[was/were] one [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SWINGEING UK premium hikes were one of the major reasons for a dramatic profits turnround by insurance giant Commercial Union in the third quarter of 1992 . |
| 2 | Eh and perhaps were one of the major funders in the past I say General Portfolio until recently were the major funders er in the in the ninety ninety one but there 's been no company that 's been funding the theatre on a regular basis . |
| 3 | So they actually took a very active role against it , and had been the allies of people like the National Consumers ' League on other issues , but on this one they really differed , and were one of the major blocks to passing the legislation . |
| 4 | They were one of the major successes in London 's Dance Umbrella Festival of 1989 . |
| 5 | Because we were one of the lowest pays in the factory which we do n't , our section does n't think it 's right because |
| 6 | The Caskies , including Faith , were one of the five . |
| 7 | The Greens of Slovenia ( Zeleni Slovenije " ZS ) , which had won five out of 90 seats in parliamentary elections in December [ see ED 65/66 ] , were one of the five parties in the new coalition sworn in on Jan. 25 . |
| 8 | Finshing third , provided they were one of the four successful stragglers , would leave England to play the winners of Group D , West Germany 's group , in Milan or Group C , probably Brazil , in Turin . |
| 9 | Among the writings of Ruricius , Avitus and Ennodius are numerous letters of friendship , or amicitia , which were one of the traditional means of cultivating and maintaining contact with one 's peer group . |
| 10 | Indeed , the Abu Khadras were one of the largest families in Palestine , their orchards and property scattered between Jaffa , Jerusalem and Gaza . |
| 11 | It were one of the two . |
| 12 | We were one of the first countries to ratify a new Council of Europe convention applying similar rules to all its Member States . |
| 13 | The Downs were one of the first areas of Sussex to be colonised by man and were probably quickly cleared of their original vegetation of scrubby woodland . |
| 14 | Glass membrane potentiometric electrodes were one of the first to be used as part of enzyme electrodes , typically for monitoring of pH in hydrolase catalysed reactions — eg urea assays . |
| 15 | The Carthaginians were one of the first to set the trend when they founded Ibiza in 654 BC . |
| 16 | When David Kay , Roy Goddard and Fred Rogers established their business in 1970 , they were one of the first British firms to operate in the same way as Spencer Stuart , Heidrick and Struggles and Egon Zehnder . |
| 17 | We were one of the first credit information providers to computerise our data resource and our understanding of technology has brought many benefits to our customer . |
| 18 | They were one of the first , and certainly one of the most successful , manufacturers of steam-powered farm machinery . |
| 19 | Some difficulties were experienced in the interpretation of SCOTVEC guidance documents , but this was to be expected as we were one of the first colleges to be involved in developing units for the HNC Pilot Scheme , and telephone communication with the SCOTVEC Curriculum Development Officers , who were most helpful , usually resolved them for us . |
| 20 | Well we were lucky in that we 've been able to do , have a , a very good relationship with a company called well known in the marine side and they put in forty five thousand pounds into er the scheme and promised that before Christmas and that was reading the paper one day in November the , the Robert the National Heritage Minister saying that they may be , may , if you 're lucky , going to put some money into sport and er so we contacted them and we were one of the first sports to get , had money doubled as they say in the bingo hall , so we er we now have ninety , ninety thousand pounds and which I wh has been distributed or will be distributed in the , in the following way so that 's how we 're gon na spend it and er these er , the administration represent we were basically overwhelmed with enquiries and s we took on a person in order to , to do it , the normal R Y A staff had already got enough on so we took on a girl called Sara who answers all the queries on the Year of Youth Hotline and erm we are also running the boat shows , the four or five N B L challenge which is the flagship event for our sponsors which is er I wo n't go into the , the details but is a , a talent fight , talent spotting event for under sixteen year olds around the country and it provided fleet of dinghies , the prize for which is a dinghy which is not , not a bad prize I think you 'll agree . |
| 21 | But you were one of the first to start . |
| 22 | This indicates that , were one of the other patterns to arise somehow , it would undergo a transition to the roll pattern . |
| 23 | We went to the Humana Hospital in London where we were one of the earliest trials of GIFT ( Gamate Intrafallopian Tube Transfer , a form of assisted conception ) . |
| 24 | Textiles were one of the earliest modern manufacturing industries to be established in Kenya . |
| 25 | As we saw in Chapter 3 , the attempts made by reforming governments during the Second Republic to carry out such reform were one of the principal causes of right-wing hostility to the Republic . |
| 26 | That were one of the best nights in my life , the charge we gave Arthur he gave it straight back to us . " |
| 27 | I work for the same pre project as Verity and I worked with five , fifteen , sixteen year old boys , just yesterday , and they were one of the best groups I 'd ever worked with because |
| 28 | As you may have guessed , we did n't get through that round , but getting to London meant that we were one of the best bands ( for our age — fifteen to sixteen years ) in East Anglia . |
| 29 | Other names include John Shorbridge , Henry Drury , Robert Donaldson and Welsh Brothers , who were one of the early firms involved in the formation of the Madeira Wine Association . |
| 30 | IF I were one of the millions who good heartedly subscribe on a regular basis to the NSPCC , I would , at the moment , be seriously considering whether my money was in sensible hands . |