Example sentences of "[vb -s] one of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the corner of his room stands one of several tanks in his collection , containing a selection of community fish and plants . |
| 2 | Britain already has one of western Europe 's lowest ratios of intensive care unit beds to hospital beds . |
| 3 | Portugal has one of Western Europe 's worst road accident rates . |
| 4 | NICOLA Hall has one of those biographies which read a little like the Hollywood notion of the musical prodigy . |
| 5 | ‘ A woman in the next neighbourhood has one of those coils inside her , ’ said someone at a village meeting called by family planning workers in Bangladesh . |
| 6 | Hence the miserable attempts of BBC announcers to pronounce the name of the secretary-general of the United Nations , which contains one of these sounds . |
| 7 | Yet despite this trend away from leaving sole jurisdiction with administrative tribunals , the Interception of Communications Act 1985 not only contains an exclusion clause to prevent review of the decisions of the Tribunal , but it contains one of unprecedented scope . |
| 8 | Figure 8 illustrates one of these ganglion cells . |
| 9 | Many literary theories deny the possibility of talking about intention ; so you should be careful — especially if your essay assumes one of these theories — not to let your language make claims that you do not intend . |
| 10 | W. G. Collingwood describes one of these men Balthazar Puchberger , ( altered in course of time to Puthparker ) whose shaggy or tousled head earned him the nickname of Towsie . |
| 11 | In this case , visual information will have been used as the basis of a decision , and a decision is necessary because English orthography allows one of two letters in this position in our target word . |
| 12 | Anyone who buys one of these machines will be able to get it to read out loud the numbers on their spreadsheets . |
| 13 | David McLeod , Carpet Planner , prepares one of twelve rolls of contract carpet — a large order for the George Hotel , Edinburgh |
| 14 | When the entertainer calls one of these numbers the children have to run there . |
| 15 | Depending on the growing situation , the plant takes one of two forms . |
| 16 | This argument takes one of two forms depending upon the outlook of its proponent : either it is said that Europe must look to her own defence as a consequence of the American disengagement ; alternatively it is argued that Europe ought in principle to defend herself , so as to speed the departure of the US troops and be free of American ‘ domination ’ . |
| 17 | The relationship used for this purpose is CONTAINS-BINARY-OF which is tight coupling and takes one of three forms : |
| 18 | This division reflects one of several points of contrast between the Siberian natives and those of northern North America . |
| 19 | In Raving Beauties , currently running at the Liverpool Playhouse , Paula plays one of those people whose lives do not have much to offer . |
| 20 | During the surface interval , the fly time screen displays one of four sets of information : Warning/do not fly for … hrs … mins ; safe to fly/time to tissue desat … hrs … mins ; safe to fly/tissues desaturated ; and , should a decompression incident have occurred : Warning/do not fly . |
| 21 | Every time he fulfils one of these needs , he grows in stature . |
| 22 | Considerable ambiguity arises when the appearances of the incident are such that it is uncertain whether or not it fits one of these types of abnormal situation . |
| 23 | This probably indicates one of two things : Continental Europeans are more particular about the state of their shirts , or they are less particular about the claims of the manufacturers . |
| 24 | For such authors this generally means one of two things : diminishing respect by the young for adults , or diminishing respect by the working class for traditional , i.e. middle-class , values ( religion , sobriety , hard work , etc . ) . |
| 25 | For instance , when people find out that my father ran off with a schoolgirl they invariably look at me in a particular way , which means one of two things , if not both of them . |
| 26 | Survival means one of three choices : resignation , acceptance or fighting back . |
| 27 | " Educational technology " in practice means one of three things : The equipment and software of the audio-visual and computing industry which can be applied in education . |
| 28 | Each has its own separate entrance , off the central courtyard and although all have modern amenities , the original architecture and atmosphere has been maintained to ensure this property remains one of great character and unique charm . |
| 29 | The general position remains one of fragmented concern ; years of relative neglect of this group can not , of course , be easily compensated for by debate and good intentions . |
| 30 | Why the Romans threw themselves into the difficult business of absorbing the culture of one foreign nation just when they were involved in exhausting wars with another foreign nation , remains one of those puzzles which characterize nations in their most inscrutable and decisive hours . |