Example sentences of "[be] one of the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It turned out to be one of the buoys which marked the safe limits of the channel for the ships entering and leaving the cavern . |
2 | Hitchhiking across Czechoslovakia during a snowstorm , wearing a hot pink Luhta skisuit , has to be one of the memories that will remain with me forever . |
3 | You could never , as she said , pretend to be one of the boys in a skirt . |
4 | I excelled at no sports at all , preferring instead to be one of the boys who was allowed to use the lawn mowers and keep the garden in trim — my one attempt at cricket was a disaster , and I was sent off the field for not paying attention . |
5 | She liked to show a matey interest in things , be one of the boys , prove she was n't stuck-up and so on . |
6 | The management should n't try to be one of the boys . ’ |
7 | It 's hard to be one of the boys when the boys unite only against a common enemy and at the moment that is oneself . |
8 | And time out : Another blow for the girl who just wants to be one of the boys . |
9 | Whether this sense of unreasonableness is needed at all , and the way in which the courts have manipulated it , well be one of the matters discussed . |
10 | We seek to promote non-proliferation and disarmament , and that will be one of the matters to be discussed at the United Nations Security Council meeting that I shall chair next week . |
11 | I think we talked about this yesterday , I think and certainly my view was that th s that a further increment onto er a new settlement would be one of the options . |
12 | no it 's not addressing the issue but I said in the longer term that could be one of the options |
13 | She had expected to be one of the others . |
14 | Today , even the most traditional courses in English Literature do not , as a rule , include the English Bible , reasonably thought to be one of the masterpieces of our literature . |
15 | It was Maria Luigia who commissioned the building of the Teatro Regio , with its white and gold and red plush interior , and appointed Paganini , who had lived in Parma since the age of twelve , to be one of the directors of her orchestra , at that time the finest in all Italy . |
16 | If a fluid balance chart is in use it will be continued until the patient goes to theatre and will be one of the documents which accompany him . |
17 | By 1.3.9 , Nn can be written as a product of finitely many primes [ i.e. irreducibles ] unc say , where each ti must be one of the primes from the complete list |
18 | On the other hand , for all I know , it may be one of the compensations or rationalisations for giving yourself short breath , a cough and a foul mouth and for making things unpleasant for other people . |
19 | Freedom of movement for individuals will be one of the cornerstones of the new Europe , enshrined in the single Europe act , due to come into effect on the first of January 1993 . |
20 | He thought it must be one of the maids with some food sent up by Claudia . |
21 | This proved to be one of the sources of its downfall : there came a point when failure to come up with the goods , rationalised by ‘ the need for more research ’ , began to sound a little hollow and begged the asking of more fundamental questions . |
22 | I used to be one of the allocators over there as well |
23 | They were keen that their ideas should become incorporated into the ACRU/Guy 's Hospital proposal and that Ipswich should be one of the locations in which the project was carried out . |
24 | No doubt this draper 's ‘ Rep ’ would have cut a bit of a dashing figure in the big city in his way , replete with some of the family charm and salesmanship which we have assumed to be one of the hallmarks of William Charles himself . |
25 | There is a great deal of potential here for criminalising conduct that amounts to little more than arguing with a policeman , which it should be one of the aims of public order law to prevent . |
26 | The introduction of a new procedure for judicial review in the Court of Session in 1985 provides a unique opportunity to answer these questions and this will be one of the aims of the research . |
27 | That must be one of the ducks that 's that 's half white and half domestic duck and half mallard . |
28 | It is clear from unofficial remarks by Sony that they see the initial market in ‘ interactive music ’ applications and there is little doubt that the hi-fi stereo music capabilities of the player will be one of the keys to early mass market success . |
29 | Darlington would be one of the towns to benefit most from Labour 's minimum wage , a top union leader said this week . |
30 | The County Ground should be bursting with people … and bubbling with excitement tomorrow as Swindon take on league leaders Newcastle United … it 's got to be one of the games of the season … one of the great battles … |