Example sentences of "be [v-ing] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This method involves a little bit of a cheat as the Macintosh keyboard can not access the PostScript fractions unless you either have a special fractions font or are using one of the new Adobe Expert fonts with an extended and re-mapped character set . |
| 2 | TEENAGE vandals are targeting one of the few leisure facilities in north Belfast . |
| 3 | MARK Hughes believes Wales are becoming one of the most difficult teams to beat in international soccer . |
| 4 | Or that avocado is the only fat-containing fruit and that when you order it with an oily dressing , or with prawns in mayonnaise dressing , you are ordering one of the most fattening first courses of all ? |
| 5 | some support , you 're going in or you 're using one of the policy |
| 6 | And the new chip is good news if you 're considering one of the slower 20MHz or 25MHz versions , as these have been forced down in price . |
| 7 | Many existing systems which do n't already heat the hot water can be adapted to do so , but if yours ca n't ( an early warm air system , say ) or if you 're installing one of the few types of system that does n't also heat the hot water ( such as electric storage radiators ) , you will have to choose the hot water system . |
| 8 | Last one of the , but they 're showing one of the old ones and we , I have n't seen it , so |
| 9 | They 're hoping one of the big fashion houses might buy them … ’ |
| 10 | Canoeists and surfers have been riding one of the biggest Severn Bores that will be seen this year . |
| 11 | A flotilla of surfers and canoes has been riding one of the year 's biggest Severn Bores . |
| 12 | As the Autumn fox hunting season gets underway , animal rights protestors have been holding one of the biggest demonstrations seen in the region . |
| 13 | In a sense you are saying one of the following : |
| 14 | Whether you have central heating or individual heating appliances , you are likely to be using one of the four main fuel types — gas ( mains or liquified ) , solid fuel , electricity or oil . |
| 15 | Maggie was stabbing her finger at the different plates on the table , and her aunt wagged her head and pursed her lips before she said , flatly , ‘ I 'm courting one of the airmen ; he comes to Donald 's farm . ’ |
| 16 | We at Outdoor Action will be climbing one of the summits on the day . |
| 17 | It is a privilege to be leading one of the world 's foremost marketing companies with its splendid portfolio of brands . |
| 18 | To write about a place I did not know might seem to be breaking one of the most quoted warnings to the novice author : " Write about what you know " . |
| 19 | The final move is to turn around , taking the model with you , as before , and you will be performing one of the most difficult of all hovering manoeuvres-the nose-in circle . |
| 20 | Each month Norma Steinberg will be showing one of the wild animals which has become an endangered species on a beautifully drawn chart and portrayed on a suitable sweater style . |
| 21 | I 'm borrowing one of the Prince 's horses . |
| 22 | In an hour they would be sailing again and most of the passengers , having dined , would now be watching one of the cabarets . |
| 23 | Sotheby 's will be offering one of the two greatest paintings by Kandinsky to be offered at auction in the last thirty years . |
| 24 | The combined annual sales of the two for their most recent fiscal years was $90m , and the partners reckon they are creating one of the largest software publishers in the consumer , home office , and small business markets , offering over 100 titles for Windows , Macintosh , and MS-DOS , and will market in over 50 countries . |
| 25 | When people of different generations decide to live together , because the older of the two is in need of care , they are making one of the major decisions of their lives . |
| 26 | It seemed to us that April that we were seeing one of the results of total permissiveness in a rather comely young man and woman , ill-educated , but neither of them stupid , on trial at Chester Assizes for multiple murder . |
| 27 | Outside in the snow two men had climbed out of a Renault van with saws and ropes and were tapping one of the trees . |
| 28 | And then you you used to have a blow lamp to heat it up and after that you you erm put it on half compression and you were turning one of the big flywheels round until it it started and you had to keep the blowlamp on it . |
| 29 | In Leeds United they were facing one of the top three English sides playing at the pinnacle of their powers . |
| 30 | Both men were betraying one of the most feared occupational hazards amongst MPs — debater 's droop . |