Example sentences of "was one [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | British members of Parliament invariably use it in their own defence when their opinions diverge from those of their constituency parties ; and the Labour Party 's introduction of compulsory reselection for sitting MPs before each general election was one of the catalysts of the split in the party which led to the formation of the Social Democratic Party in 1981 . |
2 | I was one of the pillarists in the Nelson case and only wish our column had been one of more magnificent dimensions . |
3 | The young woman 's father was one of the letter-writers . |
4 | For a nation of radicals and independents such as France , the creation of the Union Sacrée whereby men of all political hues submerged their feuds in the interests of national unity was one of the miracles of all time . |
5 | In between time as I say we 'd had 's header wide which was one of the mysteries of the first half . |
6 | I imagine that that was one of the matters raised with the hon. Gentleman , and I hope that he was able to assure farmers of the splendid job that my noble Friend is doing for farming in Scotland . |
7 | That was one of the challenges of his life . |
8 | This was one of the challenges Yarm teenager Kathryn Clapham had to overcome to achieve the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award . |
9 | Erm , the fact is , she did n't play a dominant part in the standard tradition , although she was one of the editors , of course . |
10 | The story of St Godric was one of the foundations of Henri Pirenne 's notions about the recruitment of merchants in this age . |
11 | Christopher Gray was one of the nurserymen who bought plants from the bishop 's collections in the gardens of Fulham Palace . |
12 | I 'm sure it was one of the meetings . |
13 | During the 1890s they carried out work on inductive telegraphy , which was particularly important for communication with lighthouses and lightships , and Preece was one of the members of the royal commission on electrical communication with lighthouses and light vessels . |
14 | Environmental engineer Andrew Olleveant , who was one of the members of the first group , had a number of key issues to cover during his trip to Russia . |
15 | Paul Beniston , who obtained his BA in Music in 1987 , was one of the members of Royal Fort Brass , a brass quintet formed in 1985 , who entertained many audiences with their wide-ranging repertoire , both serious and humorous . |
16 | That was one of the problems . |
17 | This was one of the problems tackled at a bumper symposium held in Brighton last month on cosmology , particle physics and astrophysics . |
18 | That was one of the problems of using the piste and a sextant . |
19 | Was one of the problems with the public perception of women deacons the fact that they did , often , look so like librarians ? |
20 | ‘ Lack of available information was one of the problems highlighted , so with this colourful and informative booklet now available we hope the situation will be improved , ’ she said . |
21 | er and that was one of the problems , I could n't tighten them , I did n't have |
22 | Rarely , and this was one of the times , she knew she was tied to him by what seemed like a tight cord of anxiety that vibrated to his needs , never hers ; how she was afflicted by him , how he weighed her down . |
23 | Now this is one of those interesting incidents because it was one of the times when he tells the disciples off . |
24 | The Geological Survey was one of the very few organizations employing men of science in Britain — Greenwich Observatory was one of the others — but their status was about that of clerks in the Civil Service , and this rankled . |
25 | Bradstreet was one of the commissioners of the United Colonies for thirty-three years . |
26 | I do n't know whether he 's read the County Farms Estate report , but it was actually option two , was one of the proposals we had to consider , which was to was to dispose of about a third of the estate , reduce it from twelve thousand acres to nine thousand acres , which was actually rejected at erm , the property sub-committee by all parties , including Labour . |
27 | the questions , it was one of the jokes ! |
28 | There was one of the fellers that we were in town and . |
29 | The mid '60s were a turning point in sports car design , marking the virtual end of the front-engined sports cars in place of the new mid-engined models of which the Dino Berlinetta Speciale was one of the pioneers . |
30 | George Katona was one of the pioneers of this sort of work . |