Example sentences of "but one [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the space of 15 years , species had been lost from each of six sites monitored off the Florida Keys ; at all but one of the sites , the total amount of coral present had shrunk . |
| 32 | After Janey went back to Billy , Kevin had patched up his differences with his wife , Enid , but one of the conditions had been that Kevin would sponsor polo instead of show jumping to avoid bumping into Janey on the circuit , and because their daughter , Tracey , would meet a nicer class of young man in polo . |
| 33 | But one of the conditions set by the Japanese government was that its people should take part only if there were a ceasefire between the warring parties . |
| 34 | None of the solo piano music is here ( see below for that ) , but one of the ballets , Les Aventures de Mercure ( usually better known simply as ‘ Mercure ’ ) along with pieces such as Geneviève de Brabant and the curious Le Piège de Médusa make for absorbing and very entertaining listening . |
| 35 | There is a little evidence that the final choice lay between George Chase , the Bishop of Ripon , mature in years and experience , a scholar , solid , stable , absolutely reliable , shy , and at times remote , and Michael Ramsey , without experience , untried , but one of the leaders of a party in the Church and someone who would do more to represent learning among the bench of bishops . |
| 36 | Asked by his doctor if he had recovered from flu , he said that he was fine but one of the clocks was going badly , and would the doctor come and have a look at it as soon as it was possible . |
| 37 | Not particularly shocking in this day and age , perhaps , but one of the girls was only sixteen , two years below the legal age limit for having sex in Georgia — and he video-taped all the hot action , including some lesbian love-making between underage Jan Parsons and twenty-three-year-old Tara Seburt . |
| 38 | We have provided comics , magazines , records and cassettes ; we have installed comfortable seating and modern furniture , and have laid on numerous events and activities : we have been successful in updating our image , but one of the consequences of our success has been the degree to which we have attracted the rowdier elements of the local youth . |
| 39 | ‘ It is very enjoyable but one of the disadvantages is that when you start out you can be put low on a list after others and you may have to wait some time . |
| 40 | But one of the complaints that I was very bitter about was at that time I cycled to my work and they had paving stones in the bakery with the slits in them for to keep bikes . |
| 41 | But one of the demonstrators , Cat Wiener , said : ‘ One player got hit in the ear by an egg , and others ended up with flour all over them . ’ |
| 42 | Its twenty five years since the folk rock band Fairport Convention first got together and this year they 're planning a few suprises , but one of the stars will be missing . |
| 43 | But one of the reasons the jowl-wobbling old curmudgeon will certainly be missed at the microphone this season is that he , above all , made a decent , straightforward reporter 's fist of identifying the tourists on the field . |
| 44 | Erm but one of the reasons that , that we got the audience was , was so that they , they obviously the audience were prepared to pay for the fact that |
| 45 | All the garages on the bottom shelf are full , but one of the garages on the top shelf is empty . |
| 46 | A number of issues are raised in the paper , but one of the companies which has been at the receiving end and has been canvassed for views , says : ‘ Part of the document looks as if it has been drafted by British Gas . ’ |
| 47 | Not only are its policies extremely wasteful , but one of the companies that it set up is just collapsing , insolvent , and this is costing £8 a head to every community charge payer in the area . |
| 48 | But it must be repeated that this extensive social penetration by Iranians does not seem to have destroyed local autonomy or opportunities for office-holding by locals : thus the Amyzon inscription mentioned above certainly honours Iranians , but one of the archontes ( magistrates ) , has a Karian name ( Panamyes ) and so does Hyssollos the ‘ Treasurer of the Gods ’ and the ‘ mountain guard ’ Paes sun of Panamyes . |
| 49 | WORKING OUT : But one of the exercises on Lizzie Webb 's video could tear your ligaments , says TV 's Watchdog expert |
| 50 | But one of the ironies of life in the border districts was that it also produced Poles who became more German the more nearly they were incorporated into the Polish state , and Poles and Jews whose political opinions were so far to the right that only their ethnic , religious or national identity stood between them and the Nazi Party . |
| 51 | Schools should certainly be accountable , especially to parents and pupils , but one of the dangers of such a competitive approach to education is that the benefits of cooperation between schools and across LEAs will be lost . |
| 52 | The Telegraph , too , implies that British can be neatly distinguished from Irish , but one of the complexities of Britain and Ireland is that it is not that easy to do so . |
| 53 | But one of the councillors who has been revierwing the county 's homes has defended the move : |
| 54 | The court was told of a catalogue of filthy practises in the kitchen , but one of the owners says he 's been harshly treated |
| 55 | Yosemite followed in 1890 , but one of the wonders of the natural world remained fairly remote from the public until the turn of the century — the Grand Canyon was not made a National Park until 1906 . |
| 56 | ‘ So modern is this piece , ’ wrote The Stage , ‘ that part of the tale is played out on a giant ‘ TV ’ screen which is but one of the wonders provided by a futuristic Merlin 's time and talking-brain machine . |
| 57 | In that case , this would n't be Trastevere but one of the districts to the south where those two lines go , Portuense or EUR . |
| 58 | We were scared for them , but one of the men said it was a small drug . |
| 59 | I mean tha , is it all , you know , do we need all the time to have erm extra administrative help and in in , and in terms of which we 've been talking about before , I know they might sound like two conflicting issues but one of the ways of ensuring we get the work done is do we trying too much at the Synod ? |
| 60 | But one of the places where he would feel most at home is the room in which a vital part of the process that brought New Scientist to you last week was carried out . |