Example sentences of "one [prep] the [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the problems in the use of video-tapes is the lack of standardization and resulting incompatibility between equipment for the different systems . |
| 2 | One of the problems in the recognition of ‘ classics ’ is that the awe-inspiring label discourages periodical re-assessment . |
| 3 | It has been suggested by McCullough ( 1981 ) that one of the problems in viewing old age constructively lies in the model of development customarily used by those who write about the life cycle . |
| 4 | But one of the problems in the Maidstone area was parking on the footpath . |
| 5 | One of the problems in evaluating the changes brought about by the Conservative government since 1979 is that of disentangling long term trends from the direct effects of policy initiatives . |
| 6 | One of the problems in your case is , we 've never really been able to Cos i i When we when we 've examined you from time to time , things come and gone . |
| 7 | One of the problems in the Church today is caused by this very philosophy . |
| 8 | It was not an unhelpful intervention , Mr. Deputy Speaker , because one of the problems in dealing with the targeting of advertising is that advertisements aimed at adults will be less effective than the Minister may wish if they take account of the fact that children may be present . |
| 9 | One of the problems in the public sector is that no one keeps a balance sheet , so there is no proper record of maintenance costs and of depreciating assets — whereas the business man or woman who manages a private care home is alive to the importance of maintenance , and of protecting the value of that asset . |
| 10 | I would not disagree with that approach er one of the problems in dealing with this erm criterion by criterion is that er I ca n't refer to other points I 've made elsewhere on other aspects . |
| 11 | One of the problems in the US is that the restrictions on children and teenagers seeing certain types of film have traditionally been looser than in Britain . |
| 12 | ‘ One of the problems in the Scottish fleet is the availability of large boats , ’ said Dr Gordon . |
| 13 | What sort of thing — for instance , one of the problems in some areas might be that the buses erm do n't erm that there is an insufficient bus service late in the evening , so a lot of kids hang about waiting for a bus and get into trouble waiting . |
| 14 | One of the plays in which Vale appeared , Paul Clifford , or the The Highwayman of 1770 , or Crime and Ambition , featured a stagecoach and six real horses ‘ determined to have a run of some kind ’ . |
| 15 | Next year I am going to be very active in the theatre and I 've already this morning , sown the seed er for possibly er giving a particular performance er of one of the plays in this particular season I 'm going to do er for Save The Children Fund and I 've said |
| 16 | Indeed , one of the chapters in Mr Coupland 's book is titled ‘ I am not a target market ’ . |
| 17 | Hundreds of people have been auditioning this week for the chance to be one of the faces in the crowd . |
| 18 | I mean to move on silently escaping , but I crash straight into a trolley , pushed by a bloke looking like one of the heavyweights in a James Bond film , so I leap away at speed as he snarls after me and knock over a pile of bean tins . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She had become a school refuser , and Orkney Islands Education Department decided to offer her tutoring at home , and this was when one of the families in the case in question entered the picture . |
| 21 | One of the families in the child abuse case in Orkney is a Quaker family . |
| 22 | C Itoh Electronics , the trading house subsidiary which is one of the players in the Japanese X-terminal market has shed some light on last month 's story that Sun was considering building its own X-terminal ( UX No 399 ) . |
| 23 | Fletcher said : ‘ It 's a bit of a pity because he 's certainly one of the players in our thoughts but it 's no great problem I know his capabilities . |
| 24 | There are references to mustard in Shakespeare : it is the name of one of the fairies in A Midsummer Night 's Dream , Mustard-seed , and in Henry IV , Part 2 , Shakespeare refers to " Tewkesbury mustard " , Tewkesbury then being the centre for making it . |
| 25 | Perhaps he would have fared better if he pleaded one of the defences in section 24 ( see paragraphs 16–22 to 16–25 below ) . |
| 26 | For his defence , he would have to rely on one of the defences in section 24 ( paragraph 16–22 below ) , which would involve showing that he had taken all reasonable steps ( to withdraw the brochure etc. ) to avoid committing the offence . |
| 27 | Langer , with a final round of 68 , pipped Joe Maria Olazabal and one of the Americans in Stuttgart for the week , Payne Stewart , who finished joint second , one stroke adrift . |
| 28 | One of the trends in military publishing over recent years has been a move away from the hardware itself towards its operational use and the personal experiences of the men in the front line . |
| 29 | The bags were of that thinner kind of plastic they use for the bags that they give away at the supermarket , the free ones ; and now one of the bags in her right hand split and she just stood there helpless to stop them as three cans fell out and rolled across the concrete . |
| 30 | Can I jump from this , they 're all interconnected , over to question of magistrates , one of the questions in the notes , really , it points out that there are about , not quite , but er , about two third of magistrates are men , and about a third women , erm , is there , is that because of history , and shall , because they 're are more women than men , I mean logically , because there are more women than men in the community , there should be more women magistrates than men , should n't there , on the on the basis of presentation , I take it that , I do n't know the figures , but I take it that er , more and more women now are er , being , accepting , the called , of course , to be magistrate , you did n't have any choice once , do you in a way . |