Example sentences of "one [prep] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | One about Oliver 's age and one about five . |
| 2 | Sumisho Electronics Corp is is to distribute the parallel database servers from Bracknell , Berkshire-based White Cross Systems Ltd in Japan : three orders worth £750,000 have been placed for the 9010 Deskside Server — two for customers , one for Sumisho 's own Tokyo office . |
| 3 | come to think of it I do n't think I bought me dad one for father 's day |
| 4 | THE GALLERY , one of Adam 's most magnificent decorative schemes , extends over the whole west end of the house and provides an elegant ambience , with excellent acoustics , for chamber music . |
| 5 | He even has his own chair in the lounge , close to the fire , and it is decorated with a beautifully embroidered head cloth , displaying his auspicious title , the handsome work of one of Scourie 's regular lady guests . |
| 6 | Construction of a massive hydro-electric project on one of Tibet 's largest freshwater lakes is proceeding at speed despite fears that it could lead to ecological disaster . |
| 7 | We borrowed some paint from one of Otley 's Ancient Britons , Gilbert Briggs , who was painting his windowsill , and the job was done . |
| 8 | The next morning I borrowed some jeans and sandals from Elinor and wore one of Otley 's tropical shirts with bananas and palm trees all over it . |
| 9 | This was one of Rona 's showpieces , and in fair weather would be the archetypal cave of smuggling fiction . |
| 10 | We liked to think that this was one of Rona 's sentinels seeing us off the premises . |
| 11 | And religious leaders played their part too , with Imams preaching the call to immunisation from every one of Turkey 's 54,000 mosques . |
| 12 | Although the Foreign Ministry on April 14 had said that full membership of the EC continued to be one of Turkey 's " main foreign policy goals " , the European press noted that the Turkish government now accepted that " purely demographic considerations " precluded Turkey from early passage to full membership . |
| 13 | He smiled at himself in one of Karen 's mirrors . |
| 14 | The EC had , among other things , ( i ) financed the construction of a road through one of Zaïre 's forests so as to increase production at a meat processing plant ; ( ii ) financed timber extraction projects in Equatorial Guinea designed to quadruple timber production over the next four years ; and ( iii ) financed the Carajás iron ore project in the state of Pará , Brazil , which had destroyed much of the Amazon rainforest , had led to the deaths of 1,000 Indians after the opening up of their habitat 10 years earlier and had consumed 4,000,000 tonnes of charcoal each year to smelt the iron ore into pig iron . |
| 15 | ‘ One of Anwar 's relatives was behaving weirdly towards me , ’ she said . |
| 16 | North of the city runs a huge sandy beach , bays and undeveloped coves ; to the west lies one of Sardinia 's great natural wonders — the dramatic cliffs and views of Capo Caccia with two huge rock formations in the sea . |
| 17 | But it continued to trade at a loss and in November 1987 the Society implemented one of PW 's original recommendations by calling in its loan . |
| 18 | One of Owen 's Sudanis put a hand over his mouth preventing him . |
| 19 | After the interview Andrus , much to his surprise , had been released ; but when he left Mahmoud 's office one of Owen 's agents had followed on behind him . |
| 20 | Autoquote , regarded as a world leader in the field of accident repair software systems , is described as being so comprehensive that if one coughs in one of Heggie 's workshops it immediately shows up on one of the system 's screens with a cost attached . |
| 21 | There 's nothing like one of Pilot 's thorough , independent flight test evaluations for telling you how an aeroplane handles . |
| 22 | In those years , he visited Vienna and met one of Meli 's relatives , Lotti Meitner-Graf — who became a firm friend of the couple . |
| 23 | ONE of Norfolk 's oldest houses , a twelfth-century converted priory at Horsham St Faith , five miles outside Norwich , has come up for sale through the Prudential ( 0603 761600 ) for £350,000 The house 's rarity is reflected in its Grade I listed status . |
| 24 | But she failed to recognise the businessman who has become one of Norfolk 's most famous sons , the county where she has her Sandringham estate . |
| 25 | And in turning the fear into laughter by speaking it out , she is participating in one of comedy 's most valuable functions : that of disrupting the status quo . |
| 26 | I eventually ended up on Live From The Palladium as one of comedy 's bright young hopes . ’ |
| 27 | Poked one of Zambia 's orifices . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's to match Gisela 's nose , ’ he explains ( Gisela is one of Karl 's new model discoveries ) . |
| 29 | It was a buffalo , one of Africa 's most unpredictable and dangerous animals , out of sight but just a few feet away from where we were standing . |
| 30 | The name Empire Flying-boat rings with nostalgia and is linked forever with exotic destinations , superb food , attentive service and surfing to a halt on one of Africa 's great lakes or the brilliant waters of a tropical sea . |