Example sentences of "was one [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chairman , for example , was one of no fewer than five Irish Americans to have held the top job in UM . |
| 2 | The Motion was one of no confidence in the Government . |
| 3 | Des was one of a litter of seven pups found at the EFI compound at Jubail . |
| 4 | In rehearsal Rowicki 's method was one of a patient but relentless taskmaster . |
| 5 | Mr Havel was one of a handful of people who knew of Mr Devaty 's decision in advance . |
| 6 | Back in Britain a year or two later , I was one of a panel collected to perform before a group of young Americans who were paying Richard Demarco , Edinburgh 's most flamboyant cultural entrepreneur , for the privilege of drinking the wisdom of the New Scottish Enlightenment at source . |
| 7 | Within the Western tradition of art we tend to take it for granted that much can be learned from the study of the art of the past and , traditionally , copying from the works of the Great Masters was one of a young student 's most important tasks . |
| 8 | The 63 was one of a handful of four-wheel-drive cars that saw brief service in 1969 before they were parked in at the end of the blind alley into which their manufacturers had ventured . |
| 9 | Equally productive , though somewhat more sophisticated , was James Williamson , a former portrait photographer and lanternist who was one of a group of filmmakers gathered in Brighton . |
| 10 | At the end of the second world war he was one of a small band which went to Moscow to negotiate with Stalin an agreed programme for ‘ liberated ’ Czechoslovakia . |
| 11 | Mr Trippier was one of a number of European government ministers who attended the conference and spoke of their committment to compensate developing countries for the expense they would have to entail in order to avoid adding to an ecological disaster that has been created by industrialised states . |
| 12 | Research in Taiwan showed that dill was one of a number of plants which , when intercropped with cabbage , reduced infestation by diamond back moth . |
| 13 | Britain was one of a number of European countries to take part in the annual sea dumping , which included the disposal of radioactive materials used in hospitals and research laboratories as well as waste from nuclear power . |
| 14 | John Thomson was one of a small number of photographers , who seems to have been motivated by a genuine desire to ‘ document ’ . |
| 15 | At least , this was the opinion of Dugdale , writing a hundred years later ; but it should be remembered that he was one of a long line of propagandists for land drainage , and that , while localized deterioration must have taken place , there is also ample evidence of the activities of the courts of sewers and of individual enterprise by secular landlords . |
| 16 | The large settee , upholstered in dark blue material , was one of a suite with three matching armchairs . |
| 17 | She seemed unable to appreciate the fact that Henry himself was one of a threatened species , even though that threat was treated with contempt by most ecologists and nearly all women . |
| 18 | The house was one of a number in a terrace . |
| 19 | One of the major figures of the Industrial Revolution , Arkwright was one of a poor Lancashire family of thirteen children . |
| 20 | The state of our affairs in India , in consequence of our false economy in the way of troops and ships , was one of a very serious character . |
| 21 | Jack Alderson was one of a number of excellent goalkeepers to have served Crystal Palace FC , and is the only one to have gained full England International honours while with our club . |
| 22 | He later became the senior trainer , served the Palace under ten managers and was one of a few staff left at Selhurst during World War Two . |
| 23 | During the Second World War Dall was one of a dozen experts called to Farnborough to examine the wreckage of a V2 rocket that had crashed in Sweden on a test flight . |
| 24 | Wendy was one of a steady stream of would-be bellringers who visited St. Mary 's Church , Bramshott in answer to the appeal for more people able to join the team . |
| 25 | About 5 o'clock on the morning of 8th October , 1835 , he was one of a group of men working underground when the rock above them began to ‘ groan and grumble ’ , indicating to the experienced miners that it was settling and about to fall on top of them . |
| 26 | Tommy was one of a number of boys , and he also had one sister . |
| 27 | Robert was one of a large family . |
| 28 | It was one of a pair . |
| 29 | The history of the Earth before about 2.5 billion years ago was one of a high rate of heat-loss mainly through vertical tectonic motions . |
| 30 | Dustin was one of a long line of candidates being screen-tested in a ten-minute scene with Katharine Ross . |