Example sentences of "was one [prep] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detective Constable Keetly was one of several officers who saw him searching the banks of the river near the spot where the car disappeared . |
| 2 | A decade later he was one of several bishops to oppose the controversial regime of Peter des Roches , bishop of Winchester [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | The Melrose saga began earlier this year when he was one of several players , including former Wallaby Mitchell Cox , who applied for reinstatement to play the game . |
| 4 | He was one of several players to make their debut for the province while still at school . |
| 5 | Hateley was one of several players banned from Ibrox until yesterday in the wake of last Saturday 's defeat from Celtic that brought to an end Rangers ' run of 44 games without loss . |
| 6 | The proposed line of the barrage was one of several options considered in the early feasibility studies . |
| 7 | Brian Harley , with a failed marriage behind him , was one of several golfers on the tour who were renowned for their ability to pull the women . |
| 8 | Boohaker 's NALA was one of several groups affiliated to the national Council of Lebanese-American Organizations ( CLAO ) headed by Joseph Esseff , of Los Angeles , California , whose wife |
| 9 | Certification in European projects was one of several topics discussed . |
| 10 | A Banking Act ( June 1933 ) , setting up a federal corporation to insure bank deposits , was one of several reforms aimed to tighten up business practices . |
| 11 | She was one of several students whose work has been recognised in the college 's annual business and professional studies awards scheme . |
| 12 | Tom was one of several demonstrators who tried to block round a horsebox at the end of the meeting . |
| 13 | The decision to resumetalks was one of several indications of improving relations during July . |
| 14 | He was one of several men from the Midlands in Palace sides of the early and mid-1920s and had joined us from Coventry City in July 1922 , as part of a complex six-player exchange deal negotiated between the clubs by Palace boss Mr Edmund Goodman . |
| 15 | The man was one of several patients at Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside allowed the privilege . |
| 16 | This was one of several occasions on which Norman has been beaten by shots sunk from off the green at the decisive moment . |
| 17 | He was one of several candidates vying to become only the 14th editor in the publication 's 128-year history . |
| 18 | Sir Bernard 's address was one of several contributions which assisted delegates in a number of workshops . |
| 19 | The pink second class single illustrated was one of several examples of North Eastern Railway tickets still on sale for up to 30 years after that company had passed into history . |
| 20 | Ramapithecus was one of several primates , such as the baboons , which came down from the trees to develop terrestrial living . |
| 21 | But in more robust days , you would have been more likely to come upon a coven up there , since the summit of La Rhune was one of several places in the Basque lands where witches were held to convene during the very ugly years of persecution early in the seventeenth century — then it was , according to the local inquisitors , that English and Scottish travellers arriving by sea in Bordeaux saw veritable armies of devils making their way towards south-western France . |
| 22 | The new policy was one of several steps taken by the government to defuse criticism of its testing program . |