Example sentences of "one [prep] several [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boboli is only one of several historic gardens in or close to Florence which are in a lamentable state of maintenance : these include the Giardino dei Semplici , that of the Villa Medicea at Castello , and Pratolino , which is being restored . |
| 2 | The 17-year-old is one of several young men at Celtic Park — Eddie Gray 's son , Stuart , is another — catching the eye . |
| 3 | Fayol 's analysis of management functions is only one of several similar types of analysis . |
| 4 | Operating from one of several palatial villas in Marbella , Spain , al-Kassar was publicly one of the DEA 's most wanted fugitives and privately one of the CIA 's most useful ‘ capabilities ’ , having supplied hundreds of tons of US and Eastern bloc arms to Iran , as part of Oliver North 's efforts to secure the release of American hostages , and to the Nicaraguan Contras as part of Oliver North 's efforts to unseat the Sandinistas . |
| 5 | This was just one of several anxious comments about the changes which had occurred in population during the inter-war years . |
| 6 | Through the arches is Piazza Cavour , named after the hero of the Risorgimento , a piazza that gives on to the Giardini Pubblici ( Public Gardens ) , one of several splendid oases of green in the city . |
| 7 | But it is one of several such equations in the Education Reform Act . |
| 8 | The film became the American entry , by invitation , into that year 's Venice film festival and the New York Times ' critic , Bosley Crowther , summed up his nation 's embarrassment when he described it as a ‘ brutal picture which caused diplomats to mop their brows — a vicious account of boozing , fighting , pot-smoking , vandalizing and raping done by a gang of sickle riders who are obviously drawn to represent the swastika-wearing Hell 's Angels , one of several disreputable gangs on the west coast . |
| 9 | Using the concentration of chemicals is just one of several possible ways of specifying position . |
| 10 | It is also possible however that the proteasome is only one of several proteolytic enzymes with the capacity to digest cytosolic antigen into class I-binding peptides . |
| 11 | Robert Boyle [ q.v. ] was one of several distinguished members of the societies . |
| 12 | Ex parte CM was one of several important cases in this field , and demonstrates the determination of some parents to secure appropriate provision for their child . |
| 13 | This is a major ‘ breakthrough ’ in medical science , and is one of several important developments in medical genetics in the very recent past . |
| 14 | It is but one of several dozen churches in that country promoting impressive musical programmes . |
| 15 | At the rear of the area was the Romanian national football stadium , now only one of several large arenas for the sport in the capital . |