Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] one [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also in London 's Burning , in one episode the lads are watching one of the legs of the semi of the Rumbelows in 1992 vs scum and Bayleaf gives a shout of disapproval when a Leeds player is dispossessed … |
| 2 | Richard was to prove one of the most enigmatic of kings . |
| 3 | 17 April : Strange news : the Sun is sponsoring one of the challengers for the Labour leadership : ‘ Sun man 's bid to be Labour leader ’ . |
| 4 | The task of reconciling the various movements and factions was considered one of the most difficult he would face in the months ahead . |
| 5 | Sterilization is becoming one of the most important methods of contraception among women of childbearing years , and the normal method of contraception for couples where the woman is aged over 30 . |
| 6 | An alternative method of distribution is to use one of the agencies which specialist in the delivery of media releases . |
| 7 | This was not , of course , just a Protestant response , although it benefited the Protestants that the great Catholic powers of France and Spain should tear one another apart ; their temporary truce in 1556 had been regarded as a significant reversal to the cause of reform , and when the war was renewed one of the leading English preachers , Christopher Goodman , was to urge the English not to fight for Spain , just as Knox urged the Scots not to fight for France . |
| 8 | well I do n't know how they work it , but I should n't get a bad one , it should be okay , I mean my dad 's gon na give me money anyway , so , I mean if I , London City so Phil was saying one of the best in the country he says that , so hopefully if they , they give me an offer , the others should as well |
| 9 | In 1782 Warltire was elected one of the first forty-five honorary members of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society , the others including such illustrious men as Antoine Lavoisier , Alessandro Volta , and Benjamin Franklin . |
| 10 | As it happened , the visit occurred on a day when southern Saskatchewan was experiencing one of the heaviest snow blizzards in years . |
| 11 | Ireland at this period was suffering one of the greatest tragedies of its history — the Great Famine . |
| 12 | During his long reign Louis was to prove one of the most effective of early medieval rulers . |
| 13 | Enhanced by Picasso 's growing fame , Juan Gris ( 1887–1927 ) left his native Spain for Paris in 1906 , and in the following years was to become one of the leading artists of the Cubist movement . |
| 14 | This concept of proportionality was to become one of the key issues in the debates in the late 1920s regarding the formulation of the Soviet First Five Year Plan , as we shall see . |
| 15 | Instead , it was just one of 11 qualifications they sought , with the ability to listen to and act on what customers were saying one of the ones highlighted . |
| 16 | Two-Can is to become one of the early publishing entrants into the multimedia market this spring . |
| 17 | Under the 1643 ordinance to control printing , Bachilor was appointed one of the twelve divines empowered to license books of divinity . |
| 18 | Richard Coburn was wearing one of the T-shirts the day police arrested him . |
| 19 | Nor had the sudden coolness between himself and Mrs J. Roscoe escaped most of the other tourists ; indeed , this development was proving one of the few topics of conversation as the coach accelerated along the dual carriageway towards Woodstock . |
| 20 | The Punters ' No. 1 paper is sponsoring one of the highlights on the card , the Andy Capp Handicap . |
| 21 | An excellent method is to use one of the sponge filters which are operated by an air pump and can easily be regulated — plus the fry can graze upon the minute particles of food and organisms which colonise the sponge . |
| 22 | … The food was delicious , the drink unlimited ; and in spite of the dated dance records and battered furniture , the flat was considered one of the smartest places to be seen in Cairo . |
| 23 | Cy McCray was riding one of the joint favourites and , somewhat to her surprise , Harry Short had retained Damien Gould to ride Heraldic , a three-year-old with negligible form . |
| 24 | TEENAGE vandals are targeting one of the few leisure facilities in north Belfast . |
| 25 | JEFFREY Archer is to sign one of the biggest deals in British publishing history for more than £3 million a year . |
| 26 | A sharp downturn in 1920–1 was aggravated and by the middle of 1921 Britain was experiencing one of the worst recessions in its history , with unemployment rising to 2.4 million in May in that year ( 22 per cent of the insured labour force ) . |
| 27 | Rather than being the workshop of the world , Britain was becoming one of the world 's secretarial colleges , with priority given to non-manual clerical and service occupation . |
| 28 | He 'd been expecting tight security at the entrance , but in the event the gates were open and unmanned , and a passing employee directed him along a concrete road leading to the garage where a man in blue overalls was washing one of the Fiat saloons . |
| 29 | My particular role erm in the operation was to carry one of the ballistic shields erm and I also erm during the briefing was informed that I would be the first person through the front door and consequent consequently to the door of the master bedroom . |
| 30 | Both men were betraying one of the most feared occupational hazards amongst MPs — debater 's droop . |