Example sentences of "[conj] one of [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It will be argued that one of these types of variation involves the selection , by the context , of different units of sense , while the other type is a matter of contextual modification of a single sense .
2 Some philosophers deny the possibility of any fundamental conflict between justice and fairness because they believe that one of these virtues in the end derives from the other : Some say that justice has no meaning apart from fairness , that in politics , as in roulette , whatever happens through fair procedures is just .
3 The secondary issue , although one of supreme importance in terms of W. 's well-being , was what treatment should be authorised , if the court had the necessary jurisdiction .
4 Within the same department we might find more than one of these criteria in evidence .
5 Of course individual humanities disciplines make use of more than one of these types of computer study : the student of literary style will make statistical studies of the frequency of the lexical strings and grammatical features identified in his chosen text ; the historian may have occasion to search through and analyse the texts of his primary sources in machine-readable form .
6 It 's still fifty per cent less than one of those properties at Harrow Road , right ?
7 Messam , a machine operator , of Edmonton , north London , was being sentenced after being found guilty yesterday of four charges of rape involving three women , and one of indecent assault on a fourth .
8 The milk bottle on the kitchen table , the women knitting and despising their menfolk with brilliant bitter humour , the crowded nights in the Underground station , all capture that incomparable spirit of the Londoner , and one of glorious Londoner in particular — Vi , the courageous mother of the Kray twins .
9 Two of 16 patients in the cyclosporin group and one of 10 patients in the placebo group had moderately active colitis at entry into the study .
10 He is quite definitely one of the most important jazz figures to emerge this side of the Atlantic and one of that handful of European musicians to achieve ‘ World Class ’ status .
11 Eightsome Reel , and all the And then a waltz and one of those kind of things .
12 Three little ducklings on there and a big duck and one of those ducks in there .
13 Cedria is a full-time volunteer and one of national network of volunteers .
14 A year ago we came from Nashville , Tennessee , USA , transferred by Jeff 's employer , Cigna , Inc. , for a couple of years — a temporary move , but one of great significance in our lives .
15 First it must not lead us into a relativist position regarding Scripture as but one of many revelations of God .
16 Born near Scarborough on May 13 , 1951 , Selina was brought up as one of four children in a middle-class family where her mother was a journalist and her father a police officer .
17 However , very few of the teachers even recognized the issue as one of professional concern at the start of the project , and most of the first two years was spent in establishing the educational importance of the issue and working towards the development of feasible intervention strategies .
18 Robert subscribed to Belfast 's New White Linen Hall in 1782 — a gesture marking him out as one of that group of successful and civic-minded merchants , for which Belfast was then noted .
19 [ W ] e shall refer to such a social structure as one of primary rules of obligation .
20 The Bible is treated as one of many sources of faith , but many tend to dismiss the bits they dislike while embracing the more comforting sayings .
21 There is a growing tendency to use Landsat images as one of many layers of information within a Geographical Information System ( Chapter 7 ) .
22 In summary , the main features of the architecture are as follows : the problem is viewed as one of directed search of a graph , this search space being contained within a single global data structure , the Chart .
23 You were as indistinguishable from a distance as one of these blades of grass , and who was to say more important ?
24 The most troublesome cases are provided where the problem is identified by pluralists as one of incomplete integration into the central value-system resulting in a state of backwardness in the outlying regions which may t e permanent .
25 Hallgarth , in Acklam , Middlesbrough , was named this week as one of three schools with pupils causing trouble on bus services including pupils opening emergency doors , throwing missiles , spitting and swearing .
26 In particular , it is the basis for estimating how shareholders , who can more easily conceive of their investment problem as one of switching funds between alternative projects , will evaluate projects .
27 Most of all , Mann seems to show America 's past as one of ritualised claims of violence and revenge , chains Eastwood 's Unforgiven calls psychotic .
28 The plucky youngster , of Parkside , Ladgate Lane , is in London as one of ten finalists in the Smarties Young Junior of the Year national handwriting competition .
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