Example sentences of "[be] one of the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could never , as she said , pretend to be one of the boys in a skirt . |
| 2 | We seek to promote non-proliferation and disarmament , and that will be one of the matters to be discussed at the United Nations Security Council meeting that I shall chair next week . |
| 3 | Today , even the most traditional courses in English Literature do not , as a rule , include the English Bible , reasonably thought to be one of the masterpieces of our literature . |
| 4 | It was Maria Luigia who commissioned the building of the Teatro Regio , with its white and gold and red plush interior , and appointed Paganini , who had lived in Parma since the age of twelve , to be one of the directors of her orchestra , at that time the finest in all Italy . |
| 5 | By 1.3.9 , Nn can be written as a product of finitely many primes [ i.e. irreducibles ] unc say , where each ti must be one of the primes from the complete list |
| 6 | Freedom of movement for individuals will be one of the cornerstones of the new Europe , enshrined in the single Europe act , due to come into effect on the first of January 1993 . |
| 7 | He thought it must be one of the maids with some food sent up by Claudia . |
| 8 | This proved to be one of the sources of its downfall : there came a point when failure to come up with the goods , rationalised by ‘ the need for more research ’ , began to sound a little hollow and begged the asking of more fundamental questions . |
| 9 | I used to be one of the allocators over there as well |
| 10 | They were keen that their ideas should become incorporated into the ACRU/Guy 's Hospital proposal and that Ipswich should be one of the locations in which the project was carried out . |
| 11 | No doubt this draper 's ‘ Rep ’ would have cut a bit of a dashing figure in the big city in his way , replete with some of the family charm and salesmanship which we have assumed to be one of the hallmarks of William Charles himself . |
| 12 | There is a great deal of potential here for criminalising conduct that amounts to little more than arguing with a policeman , which it should be one of the aims of public order law to prevent . |
| 13 | The introduction of a new procedure for judicial review in the Court of Session in 1985 provides a unique opportunity to answer these questions and this will be one of the aims of the research . |
| 14 | It is clear from unofficial remarks by Sony that they see the initial market in ‘ interactive music ’ applications and there is little doubt that the hi-fi stereo music capabilities of the player will be one of the keys to early mass market success . |
| 15 | The County Ground should be bursting with people … and bubbling with excitement tomorrow as Swindon take on league leaders Newcastle United … it 's got to be one of the games of the season … one of the great battles … |
| 16 | He knew it was unlikely that he would ever see the true Ireland again because he was being taken to the place that many people believed to be one of the Gateways to the Dark Ireland . |
| 17 | Yes , I think there is a fair point there but er I do n't know whether you listeners appreciate that nobody at all , whether disabled or not will have to repay the student loan after they 've graduated if their income is below 85% of the national average wage , which is currently 11,500 pounds , er we are recognising that they do face some additional costs er when they 've graduated and that should be taken into account and that will be one of the things in our concession . |
| 18 | That of course can be one of the joys of travel . |
| 19 | It would be a great honour but at the moment I want to concentrate on my game and just be one of the members of the team . ’ |
| 20 | The problem of prostitution will have to be one of the priorities of the FDR-FMLN after they take power . |
| 21 | Yes , I hope that the Labour party is anxious that reference to patients should be one of the priorities of the unions which claim to represent health service staff . |
| 22 | I hope that achieving that capacity will be one of the priorities of the new police committee . |
| 23 | City of Truro which will be one of the stars of the Taunton 150 celebrations . |
| 24 | There he met and came under the influence of one of the instructors , Professor Virgil Magureanu , who was to be one of the judges at the trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu , thirteen years later . |
| 25 | That would be one of the questions to be asked . |
| 26 | How far that can be mitigated by more sensitive evaluation of the distinctive contribution individual old people may have still to make , should be one of the questions for all workers in this field to address as they go about their daily work . |
| 27 | Hundreds of people have been auditioning this week for the chance to be one of the faces in the crowd . |
| 28 | Thus in university towns and cities , there is often comparatively little gonorrhoea compared with the large urban areas , where shifting populations seem to be one of the reasons for an increased prevalence of the venereal diseases . |
| 29 | The absence of a repetitive , frequent , easily recognisable motor pattern in the colon may be one of the reasons for the lack of data on colon motor activity in paediatric patients . |
| 30 | Could you be one of the owners of this cottage they 're talking about ? ’ |