Example sentences of "one [prep] [det] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one of many graphic illustrations of the damage we are inflicting on the Earth to be found in Jonathon Porritt 's Save the Earth ( Dorling Kindersly , £14.99 ) . |
| 2 | We biologists have assimilated the idea of genetic evolution so deeply that we tend to forget that it is only one of many possible kinds of evolution . |
| 3 | The problem of how the several self-seeking individuals may combine to form an elite group is one of many loose ends in Pareto 's writings . |
| 4 | A Cuckoo Pint is one of many poisonous plants from Wales , some of which have medicinal uses |
| 5 | One of many touching images from A Cry from the Wild ( Macdonald , £13.95 ) , by Lissa Ruben . |
| 6 | One of many unexpected problems during the holiday . |
| 7 | The famous composer Wagner was just one of many illustrious visitors to the town , finding inspiration at the 11th century Villa Rufolo for Kingsor 's Magic Gardens in ‘ Parsifal ’ . |
| 8 | Although this was the grandest , Bering 's voyage of discovery was only one of many scientific expeditions in the eighteenth century , and through the efforts of government-sponsored explorers and private entrepreneurs — the latter seeking not so much scientific information as further killing grounds in the pursuit of the lucrative sea otter — Russia 's political and commercial power began to reach out beyond the Siberian landmass across the northern Pacific , taking in the Aleutian and Kuril Islands , Russian America ( the present Alaska ) , as well as establishing trading settlements down the western coast of America , and even making a short-lived foray into the Hawaiian archipelago . |
| 9 | And there was one of many heartrending stories about a doctor . |
| 10 | Gay lovers are just one of many different types of households in a multi-cultural world . |
| 11 | Managing Director , Alan Campbell , explained : ‘ It 's one of many diverse activities of our export business ranging from sending urgent parcels by air to project shipping which entails the transportation of bulk and bulk cargo . |
| 12 | It is impossible to read any one of such referenced files from LIFESPAN without all the others . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The 17-year-old is one of several young men at Celtic Park — Eddie Gray 's son , Stuart , is another — catching the eye . |
| 15 | Fayol 's analysis of management functions is only one of several similar types of analysis . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This was just one of several anxious comments about the changes which had occurred in population during the inter-war years . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But it is one of several such equations in the Education Reform Act . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Using the concentration of chemicals is just one of several possible ways of specifying position . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Robert Boyle [ q.v. ] was one of several distinguished members of the societies . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This is a major ‘ breakthrough ’ in medical science , and is one of several important developments in medical genetics in the very recent past . |
| 26 | It is but one of several dozen churches in that country promoting impressive musical programmes . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | If so , then I shall cancel my subscription to , New Scientist and take out one of those half-price offers on Nature which are so abundant at the moment . |
| 29 | It was one of those all-purpose knives with a flick blade sharp as a razor . |
| 30 | This one uses the word niveau , which he does not know , as though it is an English word , one of those border-hopping words like ambience . |