Example sentences of "of the [det] [noun] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here are set out for the benefit of a person intending to become a candidate a few of the many matters which must be complied with in order that the candidature shall be declared valid by the returning officer . |
| 2 | Just how consistent it is with the prevailing relationship of disabled people to our able-bodied society comes clear when you look at some of the many questions which can be raised . |
| 3 | There was a momentary hesitation while he considered the implications , but it was one of the many challenges he could n't let go . |
| 4 | Last night , Amaranth Wilikins had told Grunte that she had yet to make up her mind in which of the many debates she would try to speak . |
| 5 | Tennis is just one of the many sports you can enjoy at Springs(3) . |
| 6 | When she retires next month , challenging behaviour will be only one of the many items she will have been able to put a tick next to on the learning difficulties agenda , although she would the last to claim there is nothing left to do . |
| 7 | These are just two of the many examples which could be quoted of the controlling and interacting forces at work in nature and of the subtle interlinking with occurs throughout the natural world and which maintains the state of order on this planet . |
| 8 | Bewildering and distressing is a fitting description of the many symptoms which can accompany the menopause . |
| 9 | Because of the latter requirement there can not be a double charge to tax on the same income ( s744 ) . |
| 10 | One of the several things we would advise any visitor to San Gimignano to do is to be in its main square , Piazza della Cisterna , towards evening when the light of the setting sun tinges the buildings with delicate colours . |
| 11 | Analysts also believe that the majority of the those people who would not disclose how they were going to vote were more likely to be Conservative than Labour . |
| 12 | It 's another place which needs treating — if you like with some of the same rules you would apply inside . |
| 13 | One of the few things he could instantly recall from his own brief marriage was his wife 's grilling a kipper on a gridiron over the fire . |
| 14 | ONE OF the few things you can do more efficiently in an aircraft than anywhere else is get drunk . |
| 15 | One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation . |
| 16 | He knew I worked with Malcolm because he was one of the few teachers I could have a conversation with about something more than homework or football . |
| 17 | AB : I would be a fool if I did n't say Schenker was one of the few analysts we can rate seriously . |
| 18 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 19 | One of the few places we could go to on the camp at Binbrook without risk of being observed by the hierarchy was the Station cinema . |
| 20 | And because he was slightly dim , or at least vulnerable and kind and easily led , being one of the few people I could mock and dominate with impunity , we became mates . |
| 21 | And she suddenly realized that Derek Fairfax was one of the few people who would view matters in the same light as her . |
| 22 | Zaria was one of the few people who could control her when she had the moods . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm one of the few people who can really claim to have gone with Noakes . ’ |
| 24 | Ken is one of the few people who can stun me into being ungrammatical . |
| 25 | Yardley was proud that he was one of the few bowlers who could claim to have dismissed Bradman three times in Tests . |
| 26 | That is a fact , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , one of the few facts I can swear to , though I find it impossible to explain . |