Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [be] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Sixties Galerie der Spiegel was one of the first in Cologne to show Americans such as Rauschenberg , Motherwell , Lichtenstein , the émigré Josef Albers , and Christo , as well as the European New Realists , Spoerri , Armand and Yves Klein . |
| 2 | Du Cann was one of a number of Tory ‘ knights of the shires ’ of the same vintage who made good from very modest beginnings . |
| 3 | So-called en primeur selling is one of the most amazing confidence tricks ever pulled . |
| 4 | Peter Scudamore is on record as saying that Sabin du Loir is one of the best horses he has ever ridden , and could have gone a long way towards towards justifying that high opinion but for falling in last year 's King George at Kempton when holding a healthy lead . |
| 5 | Billy , er Billy 's one of Billy 's daughter-in-laws , she , she does it part-time . |
| 6 | And the whole thing was wrecked the whole the the erm the floors in each er flat was one big circle of stone er about er it would 've been about twelve |
| 7 | Er diamond is one form . |
| 8 | I mean that was always a milkman used , there used to be er James was one of the milkmen down Palfrey , he used to come . |
| 9 | and his , his er son was one of the lads who worked in the office doing the middle turn , you see , and er I do n't know if he 's still alive . |
| 10 | Telford 's Change is one of my favourite TV memories . |
| 11 | The minimum price movement ( or tick size ) on a ST3 contract is one basis point ( i.e. 1/100 of l per cent or 0.01 per cent ) : . |
| 12 | Doctors admit Gemma 's case is one of the worst they 've seen , but they 're confident she will get better . |
| 13 | Edith Taylor 's story is one of the most extraordinary . |
| 14 | Madeleine Noble 's story is one of dedication to the elderly and needy . |
| 15 | Berg 's Wozzeck is one forerunner , but Britten and Mrs Piper deserve the accolade of being unconscious innovators . |
| 16 | You must learn to recognise when a woman 's look is one of despair , not lust . ’ |
| 17 | John Gay 's masterpiece is one of the blackest indictments of human nature in the repertoire and one of the most enjoyable . |
| 18 | She stayed in the apartment of Wilhelm Rosenberg at 261 East Tenth Street between First Avenue and Avenue A. It is a street of tenements and railroad apartments and Rosenberg 's apartment was one of these . |
| 19 | Independent director Jim Jarmusch : see Critic 's view Youki Kudoh and Masatoshi Nagase in a scene from Jim Jarmusch 's Mystery Train : see Critic 's view Ian McElhinney and Carol Scanlan in Reefer And The Model ( left ) and Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson in Back To The Future II : see Reviews , page 23 Julia Cameron 's God 's Will is one of the US independents screened at the London Film Festival : see Critic 's view |
| 20 | Last year 's summers was one of the hottest on record here yet two out of three men and 50 per cent of women never wore a sunscreen . |
| 21 | Artist 's intention is one of the criteria for the portrait posited by historians and theorists . |
| 22 | He says Ali 's mind is one hundred per cent , his motor functions like they should be . |
| 23 | Although the American people had long realised that Reagan 's administration was one of the most corrupt in the nation 's history , even the most hardened supporter was amazed by these revelations . |
| 24 | Lancia still ended the first day in the lead , but Alessandro Fiorio 's Integrale was one of the old-style standard versions that have dominated the world championship for the past two years . |
| 25 | But manager Gerry Murphy reckons their first ever piece of silverware will be the Junior Cup and says Carlisle 's coaching is one of the reasons why . |
| 26 | Sam 's boat was one of the last to sail in between the old forts , and Harry , who was standing at the end of the stone quay in order to crow over the birth of his son and demand payment of his winnings , saw with a twinge of jealousy that Gristy 's ketch was well down in the water . |
| 27 | Your husband 's ancestor was one of these . |
| 28 | Arthur 's Seat is one of the remnants of a long extinct volcano . |
| 29 | Sainsbury 's Homebase was one of three stores brought before Gloucester Magistrates Court by the City Council . |
| 30 | The story of Noah 's ark is one of the best known stories from the first chapters of Genesis . |