Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [be] one " in BNC.
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1 | Said widow and her late husband had been kind to on his 1991 visit to the USA , and had originally met via very old friends of ours here — husband of whom had been one of Jack 's first students in New Zealand in about 1950 ! |
2 | Mr Alan Houghton , group director of the Selby mine complex , of which Stillingfleet is one of five collieries , said : ‘ Everybody knew exactly what we were doing . |
3 | The risk of something collapsing is one type of risk and is similar to the risk of a ship going down , an aircraft crashing or the price of gold plummeting . |
4 | And I think behind him had been one of the older woodchucks and João the electrician , except they 'd made themselves scarce commodities . |
5 | The key to this remarkable turnaround in what has been one of the most restrictive industries is , of course , PostScript . |
6 | It seems to me to have been one of the greatest tragedies in the Province in the 27 months I have been Secretary of State . |
7 | Their ability and desire to get an education and earn a living for themselves has been one of the most dramatic changes in recent years . |