Example sentences of "[det] [prep] one of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have a very wide press in this country , and we count that as one of our freedoms . |
| 2 | So I can get loads of homework done and erm like I can count that as one of my nights in . |
| 3 | Scottish Natural Heritage has this as one of its commitments . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I do n't think those kids up there are going to count this as one of them . ’ |
| 5 | Three days later the matron had to take care of Clive Fairbrother , who lost half of one of his front teeth in what he claimed was a game of dormitory rugby after lights-out with Murray . |
| 6 | The editorial task , I might tell you , is half of one of your exam papers . |
| 7 | I 've had to turn half of one of my clerks over to fee earning work . |
| 8 | Kylie dismisses this with one of her favourite phrases , ‘ It 's the Tall Poppy syndrome , ’ she explains . |
| 9 | The poem , " Lavender Lily " , quoted in Chapter 5 , is an example of this from one of her classes . |
| 10 | Gustave writes this in one of his earliest letters to Louise Colet ; and over a seven-year period ( 1846–53 ) he makes occasional references to the planned autobiography . |
| 11 | We all went often to the cinema ; it was the great escape , and we drew comfort from , and identified with , films which ennobled or sentimentalised our situation — films such as One of our Aircraft is Missing , The Way to the Stars , and Mrs Miniver . |
| 12 | I wo n't go into all the grim details , but suffice it to say that when he laughed too much at one of his own jokes with his mouth full and a Chinese mushroom shot out of his nose … |
| 13 | Ibstock , however , as one of the largest and lowest cost producers , says that all bar one of its bricks plants are in the black . |
| 14 | Midgley booked five players — Strachan and Hodge of Leeds and Le Saux , Clarke and Wise of Chelsea — all but one of them for minor offences . |
| 15 | This was the final stage of a two-year investigation into the actions of five senators , all but one of them Democrats , who had intervened with regulators on Keating 's behalf at a time when he contributed some $1,300,000 to their campaigns and political causes . |
| 16 | All but one of them were black . |
| 17 | Pan American 's privileged position , and the British government 's perceived failure to assist BOAC 's own position , were so strongly resented by the British company that all but one of its directors resigned in protest in March 1943 . |
| 18 | History suggests that Hongkong Bank should expect the worst after 1997 ; it lost all but one of its 33 branches in mainland China in 1949 . |
| 19 | Seven out of ten of these employees worked for the seven largest employers , all but one of whom were in the motor vehicle , mechanical engineering and electrical engineering sectors . |
| 20 | The money will go to support Scottish composers , all but one of whom lives on native soil . |
| 21 | THIS TIME last year a crew of 50 descended on Caroline and Roger Shapland 's 17th-century Oxfordshire farmhouse , cut down the holly bush at the end of their drive , ripped up their carpets , removed their light switches and took over all but one of their bedrooms . |
| 22 | To date there have been eight experiments , all but one of which used photons rather than protons . |
| 23 | The Survey was conducted on seven selected days between 16 August and 9 September 1981 , all but one of which fell within the period of the Edinburgh International Festival . |
| 24 | We sat before him looking at him with respectful eyes ( that is , all but one of us , who usually went to sleep as soon as the class started ; she was not just closing her eyes , she was fast asleep ) . |
| 25 | ROMANY KING * , a model of consistency who has been placed in all but one of his 21 races over fences , may prove the value bet in today 's Martell Grand National ( 4.0 ) at Aintree . |
| 26 | Old Mr Jacobson emigrated to the Cape in 1880 after a quarrel with his wife , taking with him two of his four sons and all but one of his seven daughters . |
| 27 | But most buyers shunned difficult or contentious works to seek refuge in the more accessible and socially acceptable : Claude Bernard of Paris , for example , sold all but one of his large , figurative and totally undemanding oil paintings of forests by Nicaraguan artist Armando Morales at prices between FFr500,000 and FFr900,000 . |
| 28 | Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis and all but one of his ministers won the support of the Supreme Council in votes of no confidence held on Oct. 21 at the end of a three-week debate . |
| 29 | Right , okay , erm , there 's no mention of whether we should be keeping a copy of the final and I feel that we should have that in one of our procedures somewhere . |
| 30 | Did n't your detective johnnie come across something like that in one of your books ? ’ |