Example sentences of "[vb mod] to be one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This used to be one of my lucky venues and I have some real nice memories of bagging sessions and wads of notes . |
| 2 | Plymouth Drake : tough fight for Dame Janet Fookes in seat that used to be one of most marginal in Britain ; though Lib Dem Val Cox needs only a four per cent swing , Labour barrister Peter Telford has best hopes . |
| 3 | The adapter , Andy de la Tour , used to be one of the unfunniest comedians on the alternative cabaret circuit , a chap with a black hole where his sense of humour ought to be . |
| 4 | The Blackbuck used to be one of the most numerous of the grassland plains animals of the Indian sub-continent . |
| 5 | She used to be one of that Rajneesh lot , she always lives in communes , and Linda told me she was looking for somewhere . |
| 6 | The continued squeeze on defence procurement , combined with a demand for ever-more complex weaponry , has encouraged NATO to think the once-unthinkable : a code of practice for defence companies that should wring better value for money out of what used to be one of the capitalist world 's most protected and pampered industries . |
| 7 | The Martin Gropius building is an imposing brick block , which stands on what used to be one of the borders between East and West Berlin . |
| 8 | Balm used to be one of the most important herbs in the garden , as it is a strongly bee-orientated plant . |
| 9 | Scotswood Road and the Armstrong Vickers factory used to be one of the busiest places in Newcastle , ( it even earned a mention in one of the best known Geordie songs — hence the programme 's title ) with the factory employing most of the residents . |
| 10 | ‘ Poor Evelina used to be one of the most fashionable women in Perugia , ’ Cinzia explained . |
| 11 | Coventry used to be one of the best teams in England … they 've won the cup twice … now they 're in the second division and they had a hard time on saturday … five penalty kicks saw them through … with three tries … none of which were that dazzling … it was Hereford who entertained … their last try was something special something to remember … |
| 12 | I used to be one of the allocators over there as well |
| 13 | She used to be one of my best friends . |
| 14 | he used to be one of them in America . |
| 15 | The Sports Council will await Universiade GB 's concurrence with the deal before nominating their man , but it ought to be one of their members with business acumen — which means either David Simon of BP , who is most unlikely to have the time , Raymond Michel , formerly with a distillery , or Norman Jacobs , a partner in one of Britain 's largest firms of solicitors . |
| 16 | But joy of joys , the New Moon in Scorpio on the 29th and some stunning planetary aspects in early November should spark off some kind of personal revival and no matter how many times you have been let down or left in the lurch in the past , emotionally this can and ought to be one of the happiest times you have ever known . |
| 17 | As can be seen from table 2 , practical exercises ought to be one of the best methods for library user education . |
| 18 | The grazing question ought to be one of firm public policy , stated from the top . |
| 19 | This ought to be one of the easier local economic problems to solve ! |
| 20 | But it is an option that I certainly would n't want to discount at this particular er stage erm because it depends on so many er factors , it depends for example whether er the site that er has been identified for up to two thousand and six , and which is developed up to two thousand and six , has the physical capacity to expand beyond two thousand and six , and I think that that ought to be one of the considerations perhaps that we ought to look at as we move towards the identification erm er of the new settlement , conversely , it could well be that ought to be looking at a second new settlement in a different location , erm I ca n't give an answer , a definitive answer , what I can say is , coming back again er to Mr Brook , this sort of issue er will not be picked up in nineteen eighty eight or nineteen eighty nine , er if we are all alive and kicking in North Yorkshire and the District Councils we will be looking at it regularly , we 'll be looking at it in two years time , one years time , erm erm that 's the way we work in Greater York , and it 's basically worked very successfully . |