Example sentences of "be one [prep] those [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't know whether you 're one of those who are interested in such things — from what I know of you I 'd say probably not . |
2 | If you 're one of those who ca n't walk much , you 've got to be very careful to exercise your self-will . |
3 | But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ? |
4 | Friends of the Earth relies on gifts from concerned people , and if you have taken the trouble to read this letter , I sincerely believe you may be one of those who will help . |
5 | I hope you will not be one of those who suffer but the increasing chance makes your Home Risks Insurance more essential than ever and I am very pleased that you have chosen to buy your protection from Legal and General . |
6 | I am one of those who believe that the revenue support grant makes the Schleswig-Holstein question a model of clarity . |
7 | I am one of those who welcome without any reservation the citizens charter that has been brought forward by the Government . |
8 | I am one of those who lends money so the King can hire his knights . ’ |
9 | If you are one of those who habitually use control tactics , you may wish to increase your adaptability with others and extend your range of influence through using commonality tactics . |
10 | Luckily he had been one of those we had briefed and he remembered the name . |
11 | Bernard seems to have been one of those who swore that Pippin would come . |
12 | In March 1544 , before the Rough Wooing began , Lennox had been warned against being one of those who ‘ favoured the case of England or their new opinions ’ — a warning which he did not heed . |
13 | Being one of those who makes words out of initials , Julia , when first shown that number by the police , had changed mentally the V to U , as in the Latin alphabet , and came up with SUF , the first syllable of ‘ suffer ’ . |
14 | It was torture and you were one of those who suffered most . |
15 | ‘ I thought — am I wrong ? — that you were one of those who voted for Duke William as heir . |
16 | The 21-bed Clevedon hospital near Weston-super-Mare is one of those which has been accredited . |
17 | This is one of those which is so prohibited . |
18 | This store in Thame is one of those which will continue trading , but people in the town say they are not surprised other shops have run into trouble … |
19 | Mecir is one of those whose shots you ca n't read . ’ |
20 | It was not too surprising , therefore , that one of the King , s former ministers , the Count of Lezay-Marnésia , should allow his daughter to become one of the Empress 's ladies , though he could not have known that his gesture would be immortalized , for she is one of those who figure in the famous painting by Winterhalter ( now in the Musée National du Chateau de Compiègne ) . |
21 | However , the present author is one of those who has doubts as to how far this possibility would be used : the protocol on Social policy refers to continuing ‘ along the path laid down in the 1989 Social Charter ’ ( also signed by eleven Member States ) . |
22 | Perhaps the hon. Gentleman is one of those who would have liked to sign the amendment . |
23 | The Frankie character is one of those who in any crisis acts swiftly , decisively and disastrously . |
24 | Claire Baines who has spent almost her entire life with one leg in plaster because of a fracture in abnormal bone is one of those who has gained new hope through the technique , known as the Ilizarov frame . |
25 | Is one of those mine ? |
26 | Is one of those yours ? |
27 | Alice again took in the collapsed look of her , the passivity , and thought : What is the use , she 's one of those who … |
28 | I had to find her a flat , move her in , go to the Electricity Board , and then her husband Monica 's one of those who need a mother , someone who takes her on An idea came into Alice 's head of such beautiful and apt simplicity that she began laughing quietly to herself . |
29 | Good boy Henry , and erm , I think it 's one of those you can cope as long as you have too and as soon as you 're relaxed , you 're so run down , and tired |
30 | The street was one of those which led into the souk and its lower end was completely blocked by stalls . |