Example sentences of "be [prep] one of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viscerally , political leaders in all parties recognise that Germany is moving towards reunification , however uncomfortable that prospect may be for one of Germany 's wartime adversaries . |
| 2 | Also Parker confesses that he has never been to one of Elvis ' recording sessions : ‘ That 's his job — mine 's getting him as much money as I can . ’ |
| 3 | They are moving at good speed — we are on one of Odd-Knut 's prepared training runs — perhaps topping 30kph on the level sections . |
| 4 | Fergie and Johnny were in one of London 's most exclusive restaurants , their legs entwined under the table |
| 5 | He felt as if he were at one of Mama 's evenings . |
| 6 | Chatting to the photographer from Vogue , I discover that writing about this event is distinctly frowned upon , unless it is for one of Black 's papers . |
| 7 | The industry 's reaction to news of the Novell/USL negotiations ( UX No 398 ) is less one of surprise at the possibility that Novell might effectively buy Unix than at the timing . |
| 8 | The issue however is less one of autarchy than of encouraging self-help and mutual support and providing mechanisms of help — financial , educational , technological — which recognise this aim . |
| 9 | In the tendency to portray non-violent peoples as lacking the egoism , selfishness , pettiness , and acquisitiveness so typical of the modern world , the issue is less one of distortion of the data , than of greater or lesser degrees of selectivity and emphasis in reporting and analysis . |
| 10 | This is from one of Edgar 's codes , and many other provisions either owe something to earlier edicts or are drawn directly from them . |
| 11 | You know , Mrs Winkowski , girls will talk , and I suppose it was during one of Millie 's lonely periods while under the sisters that she confided in Annabel why she had been sent to the school . |
| 12 | Chief Superintendent Paul Green of Holborn Police said at the scene last night : ‘ The only thing that can be said about the target is that it was in one of London 's main streets at a very busy time . |
| 13 | Blanche 's favourite curry house was in one of London 's most eclectic suburbs . |
| 14 | It was in one of New York City 's ‘ crowded sections ’ that Thrasher and Cressey found that ‘ the photoplay of Little Caesar seemed to have swept certain groups of boys — like a cyclone , leaving a host of consequences ’ and came across boys who swaggered , threw mock-punches , dressed , and ‘ smiled like Cagney ’ and who went around repeating phrases like ‘ You can dish it out but you ca n't take it . ’ |
| 15 | It was from one of Giggs ' dribbles in the 20th minute that new signing Ken Monkou was committed to a saving tackle that referee Ray Lewis interpreted as a back-pass . |
| 16 | It was on one of Mike 's rest days , when I went along with Christophe to do some sound recordings , that we got the first view of what was to become an obsession for Mike and me over the next two and a half years . |