Example sentences of "he has [be] one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been one of the Legislative Council 's most diligent members , a demanding enough job ; he accepted China 's offer of a seat on the Basic Law Drafting Committee , helping to write Hong Kong 's post-1997 mini-constitution , and was embroiled in more unsuccessful arguments for direct elections , opposed by mainland communists and Hong Kong conservatives . |
| 2 | Hallas , 21 , missed an entire season two years ago with glandular fever and has started only 60 games for Hull KR , though he has been one of their mainstays . |
| 3 | He has been one of the inspirations behind the anti-EC Conservative European Reform Group . |
| 4 | But that 's nothing compared to his previous existences — he has been one of the 12 priests who murdered Queen Nefertiti 's husband , a minor Basque priest in the last century , and Ivan the Terrible . |
| 5 | And he enjoyed picnics ; in the Guide he recounts how one day during a drive up Little Langdale and home by Dungeon Ghyll , ‘ the cloth was laid on the green grass , for that was the table : the cold collation was next produced from the carts , and the writer , though he has been one of many , has seldom witnessed more cheerful gipsyings . |
| 6 | He has been one of Diana 's closest confidants during the difficult years of her rocky marriage . |
| 7 | Mr Skokov has rarely spoken in public ( in his three years in parliament , he did not make a single speech ) , yet he has been one of Russia 's most influential politicians . |
| 8 | He has been one of the very few Serbs to have the courage to speak out against the kind of fanatical Serbian nationalism which has led to the present war . |
| 9 | He has been one of the driving forces behind Musselburgh 's revival and had it not been for his stout efforts earlier in the season , the Stoneyhill club would never have been in the promotion challenge . |