Example sentences of "to [be] one of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this and the regeneration/resurrection theme are brought to bear upon the remark about Bazarov and the 1840s , what seemed a difference of degree turns out to be one of a kind . |
| 2 | And what could be better than a guitar which is guaranteed to be one of a limited number produced this year ? |
| 3 | She was not going to be one of a group . |
| 4 | The boy 's thought to be one of a hard core of 8 children , all under 15 , who are responsible for twelve per cent of all reported crimes in the Swindon area . |
| 5 | In a few generations , of course , people would want girls again , and values and fashions would change … but in the meantime , what would it be like to be one of an endangered species ? |
| 6 | For movement and dance , the Pineapple Studios in the same part of town seems to be one of the best there is , though it is not intended primarily for dancers and actors — people from all sorts of professions come along to keep fit . |
| 7 | Extensive searches revealed a series of tyre marks along the fairway leading to the 15th and there are fears that Sir Vivien , reputed to be one of the seventeen richest men in the country , may have been kidnapped and held to ransom . ’ |
| 8 | Do Pilier Gris , La Rampe , Tourniayre , Bouscade , Voie des Trous and especially Bibus , which has to be one of the best HVS 's in France ! |
| 9 | Today , even the most traditional courses in English Literature do not , as a rule , include the English Bible , reasonably thought to be one of the masterpieces of our literature . |
| 10 | The buyer is said not to be one of the large five record companies — Thorn EMI of the UK , Sony , Warner , Polygram and Bertelsman — which between them dominate 70 per cent of world sales . |
| 11 | You could never , as she said , pretend to be one of the boys in a skirt . |
| 12 | In Leeds , local councillors have been sheepish about releasing plans to local people for what might just prove to be one of the most inspired and humane post-war city centre redevelopments masterminded by the architects Terry Farrell and Rob Krier for the Dutch developer MAB . |
| 13 | British Aerospace is said to be one of the key contenders to mount a rescue bid for Ferranti , a vital subcontractor providing navigational and radar equipment for BAe 's military aircraft . |
| 14 | Yardley , a second- or third-change bowler throughout his career , was rightly proud to be one of the very few who could claim to have dismissed Bradman thrice in Test matches . |
| 15 | Work would already have started on improving what we already believe to be one of the country 's most modern and safe grounds . |
| 16 | He still has many supporters , though , among the Western press , who considered him to be one of the few UN bureaucrats with a habit of telling the truth . |
| 17 | Although a competent fighter , Stretch was not considered to be one of the game 's bigger punchers . |
| 18 | An isolated curate who wanted knowledge found himself living a few yards from a man who at first sight was an explosive popular preacher , but who happened also to be one of the coming academic theologians of England , and an inciter of younger minds . |
| 19 | What appears to be one of the earliest sections of the manuscripts the section beginning ‘ So through the evening , through the violet air ’ ( dating from c.1914 ) contains an arresting image which would find its way into the final poem . |
| 20 | This way of thinking has to be one of the blinder alleys that we have been led up by psychoanalysis . |
| 21 | Britain has proved to be one of the least ‘ community-minded ’ members of the EEC and has for long been at odds with other states about the level of British contributions to the EEC budget . |
| 22 | But it turned out to be one of the most marvellous things we ever did . |
| 23 | The hydrofoil left Narvik in the early evening bound for Svolvær , on what turned out to be one of the loveliest journeys I have ever taken . |
| 24 | This has to be one of the slickest cars Japan has yet made . |
| 25 | After two circuits of the massive parade ground , said to be one of the largest in Great Britain , everyone is satisfied and the recruits return to their accommodation While the band retires for some well-earned refreshments . |
| 26 | Formed in September 1987 by Harvey Wilson , Martin Glick and Alan Sheldon — three of the most knowledgeable people in the kitchen manufacturing industry with 50 years experience between them — Wilson & Glick Kitchens promise to be one of the most striking success stories of the 1990's . |
| 27 | He could see with half an eye that the kid 's aunt was going to be one of the confident , bossy , well-connected women with whom that part of Cambridgeshire was substantially over-provided . |
| 28 | Shortly afterwards Jane went to a friend 's house in Kensington to a musical party where a famous quartet was playing and , sitting on the stairs , talked to someone whom she took to be one of the players . |
| 29 | Archaeologists have established that Jericho can claim to be one of the very oldest cities in the world , with a history going back all of ten thousand years . |
| 30 | In Leeds , thought to be one of the most powerful and well-organized centres of fascism , it was suggested that there were only 100 to 200 fascists and no regular outdoor meetings , though it was noted : |