Example sentences of "this [noun] [is] one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We believe that this weakness is one of the reasons which explains the failure of left parties and the trade unions to develop coherent socialist housing policies . |
| 2 | This park is one of four riverside parks that provide opportunity for those who enjoy walking . |
| 3 | Passing sentence , Lord Justice MacDermott said : ‘ The background to this case is one of excessive drinking and violence . ’ |
| 4 | Delivered last year , this yacht is one of only two available 3-cabin versions of this popular German Frers designed SWAN . |
| 5 | This technique is one of the prominent syntactico-semantic features of the first part of the novel , and it does not disappear in the second and third sections . |
| 6 | This building is one of the most impressive and elegant brick-built structures in the county . |
| 7 | This response is one of the pitfalls of self-treatment , but it can occur just as readily — if not more so — with treatment by fringe practitioners who use ineffective methods of diagnosis . |
| 8 | The consequence of this division is one of the problems Brooke-Rose set out to examine in Amalgamemnon : |
| 9 | The last point I would wish to make about this sonnet is one of rhythm and structure . |
| 10 | In the British Isles the best examples are found off the Norfolk coast , as will be described below : although this coast is one of submergence , the offshore profile , composed largely of glacial deposits , is extremely gentle , thus allowing waves to break long before they reach the coast . |
| 11 | The picture that emerges from this research is one of schools working very hard to stand still . |
| 12 | The parallel between Abraham 's sacrifice and the greater sacrifice of God 's own Son is striking — yet the lesson Hebrews draws from this chapter is one of faith . |
| 13 | ‘ This Sheikha is one of the very truest , so very good , ’ she said and I agreed wholeheartedly . |
| 14 | This recognition is one of several premonitions of loss which accompany the ageing of parents for adult children , and the elderly person concerned . |
| 15 | It is perhaps ironic that this tablet is one of the few on the market which can be interfaced with the Dragon computer as the company which makes it is the remnants of the firm which designed and built the Dragon . |
| 16 | This attitude is one of the things that has given non-verbal communication such a bad name and since it already has a somewhat shaky reputation due to the fact that it has no powerful theory associated with it , its academic credibility suffers in comparison to that of formal linguistics . |
| 17 | Again , this issue is one of fact for the jury , not one of law . |
| 18 | No , this issue is one of the er , of what affects our County . |
| 19 | Alan Calladine , the Midland Railway Trust 's Development officer , commented : ‘ There is no doubt that this machine is one of the more important items in our collection , as it represents the last stages of steam locomotive production from the Derby Locomotive Works . |
| 20 | This scene is one of appalling carnage , torment , and pitilessness . |
| 21 | What we 're sitting on top of at this moment is one of them . |
| 22 | ‘ It is not an empty claim to say that this conference is one of progress , indeed one of celebration , not of relaxation or complacency . ’ |
| 23 | This take-over is one of the most significant events in vertebrate history . |
| 24 | This quotation is one of the very few places in his work where he actually mentions soil erosion . |
| 25 | This package is one of the more promising packages I have seen in the Shareware market for handling home finances in the U.K. if you only have mono display . |
| 26 | Without doubt this package is one of the all time greats of shareware programming . |
| 27 | This tree is one of the most commonly planted shade trees in India and elsewhere , yet only very lately has its phenology been fully investigated . |
| 28 | According to Niskanen , this relationship is one of bilateral monopoly . |
| 29 | This concept is one of the features of the original report which is most open to criticism because it is specifying ‘ physical ’ considerations at the logical level ( the Schema DDL ) and therefore may sacrifice some of the data independence of the model . |
| 30 | ‘ This presentation is one of the most rewarding and enjoyable in my capacity as Chief Executive ’ said Ralph Ellis when presenting Long Service Awards to employees with 40 years and 25 years loyal service to the company . |