Example sentences of "and [pers pn] is one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wallenstein 's patronage of the arts extended to gardens , and his is one of the most important Baroque gardens in Prague . |
| 2 | ‘ Vicky adores the dog and she is one of the few things she is interested in . |
| 3 | He has been idolised by fictional characters from Dean Moriarty in Kerouac 's On the Road to Barley in Le Carre 's The Russia House , and he is one of only two people looked up to by Miles Davis . |
| 4 | Ehrenburg reported it , and he is one of the few who described Modigliani in serious mood , not merely hitting the bottle or making a scene . |
| 5 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 6 | With The Eagles in Division One , Ian became a regular choice for the full Welsh International squad and he is one of three Palace players to have gained 14 full caps for their country while with the club . |
| 7 | I remember you telling me that you were really proud of ‘ Rust Of Peace ’ because you played one rhythm track to Dave 's two on every track , and he is one of the best players of his ilk in he world . |
| 8 | And he is one of the few who have never changed sides . |
| 9 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 10 | His name is Gary Kelly , and he is one of the youngsters . |
| 11 | The settlement is a discretionary settlement and he is one of the beneficiaries . |
| 12 | And I know I was madly , madly involved with the symphony to the extent that when it was done — and it is one of the few works I say this of — I would not dare touch it again . |
| 13 | Thus , the movement of water is the chief sculptor of landscape — after Earth movements have put the land in place — and it is one of the chief determinants of overall climate and of day-to-day weather . |
| 14 | There is a flower market here every morning and it is one of the most atmospheric areas of Prague . |
| 15 | In 1927 six more toastracks were purchased , and it is one of these which survives at the National Tramway Museum today ( see 61 ) . |
| 16 | The massive stone structure has acquired a mature and acceptable appearance in these days of so much brick and concrete , and it is one of the ironies of the philosophy of conservation that the blessed bridge which Ruskin regarded as a monstrous intrusion into a beautiful natural scene should , a hundred years later , have been noisily protected from demolition by the very people who would presumably have sided with Ruskin in wishing to preserve the landscape . |
| 17 | Actually , resistance is more likely to occur with prolonged exposure to large dosages which leave only a few ‘ resistant ’ individuals to form the nucleus of the next generation ; and it is one of the characteristics of pests that a few individuals can rapidly give rise to large populations . |
| 18 | If it is so for choices of means it is so for choices of ends ; and it is one of the greatest temptations to irrationality that nothing compels us to acknowledge in the realm of ends what we can not afford to deny in the realm of means . |
| 19 | We have a portable overhead projector and it is one of the few schools with electricity , so I was able to use slides . |
| 20 | Such an assumption is perhaps made most explicit in the Beckford Report when it comments on the apparent failure of the area officer in the case to recognize the apparently obvious indications that he was dealing with a ‘ high risk ’ child abuse case when chairing the initial case conference : Clearly it is of concern if health and welfare professionals are unfamiliar with the relevant research and it is one of the aims of this chapter to contribute to that understanding . |
| 21 | That an ethos of this kind exists at Long Lartin has , since the time of its first Governor , Bill Perrie , been widely recognized , and it is one of only two top security prisons to avoid serious control problems . |
| 22 | Still , it is well worth finding , and it is one of the brightest globulars visible from the latitude of Britain . |
| 23 | One of the moons is in fact the remains of another planet , and it is one of the conclusions of our survey that this is a world which was resettled during the Second Empire . ’ |
| 24 | Many women see induction as interference with a natural process and it is one of the reasons why they write ‘ birth plans . ’ |
| 25 | The Zahringer Dukes extended the castle from 1127 onward , and it is one of Switzerland 's earliest brick buildings ; the town alongside it on the ridge grew in proportion to its strategic importance and was in fact incorporated in the walled defences by the Kyburg dynasty which followed the Zahringers . |
| 26 | The fabliaux as a whole clearly imply a system of values that in many respects is quite conventional , and it is one of these values that directs that the lecherous priest should be the type that suffers most from the poetic justice of these texts . |
| 27 | ‘ And it is one of my most popular roles , ’ purred Gesner . |
| 28 | He decided to present a substantial trophy for this match and it is one of the most beautiful works of art in the game today . |
| 29 | ‘ The deficit we face , and the borrowing requirement we have , is far too large , and it is one of the obstacles to recovery . ’ |