Example sentences of "it is one [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term rectification refers to rendering the alternating current or potential difference unidirectional through removing or reversing it whenever it is one of its two possible polarities . |
| 2 | It is one of their worst swear-words … |
| 3 | One of their keenest fans , Darren Belk , who attends whole tours , thinks it is one of their main attractions . |
| 4 | Certainly for the American clearinghouses it is one of their few sources of finance , and again it also serves to maintain them as focal points for information . |
| 5 | It is one of her weaknesses . |
| 6 | Father Andrew , the saintly co-founder of the Society of the Divine Compassion , wrote to one of his many correspondents : ‘ To me it is one of me most hopeful things of this epoch that it has produced C. S. Lewis . ’ |
| 7 | It is one of which the neighbourhood , for all its prestige , is proud , with an excellent academic record as well as a vigorous ‘ Home and School Association ’ — the forerunner of Parent-Teacher Associations . |
| 8 | Elizabeth 's handwriting is as beautiful and legible as that of Haricleia Cavafy is crabbed and hideous , so it is one of hers that I now copy out : |
| 9 | It is one of your payoffs or blockages . |
| 10 | ‘ Rose tells me it is one of your interests . ’ |
| 11 | It is one of my favourite films — Peter Sellers as the vicar who tries to put into practice the teachings of Jesus Christ , causing anarchy and chaos thereby . |
| 12 | I have n't been brave enough to write to a publication of any sort before , but it is one of my favourite pieces of music , and this is the greatest performance I 've ever heard ( and I mean of anything ) , so thanks for the opportunity . |
| 13 | Breeding Goby Cichlids is not easy — it is one of my ambitions and so far I have been unsuccessful . |
| 14 | However , it is one of my duties to supply the guard dog with water and to clear up his doings each morning before school . |
| 15 | He is never allowed off the chain , so ca n't help the mess and smell he makes , but it is one of my least favourite duties . |
| 16 | It is one of my proudest boasts that I have never thought about insurance and I am convinced that , even under torture , I could resist the temptation . |
| 17 | ‘ And it is one of my most popular roles , ’ purred Gesner . |
| 18 | It is one of my squad 's duties to act on that and that is what we have done here . ’ |
| 19 | It is one of his best and most readable books . |
| 20 | ‘ If I were to go to only one meeting a year for each of them , it would still be more than one a week , ’ he confesses , admitting that it is one of his greatest weaknesses . |
| 21 | It is one of his most heartfelt works combining all the pungency , political commitment and black humour of his best plays . |
| 22 | At least Churchill is on record that Roosevelt had been more outspoken with him on the subject of Indochina than on any other colonial matter : ‘ I imagine it is one of his principal war aims to liberate Indochina from France ’ . |
| 23 | If one of the necessary chores of an archaeologist is to reconstruct subsistence and technology , it is one of his chief privileges to explore the values of the civilizations coming within his purview and not least the symbols which have served to define status and acknowledge outstanding achievement . |
| 24 | And however my person , and parts be meane in the Worlds Eye , and so may cast an odium upon the things that I hold forth ; yet I shall runne the hazard in that kinde , and leave the Lord to gain his own Honour and Glory in it ; as seeing by sweet experience , it is one of his greatest designes in the World , to confound the high and mighty things thereof , by the most meane and contemptible . |
| 25 | It is one of his gifts . |
| 26 | One of his ministries , one of his many , many ministries , but it is one of his ministries . |
| 27 | It is one of us . |
| 28 | ‘ It is one of our priorities to adjust the work of the Interior Ministry to the new social conditions and turn this ministry into a component of state administration based on democratic principles … |
| 29 | It is one of our best collaborations , so here it is : |
| 30 | It is one of our claims to civilization that we have transcended the level of existence at which survival means making sure you get your nose in the trough and using your elbows to keep others out . |