Example sentences of "which was one [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second study is being set up by the EPA in a Georgia town which was one of a large number that volunteered to be followed while it switched to a pay-to-throw scheme . |
| 2 | His room , too , which was one of a series of repeated offices in Calverley General Hospital , was medium-brown and medium-grey . |
| 3 | Richard Goldschmidt 's problem — which was one of a set that made him resort , for most of his professional life , to the extreme belief that evolution takes great leaps rather than small steps — turns out to be no problem at all . |
| 4 | I used to meet him most often in the museums and galleries fixed in rapt contemplation of pictures with that grave , searching look which was one of the beauties of his face . |
| 5 | She also had a rich enjoyment of the comedy of human character , which was one of the things she shared with Lewis . |
| 6 | Concern for the safety of the remaining masterpieces makes it unlikely that future visitors will be able to enjoy the relaxed atmosphere which was one of the museum 's greatest charms . |
| 7 | Wolfgang Hildesheimer 's biography , which was one of the studies marking a sea-change in perceptions of Mozart , was published in 1977 . |
| 8 | ‘ Now is n't dat Irish , Mr Sanders ? ’ he exclaimed enjoying the joke on himself , which was one of the more agreeable characteristics the Irish had in common with the English . |
| 9 | They even offered , in unison , a moving rendering of Liverpool 's theme song , ‘ You 'll Never Walk Alone ’ , which was one of the afternoon 's few attempts at remembrance . |
| 10 | The country that has demonstrated the greatest upward mobility through entrepreneurial channels is Argentina , which was one of the first to industrialise and has had probably the greatest influx of immigrants . |
| 11 | One , a photograph of the death mask which was one of the central pieces in the Stant Collection of Harmony City , stood on his desk . |
| 12 | Which was one of the many reasons , now he thought about it , why he was planning to kill her . |
| 13 | The inventor of the ‘ atmospheric engine ’ , which was one of the greatest technological advances in modern history , was born at Dartmouth ( q.v. ) in 1663 . |
| 14 | Sniggers and the double meanings surrounded the subject which was one of the biggest taboos in our society . |
| 15 | His uncle , John George , owned a highly successful cotton agency which was one of the largest in Manchester , and he had the wealthy lifestyle that his nephew craved . |
| 16 | At one time Newent was a bustling industrial centre with an iron works and a coal field which was one of the main factors behind the promotion of the Gloucester to Hereford Canal . |
| 17 | Spring Ram , which was one of the brighest stars on the market over the last few years , says the acquisition fits with its aims of becoming Europe 's leading maker of home improvement products . |
| 18 | This most unusual book tells the intriguing story of e library of Alexandria which was one of the wonders of the Ancient World and still fascinates Western culture over 2000 years later . |
| 19 | THE latest steam locomotive to receive attention from the Midland Railway Centre 's Locomotive Restoration Workshops is 73129 , which was one of the last engines to be constructed by the Derby Locomotive Works in 1956 . |
| 20 | This failure to defeat England and a number of other setbacks showed that the power of Spain was declining , which was one of the major political changes of the first half of the seventeenth century . |
| 21 | In 1950 , he represented France at the Informal International Conference of Christian Broadcasting in Chichester , UK , which was one of the forerunners of WACC . |
| 22 | Now when you say right across , I mean you you 've ta seen the photos of , of er shell pitted ground with the nineteen fourteen eighteen war , well that 's how Bentley was then cos it had been rooted for coal and nineteen twenty six strike everybody got it all out cos there was a lot of top surface coal , course it was just left there was a lot of mole holes , stuff from the furnaces when they tip tipped the slag , it was up and down and there was Buttons Brook , was n't it Buttons Brook across there , called Buttons Brook there was a pool across there called Leg of Lamb but I mean it , it er you can imagine what I 'm trying to say , what the ground was like to go over in pitch black night , to go over there and we went out and course we was issued with er ammunition which was one of the o only times I can remember when we went really out prepared with live ammunition , and er we scouted and scouted till daybreak and we did n't find nothing . |
| 23 | As usual the Ball , which was one of the biggest New Year 's Eve attractions in London , took place in the Albert Hall . |
| 24 | Second thing was that having covered absolutely everything she was n't any estate , or at least did n't appear to be any so the surviving spouse was n't very interested in taking out a grant anyway cos it was n't going to get him any funds , so we then have the job of doing what 's called debarring him and basically he renounced his right to be of the administrator and we then had to go under the rules to find the next person which was one of the specific beneficiaries I E the sons . |
| 25 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 26 | Their inmates were , therefore , throughout their school life totally cut off from normality and ordinary life , which was one of the worst drawbacks of the asylum system . |
| 27 | Challenges , which was one of the first British series to be produced for non-broadcast use , consists of a set of six programmes , each with a different theme , and each featuring young British people engaged in pursuits typical of their age and culture . |
| 28 | The cuckoo flower was there too , a lovely pale pink or pastel mauve which was one of the commonest wild flowers in Britain fifty years ago , but in another fifty years may be difficult to find . |
| 29 | That and the fees for Coroner 's post-mortems provided an income which was one of the reasons why his professional colleagues in the pathology department of the district general hospital both envied and resented his unpredictable absences on police work , the long days in court , the inevitable publicity . |
| 30 | It is of interest to note that in seeking to systematize referral procedures Owen has begun to undermine the principle of flexibility which was one of the advantages such provision was thought to have over special schools . |