Example sentences of "one [prep] [Wh pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a very real sense , of course , the biographies of the Muftis in the following chapters illustrate the development of the hierarchy , but it seems not without point to concentrate attention on this particular aspect by placing side by side the biographies of two scholars , one of whom lived in the period before the hierarchy had become developed to any very great degree — before , perhaps , it is even possible to speak of a hierarchy-he other in a period when the development was fairly well advanced , though not complete . |
| 2 | They seem to have disregarded one immediately evident aspect of Mr Fraser 's life ; it being Fair Day at Strichen he had guests at lunch , one of whom had at least been sufficiently energetic to have attended a lecture Dr Johnson gave at Lichfield . |
| 3 | This ‘ poaching ’ by headhunters — criticised so often by employers on the receiving end — is recognised as a great facility by experienced users of search , one of whom wrote of the value of search consultants in ‘ winkling out talent which may not respond to advertisements ’ . |
| 4 | The inadequacies of management in state enterprises have been described in dramatic terms by several Nigerian academic observers , one of whom wrote in 1974 that the reasons for the poor performance of the state-owned sector could be seen in the words of one observer ‘ in the over centralization of authority … inspired by sheer love of power ’ or by another : |
| 5 | These invitations made Henrietta feel that she would do anything , even return to the well , to avoid the company of the two youths one of whom bore across his chest the legend MY MOTHER WENT TO ISRAEL AND ONLY BROUGHT ME BACK THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT . |
| 6 | Even in villages , I known men who 've worked abroad fitting them up in in er Germany and in France and in Italy , one of whom went to night school in Germany to learn the language t to get on better , he was there to receive machines . |
| 7 | So a Court would consist of three Magistrates , one of whom sits in the centre and acts as Chairman |
| 8 | They had two daughters , one of whom died at the age of thirty-eight , and one of whom , Stephanie , was to appear in the Gubbins oeuvre as The Awful Child , forever asking awkward questions . |
| 9 | In 1839 he married in Canada Sarah Antoinette ( died 1843 ) , daughter of Henry Veicht of Madeira ; they had two sons , one of whom died at an early age and the other , Beaufort , who became a general in the Canadian army . |
| 10 | They had two sons , one of whom died on active service in 1944 , and one daughter . |
| 11 | In 1861 he married Frances Jane , daughter of Thomas Baines [ q.v. ] , a former editor of the Liverpool Times ; they had five sons ( one of whom died as a child ) and four daughters . |
| 12 | Her life must have been hard for she not only produced ten children , one of whom died in infancy but also gave birth to my mother when in her forty-fifth year . |
| 13 | Again and again , he returned amongst the debris and succeeded in bringing out two more children , one of whom died in his arms . ’ |
| 14 | He was married in 1873 to a hearing lady who bore him five children , one of whom died in infancy , and died in December 1890 after a lingering , incurable illness . |
| 15 | They had three sons ( one of whom died in 1938 at the age of fifteen ) and one daughter . |
| 16 | , James ( 1740–1803 ) , diarist , was born 27 June 1740 at The Parsonage , Ansford , Somerset , the sixth child in the family of four sons ( one of whom died in childhood ) and three daughters of the Revd Samuel Woodforde , rector of Ansford and vicar of neighbouring Castle Cary , and his wife Jane Collins . |
| 17 | They had two sons , one of whom died in infancy , and one daughter . |
| 18 | They had two sons ( one of whom was killed in action near Armentières in 1915 ) and two daughters ( one of whom died in infancy ) . |
| 19 | , Evelyn ( 1869–1955 ) , writer and campaigner for women 's suffrage and for peace , was born in London 4 August 1869 , the ninth child and third daughter of the ten children ( one of whom died in infancy ) of ( John ) James Sharp , slate merchant of London , and his wife Jane , daughter of Joseph Bloyd , lead merchant of London . |
| 20 | They had five sons , two of whom died in infancy , and two daughters , one of whom died in childhood . |
| 21 | They had two sons , one of whom died in childhood , and two daughters , the elder of whom died in infancy . |
| 22 | They had two sons and two daughters , one of whom died in 1846 . |
| 23 | They had three sons ( one of whom died in infancy ) and a daughter . |
| 24 | , Frederick ( 1846–1915 ) , bookbinder and Labour pioneer , was born 27 April 1846 in Gower 's Walk , Whitechapel , east London , the eldest in the family of four sons ( one of whom died in infancy ) and two daughters of Frederick Rogers , sailor , draper 's assistant , labourer , and painter , and his wife Susan Barltrop . |
| 25 | They were followed across the car park by at least two men , one of whom shouted after them , issuing the challenge ‘ I 'll take on any two of you ’ . |
| 26 | He could also make an error of judgement in his choice of sailors , at least one of whom turned on him the moment they were inside the door and threatened to beat him up if he did not hand over money . |