Example sentences of "was one [Wh det] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 His advocated use of direct observation was one which also encouraged a thoughtful , sensitive , empirical use of media and which understood , respected and incorporated the natural image-making of childhood .
2 Among several other flaws in Anselm 's election and investiture , there was one which neither Anselm nor anyone else mentioned at the time , but was later to be held against him by the papal legate : on a strict view , his election -in addition to all its other legal defects — had been schismatic , since the king and all the others who took part , with the sole exception of Anselm himself , were schismatics , for they had not recognized Urban II as the legitimate pope although he had now been pope for five years .
3 The benefit conferred upon the taxpayers was one which logically followed only when it was determined that there were surplus places and the authorities of the college in their discretion agreed to admit the taxpayers ' children to these places .
4 The pivotal notion of Spandau prison being pulled down and replaced by a supermarket was one which greatly excited Brenton , signifying at a stroke both Western Europe 's descent into cynical consumerism and the wiping out of history .
5 The question of ‘ national styles ’ was one which greatly interested Panofsky whether a work of art was specifically Dutch , Italian and so forth .
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