Example sentences of "was one that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR ANTHONY Hidden QC has omitted one place to lay the blame for the Clapham disaster — the law lords who decided in the ‘ Fares Fair ’ case that an ‘ economic ’ transport system was one that made a profit or broke even on fares charged , rather than one that could expect support from ratepayers or taxpayers . |
| 2 | As a consequence , the question of where to eat was one that made little impression on her . |
| 3 | This last finding was one that became apparent very early on in the reviews . |
| 4 | It was n't an amused smile , but it was one that sent her away at a brisk and confident walk towards the house , and with a gratifying sense of being respected and appreciated . |
| 5 | The New College book was chosen because it was one that had been donated to the College , no less than a Wykeham Professor , with others from his library for the use of future generations of scholars . |
| 6 | The roof was slightly unusual due to the relative heights of the eaves and the ridge , but to a structural engineer the design was sound and anyway was one that had been used many times before . |
| 7 | Although techniques assumed a more significant role , as indicated by these publications and by major sections in textbooks ( e.g. Gregory and Walling , 1973 ) , specific laboratory and field techniques courses were not quickly adopted in teaching physical geography in all departments although a self-paced course was one that had been developed ( Clark and Gregory , 1982 ) . |
| 8 | This photograph , of a doctor , was one that had been taken some time previously to illustrate an article on long hours worked by junior doctors . |
| 9 | This was one that said that member states might use ‘ all necessary means ’ ( meaning force ) to restore peace and security in the Gulf . |
| 10 | As it was , the five weeks seemed like a lifetime , and it was one that took its toll of parents and children . |
| 11 | The world of Fisher Row — and no doubt of other occupational groups in early-modern times — was one that thought in terms of family duties and privileges , of family alliances and of inheritance through the family . |
| 12 | There 's a few examples here , Mother Theresa was one that sprung sprang to my mind when I was thinking it through . |
| 13 | The photograph that Boy looked at most often and which he sometimes even left out of the box and kept on the floor beside his bed as he slept was one that looked like a photograph of Boy himself . |
| 14 | Er litter was one that raised its head very much . |
| 15 | Oh it was one that came with this which was remmed out . |
| 16 | Further , the " kingdom " he now acquired , with Le Mans as a key-place ( and Bishop Aldric a strong supporter ) , was one that carried exceptional prospects . |
| 17 | I had planned the journey here to Salisbury with considerable care , avoiding almost entirely the major roads ; the route might have seemed unnecessarily circuitous to some , but then it was one that enabled me to take in a fair number of the sights recommended by Mrs J. Symons in her excellent volumes , and I must say I was well pleased with it . |
| 18 | ( 1985 ) presented evidence that inhibitory training procedures produce a CS- that is subsequently learned about rather slowly even when the test procedure was one that required further inhibitory learning . |
| 19 | That the audition process was one that examined you totally — your private behaviour as well as your theatrical ability , the two feeding into each other to find a way to suit the requirements of the part and the particular aspects that were being looked at by the director , Michael Blakemore . |
| 20 | He believed that our problem was one that faces many great enterprises today and he believed that by helping us , who are seen and heard in so many places , he and his bank were making a contribution to our cultural life . |
| 21 | The statement which received the strongest approval was one that claimed that the monarchy benefited tourism . |
| 22 | This image of Celtic was one that dated back to the '20s when the club tried to sell the free scoring centre-forward Jimmy McGrory when he was en route to a catholic pilgrimage at Lourdes . |
| 23 | As the ploughshare most commonly used in this county was one that turned a nine-inch furrow , the two-yard stetches were characterized as eight-furrow work ; the two-and-a-half yard stetches as ten-furrow work ; and the three-yard as twelve-furrow . |
| 24 | And here again the temptation was one that has been noted before as an ever-present danger to the private lending libraries : the pressure to sell off a single very valuable asset . |