Example sentences of "one of [adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dick 's plane was built in 1941 by the Curtiss Wright Corporation in Buffalo , New York , for the RAF as Kittyhawk I AK899 but was one of 72 transferred to the RCAF , becoming 1051 . |
| 2 | The laboratory , one of four run by the Science and Engineering Research Council , has come under increasing financial pressure as its £20m annual budget has fallen sharply in real terms . |
| 3 | The poem with that title was one of four published under the pseudonym Sagitta in 1905 in the Berlin gay journal Der Eigene , which had begun in 1896 as an anarchist journal in the direction of Max Stirner ( reflected in the title : der Eigene equals self-owner , in the meaning given that word by Stirner ) , but from 1898 was openly homosexual . |
| 4 | A very different book , much more idiosyncratic in its structure and its procedures , is the one of 1938 called in the American printing Culture , and iii the London edition Guide to Kulchur . |
| 5 | One of several planned throughout the country , it could be in operation by the end of the year . |
| 6 | This leaflet is one of several published by the NCT and is particularly useful to have with them to boost their confidence during labour . |
| 7 | The gift-shop used to be a farmhouse , one of several owned by the skinflint farmer Boris who made his fortune by never paying bills . |
| 8 | The project was one of three commissioned by the Department of Education and Science ( DES ) in their post-Cockcroft Report programme of research development . |
| 9 | Lisa 's prize for inspiration and achievement is one of three awarded by the Downs Syndrome Association every year — former Doctor Who Peter Davison , their patron handed out the prizes . |
| 10 | We have several apartments for 2–4 people dotted around San Antonio and your actual apartment will be allocated on arrival in Ibiza ; it will be one of those featured in the brochure or one of similar standard . |
| 11 | Your studio , hotel or apartment will be allocated on arrival and will be one of those featured in the brochure or one of a similar standard . |
| 12 | ‘ It was one of those spur of the moment things , ’ giggles vocalist Dot in recollection . |
| 13 | The Triumphant Virtue of Débonereté was one of those personified in the wall paintings ( now lost ) of the Painted Chamber at Westminster , commissioned by Henry III between 1263 and 1272 . |
| 14 | Mary Reveley 's stable star was one of those affected by the virus last February , which meant he missed the big Cheltenham and Aintree meetings . |
| 15 | However , its principal aim of accident reduction is only one of those incorporated in the goals of the German projects , which deal with a much more extensive array of environmental and aesthetic improvements . |
| 16 | The High Court 's Sept. 2 judgment ( following a petition filed by Win Chadha , one of those named by the CBI as centrally involved in the scandal ) had intervened as a cantonal court in Geneva was due to deliver its verdict in response to the CBI 's request for assistance . |
| 17 | Matthew Chieke was one of those charged with the bank raid , but that case never came to court . |
| 18 | In December 1989 the following security developments were reported : ( i ) the seizure by the police on Dec. 5 of a large arms cache and the arrest of five people suspected of being members of a white extremist assassination squad ; ( ii ) the acquittal of 12 police officers and a soldier on Dec. 11 by the Cape Town Supreme Court in South Africa 's first private prosecution for murder , arising from the 1985 " Trojan Horse " ambush in which three people were killed , and brought by the father of Shaun Magmoed , 16 , one of those killed in the attack ; and ( iii ) the setting aside on Dec. 15 of the convictions against all 11 defendants in the " Delmas " treason trial , which had ended in December 1988 [ see p. 36913 ] . |
| 19 | I later discovered that the area was one of those settled by the original Spanish conquistadores in the 1560s ; by 1980 , Loreto itself , still largely cut off from the outside world , consisted only of a church , a school and five houses , although there were many more Indian families in houses scattered through the surrounding forest . |
| 20 | But Seaman , one of those criticised in the shock reverse by Norwich , said : ‘ We 've had a disappointing start but we are hoping to get off the bottom against Liverpool . |
| 21 | If you are one of those going on the Course you will have already received a letter stating the balance of fees , travel , insurance etc. due by the 15th April with a reminder that a contribution will be required in DM 's from those travelling in the coach from Frankfurt to Coburg . |
| 22 | thing for next year , but I mean she will be one of those caught by the thing saying we 're not going to do it anyway . |
| 23 | He said he was fully aware of the problems at the school , which is one of 700 built throughout the country by the Conservative Government since 1980 . |
| 24 | Whelan is one of 700 entered in the annual ordeal , which offers just 40 cards for next year 's £25 million circuit . |
| 25 | The two-year loan , one of 150 given by the trust to young businesses in North Yorkshire , will go towards the cost of a van and machinery for their workshop at Brompton-on-Swale . |
| 26 | Pow added a penalty , one of 20 awarded to the home side , Scott Nichol , sharp and penetrating , got a second try for Michael Jaffray to round off with two more . |
| 27 | One of these referred to the old man who seemed to be the self-appointed guide to the Bowder Stone , that most popular tourist attraction , which hangs precariously , as it hung then , in Borrowdale . |
| 28 | One of these focuses on the contrast between short and long hair . |
| 29 | A splendid description of one of these appeared in the Cumberland Pacquet of 1782 on the 6th September , and is quoted in his Guide : |