Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] one [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After digging a trench about twenty feet through the mound , the side fell in and one of the labourers narrowly escaped with his life . |
| 2 | You know , he said just for the eh , erm , friendly he had when he was in the , in the Air Force , he was flying in and one of the properties in America was the big fat ladies they 'd pull the chain sitting on the loo and those loos there and it was |
| 3 | You 're storming along and one of the crew , momentarily off guard , disappears overboard . |
| 4 | I asked Terry to come along because one of the things I tho I tho I hope we might get round to spending a few minutes on was about Alan 's raised it before about records coming in er , and what the state of the game is in records coming into us and how we 're transferring that information , or not transferring that information onto dep onto department 's national curriculum er material |
| 5 | 1992 will go down as one of the hardest , darkest years for car buyers and the car industry in decades . |
| 6 | Lightbody 's omission must go down as one of the biggest boobs the NIBA have made in recent years . |
| 7 | He was sworn in as one of the duchy of Lancaster council in February 1483 , presumably with Gloucester 's support . |
| 8 | He was sworn in as one of the duchy of Lancaster council in February 1483 , presumably with Gloucester 's support . |
| 9 | And , along with their male counterparts , they were ready to carry out the purpose of the meeting which , in the words of Douglas Kinnaird of PA Consulting , brought in as one of the UK 's top headhunters to chair it , was ‘ not to provide answers but raise comments , views — even whether or not it is a concern ? — and pick out perhaps one or two opportunities . ’ |
| 10 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
| 11 | A resounding crack cut him off when one of the men-at-arms grabbed a bench and swung it . |
| 12 | With Prime Minister 's Question Time at last over , those of us waiting to catch the Parkinson statement now found it had been further held up while one of the defence ministers made a laborious job of unwrapping the Ministry of Defence 's Christmas present for the navy — three new frigates . |
| 13 | She was snapped up as one of the youngest ever Page Three girls but made her last topless appearance on her 21st birthday . |
| 14 | Before her marriage Anna had been taken up as one of the handful of pet Americans and now , although they did not know exactly what had happened , everybody in London sided with her . |
| 15 | To do this he has to set himself up as one of the scared people of the modern world , a textbook example of homo neuroticus . |
| 16 | Mark Saunders ( BBC Radio ) in a personal review of design requirements for RDS car radios points out that one of the problems that RDS poses for both broadcaster and receiver manufacturer is that , with the exception of obvious features such as the display of the programme service name , an RDS receiver is not apparently different in performance , or looks , when observed in the static environment of the dealer 's showroom . |
| 17 | Mr Ferris asks us to point out that one of the requirements of the UK Air Navigation Order is that the current registered owner of an aircraft must keep the Authority informed of any changes to their address or ownership details in order that the UK Register of Civil Aircraft can be kept up to date . |
| 18 | It has already been pointed out that one of the reasons for setting an advertising strategy is to assess the effectiveness of the advertisement . |
| 19 | Karl Kroyer pointed out that one of the greatest obstacles to success in innovation is the availability of choice , and the consequent tendency toward indecision . |
| 20 | Another counter to this argument might be to point out that one of the defining characteristics of higher education is that students are brought to the ‘ frontiers of knowledge ’ in a particular field . |
| 21 | Doctor Granville pointed out that one of the most difficult problems facing those taking cures at Harrogate was that of ‘ the best mode of killing time while waiting for the waters to take effect . ’ |
| 22 | Finally , it should be pointed out that one of the grounds on which under section 432 the Secretary of State may appoint inspectors to investigate and report on the affairs of a company is that ‘ the company 's members have not been given all the information with respect to its affairs which they might reasonably expect ’ — whether or not that information is such that they have an express statutory right to be told it . |
| 23 | When I worked in the prison I found out that one of the other teachers was having an affair with this prisoner . |
| 24 | Among all the fuss about income tax , I should like to point out that one of the best things the Conservatives have done is to allow a wife 's earnings to be taxed separately from her husband . |
| 25 | The court has heard that she was arrested after police found out that one of the men she named appeared to be in Scotland at the time of the alleged incident . |
| 26 | If parents really want to help their children , with reading specifically , I feel that Margaret Donaldson , who is and educational psychologist in Edinburgh , is correct when she points out that one of the greatest difficulties children have when they go to school is that many of them do n't understand what kind of activity reading is . |
| 27 | If parents really want to help their children , with reading specifically , I feel that Margaret Donaldson , who is and educational psychologist in Edinburgh , is correct when she points out that one of the greatest difficulties children have when they go to school is that many of them do n't understand what kind of activity reading is . |
| 28 | I assume Fairclough will drop back and one of the two will fill his role ( I 'd vote for Rocky with Hodge on the bench ) . |
| 29 | Do n't forget he started out as one of The Comedians … ’ |
| 30 | A dreamy , psychedelic feel permeates throughout , which pulls this off-the-wall concept together and makes it stand out as one of the most sensuous British house tracks around at the moment . |