Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun pl] is that " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my arguments is that the mechanical relations of work can bring about this withdrawal . |
| 2 | The agreed version of their origins is that they were lepers or the descendants of lepers , whom no local community would accept as neighbours . |
| 3 | One of their advantages is that they are an early potato which comes to maturity in autumn . |
| 4 | The most complex of their techniques is that used by the mallee fowl in the open scrub country of southern Australia . |
| 5 | Not the least of its benefits is that a music group provides a means of involving more people , especially youngsters , in its life . |
| 6 | One of its tenets is that only well educated and professionally trained individuals have the competence to work with the mass media . |
| 7 | One of his regrets is that in four series against West Indies his record is very ordinary — one innings in which he took eight wickets , but little else of note — and he is aware that not having proved himself against the best team in the world will be held against him when reputations come to be assessed . |
| 8 | The important factor for the vigneron in deciding the spread of his vines is that the ‘ sum of spread ’ , that is , the distance between each vine added to the distance between each row , does not exceed 2.5 metres , thus the minimum number of vines planted per hectare is 6,666 . |
| 9 | The greatest of his achievements is that he is working here . |
| 10 | Professional : ‘ So one of your problems is that he throws toys ? ’ |
| 11 | The job of communicating is very important indeed and maybe one of our problems is that we have been doing so much within the business that we are not ready to communicate to the outside world that it perhaps does n't understand sufficiently what our targets are . |
| 12 | One of our problems is that most of us live in towns . |
| 13 | modern traffic calming measures however er I believe we have experts on the Council er in these matters but I believe that by narrowing the road and perhaps giving us pavements because one of our problems is that we have not got a continuous pavement through the village , and it is necessary to cross the road four times in some cases to walk from one end to the other . |
| 14 | The message of our experts is that there IS something you can do about the unsightly , and sometimes painful , form of fat known as cellulite . |
| 15 | I I mean I think I think in retrospect the erm this is n't intended as a criticism erm of past work , but I do think we need to look at getting as much volunteer help in the town towards volun volunt environmental achievements as possible because one of our one of our claims is that we 're cost effective and can galvanize voluntary effort , and if we erm put all of our work out to tender including relatively small works , we 're actually going to negate that particular claim and we 're gon na look as as as er cost cost wasteful as the district council and the county council in their use of professional help all the time , even though there may be people in the community who are prepared to help . |
| 16 | One of our concerns is that our ex-service men should not be in temporary accommodation . |
| 17 | ‘ One of our strengths is that we have been making catalysts for many years and only market those which we have used in our own plants , ’ explained Dr Barrie Pearce , commercial assistant for ICI Catalysts at Billingham , Cleveland . |
| 18 | One of the deficiencies of our arrangements is that no provision is made for young barristers obtaining a salaried position in chambers , allowing them to do minor work under supervision . |
| 19 | The problem with many of our politicians is that they are biased towards the second . |