Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] one " in BNC.
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1 | Bob works relentlessly for one purpose ; that his music could change mankind 's thinking to bring about unity among the races , and more so for the oppressed people . |
2 | So a lot of sort of tracking to and fro between one end of the office , hoping that the two groups would n't meet . |
3 | The fact is that for most children maths has been taught badly or rather they have learnt it badly for one reason or another , so there is a need for , for an improvement or a change , so the idea that if children can understand something this will help them to remember it or to make it more real to them , this does seem to be a shift over the last generation . |
4 | Although the overall prevalence of moderate to severe dementia for those aged 65 and over in Britain can not be stated with accuracy ( because the several studies conducted in this country took place in different locations , at different times , with different types of sample , and using different measures and methods of assessment of dementia ; see for example Akhtar AM et al , 1973 ; Clarke et al , 1984 and ; 1986 ; Bergmann , 1971 ; Bond & Carstairs , 1982 ; Gruer , 1975 ; Gurland et al , 1983 ; Kay et al , 1964 & 1970 ; Maule et al , 1984 ; Williamson et al , l964 ) , it can be estimated as somewhere between one per cent and seven per cent of those aged 65 and over . |
5 | At this stage the rootstock will be about ten inches in length and the scion somewhere between one and three inches depending on the specific method employed . |
6 | The traditional view is that the ideal time is somewhere between one and two years before you are due to retire . |
7 | I think if you had asked Freud what 's the minimum number numerically for one of , for the Bond Freud Crowds , Freud would have thought for a bit and I think he would have said three . |
8 | And while we 've struggled to keep ourselves from the fridge , we have wondered why we long so intensely for one food . |
9 | This continues until the pulse widths are within about one per cent of each other . |
10 | For about 10 years before the diagnosis was made , each time I drank whisky I would sneeze and develop symptoms of a rhinitis within about one minute of starting the drink . |
11 | As can be seen , in the isotropic case the irregularities of stress near the points of application of the load are smoothed out within about one lateral dimension , that is , the central part of the plate is under uniform stress . |
12 | My right hon. Friend has already brought some provisions of the Act into force and intends to bring all its provisions into force progressively within about one year of enactment . |
13 | Life has arisen on about one planet per galaxy ( in our galaxy , Earth is the lucky planet ) . |
14 | It could be that er he wishes to distract attention between the interesting arguments going on about one man one vote which I 'm pleased to hear that Mr has won . |
15 | Most insist on between one and four bound copies being provided by the candidate being examined . |
16 | How right for one another they must be , how happy together , each with his gift for presenting the world anew . |
17 | One feels that Nyerere was specifically addressing educated people like himself , who had come from different backgrounds , absorbed European culture and manners , discovered a common nationalist cause and gone through a political campaign successfully together , yet still knew relatively little about one another 's cultural traditions . |
18 | His eyes swivelled crazily about one last time before settling back into place . |
19 | Another group of subjects were subjected to REM or Stage 4 sleep deprivation for three nights , and then deprived of sleep altogether for one night , again allowing a comparison of the effects of a four-day cumulation of loss of Stage 4 sleep with REM sleep . |
20 | It was certainly done most effectively for one culture some years ago when Romeo and Juliet were transposed into the idiom of youth group clash in modern New York in West Side Story ( p. 95 ) . |
21 | Cannon , 39 , had intended to play on for one more season , but he has a back injury that may require surgery . |
22 | It was well after midnight , getting on for one o'clock , when I went to open the bedroom window , and saw someone coming up through the garden from the bay . ’ |
23 | Eventually Jim 's old caddie came out of the woodwork again and I carried on for one or two other pros . |
24 | I put the central heating on for one hour before the kids go to bed and one hour before they get up . |
25 | There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it . |
26 | He came on for one match at least . |
27 | Can I just say that in getting them , I think erm the er Lands Charity trustees are not actually obliged to report to us , and Kevin 's doing this as a matter of sort of courtesy really , because we appointed him , erm but erm erm I think it 's a subject that could well be called on for one of these sort of regular , little , important at the A G M , erm |
28 | At a little after one of the sunny afternoon clock they stopped at a vast motorway services area thingy . |
29 | Settled at a small , round , open-air table , Luce sipped a delicious fruit cocktail chinking with ice , and thought back to the previous evening when she 'd sat in almost this same spot and looked so eagerly for one special face . |
30 | He arrived in Virginia at the age of twelve or thirteen , perhaps as one learning seamanship . |