Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view , it appears , is too simple-minded : a baby does not become a different kind of adult for being bottle-rather than breast-fed , for being weaned early rather than late , for encountering one kind of attitude rather than another at some particular time . |
| 2 | A preference for using one code rather than the other could explain differences between individual subjects in the direction of hemifield asymmetry for different tasks ( Kroll and Madden , 1978 ) . |
| 3 | Thank you for using one of my snapshots of myself and office friends from Stooperdale in The Way We Were ( Echoes , February 25 ) . |
| 4 | But should he ever lose faith in the principles behind his asceticism , and fail to put other principles in their place , he will not find himself living in a void without grounds for preferring one apple to another . |
| 5 | Therefore , where multiple rates of return exist there would appear to be no mathematical or economic grounds for preferring one rate to another . |
| 6 | Discuss the different ways this could be done and give reasons for preferring one method of providing such an education . |
| 7 | So if the carriage starts pattern knitting at the point cam and after knitting the last row , calculates which stitch , of the pattern to start knitting on , if you move the point cam nearest the carriage between knitting one row and starting the next , you will find your pattern has moved sideways . |
| 8 | The computer also takes care of other jobs , such as channelling one programme to several booths simultaneously , or providing data on current system usage and tape popularity . |
| 9 | It should be noted , however , that at best the results can establish only that managers have a reason for pursuing one or other goal , and not that they actually do pursue it . |
| 10 | Thorpe J. was faced with having to choose between accepting one or other of two courses of action — leaving W. where she was or transferring her to London — each of which was supported by responsible medical opinion . |
| 11 | The ethical distinction between allowing one poor and needy citizen to run the risk of brain damage and to deny another the right to sell a kidney may prove hard to define . |
| 12 | It all seems to be about using one or two people to stand for a whole sensibility , but thereby creating the impression that they were somehow alone in the field . |
| 13 | It said it one of the guitar magazines I use my all the time before , before winding up for a gig , and all this sees for wrecking one of the guitars ! |
| 14 | Couturier is more convincing in his demonstration of how the increase in available textual material brought about by the invention of print led to new strategies for incorporating one text into another without overt plagiarism ( 48 ) . |
| 15 | She had been halfway through wallpapering one room when the pull of the sun had grown too strong to resist a second longer . |
| 16 | He takes the belt to them for nicking one minute , and then the next he 's sending them out to do it . |
| 17 | And inevitably when you turn up a diary page you have between say one and twelve things already entered into the to do list . |
| 18 | Their coastguards used fairly brutal methods to discourage it : after intercepting one ship they cut off Captain Jenkin 's ear — upon which , he later told a committee of the House of Commons , ‘ he committed his soul to his God and his cause to his country . ’ |
| 19 | The sheriff 's reply sounded clearly in the hushed corridor , impressing the assembled kids and seeming to confirm Grant 's claim to be part of an official police operation — if any needed convincing after seeing one of the feared Apostles being dragged unconscious into an empty cubicle . |
| 20 | ITALIAN Prime Minister Giuliano Amato won a vital confidence vote yesterday after seeing one of his severest critics become the latest victim of the country 's growing bribery scandal . |
| 21 | Many of the current members joined up after catching one of the club 's many demonstrations , or parents came to the Royal Commonwealth Pool to see what their kids were actually up to — and stayed . |
| 22 | VICENTE Fernandez won the English Open at The Belfry after sinking one of the longest putts ever to win a golf title . |
| 23 | ‘ I used to carry out some of the jokes on my family , ’ says Jenny after serving one customer with a packet of exploding cigarettes . ’ |
| 24 | Orrell , though , may feel that they could have coped with Cusworth after causing one of last season 's League upsets by winning 27-15 at Welford Road . |
| 25 | Warhurst crashed into Spora keeper Fernand Felten 's outstretched fists a split-second after heading one of Wednesday 's eight goals in their UEFA Cup romp against the Luxembourg part-timers . |
| 26 | After citing one example , he added : ‘ Local enterprise companies are marketing Rosyth and showing our potential customers round . ’ |
| 27 | Finally , when he has taken in all the information he can assimilate , after a dramatic ‘ I will go ’ or after waking one morning knowing that the problem has solved itself in his sleep , he applies for his visa , resigns his job , packs his bags . |
| 28 | There was a brief recovery with a 3–1 home win over Fulham , Ellison scoring with a superb chip for one of the goals , but McCarrison blotted his copybook by getting himself sent off for retaliation after scoring one of the goals . |
| 29 | Collins ignored the tiredness he felt after scoring one of the goals which defeated Rangers to accompany team-mate Tom Boyd to Scotland 's base at Dunkeld last night . |
| 30 | Contemporary dealer Yvon Lambert said he was very pleased with the Salon , after selling one gouache and two small black chalk on paper works by Jean-Charles Blaise at FFr18,000–25,000 along with eight white and red chalk drawings by Robert Combas at FFr12,000 , mainly to French buyers . |