Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is indeed the same relativism in physics and in morals , should not one individual 's choice in his particular situation be as unimpugnably right or wrong as his measurements of distance and duration ? |
| 2 | Should not one of the objectives of our privatisation programme be to give British Coal , or whoever the private company may be , the freedom to produce electricity from its coal and to sell that electricity through the national grid ? |
| 3 | To meet the threat that NT will pose , the Unix providers should back one thread of the operating system and unite around it , House argues . |
| 4 | Neither was I to know that I should indeed one fine day have a son who would make me very proud of him at the ‘ Other Place ’ , but that it would be from green eyes that the light of intelligence and wit would shine . |
| 5 | I am not saying he might not one day be the best player for England — but at the moment he is n't . |
| 6 | ‘ Someone asked me recently , ‘ Would you ever get married again ? ’ and I said , ‘ Sure , I might possibly one day ’ but I have no immediate plans , ’ he growls warily . |
| 7 | We just thought you might okay one travel warrants . |
| 8 | Well you 'd naturally one or two just to see if they 're in what they want . |
| 9 | Groups of figures could as one word , eg. equals 3 words . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're saying that if , with my mathematical mind , I can say that I have seen five percent of love at Bristol , why could n't one person contain one hundred percent of love . ’ |
| 11 | You could n't one disk , what he 's got |
| 12 | Twenty need replacement of both joints ( bilateral ) ; the remainder need only one . |
| 13 | She may even one day be able to form a real friendship with her estranged husband . |
| 14 | As we biotechnologicalise our existing forces of production we may well one day come to extend Marx 's aphorism by adding : and the advanced bioreactor ( fermenter ) gives you society with the Ecotopian . |
| 15 | Of what use would just one of these faculties be without the others ? |
| 16 | With all his elaborate political machinery — his control of all the tradesmen in the town and of all the town 's six advowsons , his ownership of some two hundred houses each carrying a vote , his absolute control of the Mayor , the corporation and all the corporation offices — the Marquess of Exeter could not be absolutely certain that the remaining voters would not one day oust his candidates . |
| 17 | Would not one way to meet the increasing demand for female representation be to have two permanent secretaries — a man and a woman — at each Department ? |
| 18 | I wonder if that 's everyone 's experience ? , would , would any one agree or , or disagree with that ? , |
| 19 | Once , she had thought of herself as so English that however happy she was abroad and even if married to an Italian she would always one day gravitate home . |
| 20 | Fergus said , ‘ But would n't one of them offer his soul to free Calatin 's soul ? ’ |
| 21 | Cranston tossed him a penny and , standing on an overturned barrel , bellowed for half the market to hear how he was Coroner of the city , and would no one help the poor lad have the corpse removed ? |
| 22 | ‘ Will no one drive the dog away ? ’ pleaded the Lord Mayor . |
| 23 | You can back one party or another to win the election , or bet on men arriving from outer space , without having to make any contribution to the costs of the election campaign or the necessary expenses of the men from outer space . |
| 24 | Er , well it depends er one or the two , you can either one or two . |