Example sentences of "[was/were] one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eighty two per cent lasted less than one second , 16% were one to two seconds , and 2% were more than two seconds in duration . |
| 2 | Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government ( 1969 ) ( Redcliffe-Maude Report ) ( among the research studies undertaken for the Royal Commission were one on Economies of Scale in Local Government , another on the Performance and Size of Local Education Authorities , and a third on Aspects of Administration in a Large Local Authority ) ; |
| 3 | And most of the forewomen See there were one on each shift , three shifts and then there were f a middle shift , a nine to five shift that was four forewomen . |
| 4 | Well the cooper the cooperage they would have been one at , co 's cooperage and then there were one at 's . |
| 5 | The 141 totals achieved by Page and Maguire were one under par for the 36 holes , Page managing a 69 before lunch and Maguire following with a 69 . |
| 6 | We were one in adversity . |
| 7 | Here then is a criminal phenomenon that is associated with social disintegration — the fact that a society , the inhabitants of these areas of the great cities , who once regarded themselves as one , now no longer regard themselves as one , are not one , were one in the past but are not one now , and are still growing apart . |
| 8 | In south-west Hertfordshire one in seven of the working-class boys secured entry to a grammar school , compared with one in two of the sons of clerks ; the corresponding proportions in Middlesborough were one in eight and one in three . |
| 9 | We see this at the birth of the church where ‘ all the believers were together ’ , ‘ all the believers were one in heart and mind … . ’ , ‘ they shared everything they had … . ’ , ‘ there were no needy persons among them … . ’ , ‘ and the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved ’ ( Acts 2:42–47 ; 4:32–35 ) . |
| 10 | Growing up in Zimbabwe the group were as likely to hear a record by The Beatles as they were one by a local performer . |
| 11 | The critical distinction drawn by Lord Bridge of Harwich was one between the decision making functions of the local authority and its executive functions , by which I take Lord Bridge to mean the administrative acts to be performed in giving effect to the relevant decision . |
| 12 | Both sides stressed that , unlike the agreements signed while both countries were under communist rule , the current treaty was one between equals . |
| 13 | There was one about 1930s radio shows : All I had to do was hear your voice , All at once I knew I had no choice … |
| 14 | There was one about lesbian leanings in a girls ' school : Put on your navy knicks , Pick up your hockey sticks … |
| 15 | It was one about another exquisitely detailed carving on a cathedral door , the Portada de Ramos — the Palm Sunday Doorway . |
| 16 | This was one about the three crooks from London who dressed up in African tribal costumes and tricked jewellers into parting with gear worth £250,000 in exchange for boxes containing carrots and potatoes . |
| 17 | ‘ There was one about the States and Mexico . |
| 18 | There was one about a fortnight ago , and would have given my ears for the sort of civilian committee , and the methods that they 're using here , compared with the ones I saw in London . |
| 19 | Eliot at once sent him a cablegram , saying that he was one to whom all contemporary poets owed a debt . |
| 20 | This stretch of frontier , at which part of Iraq 's original 1980 offensive was directed , was one to which both sides attached a good deal of importance . |
| 21 | The number before radiotherapy was one to nine ( median two ) and after radiotherapy nil to 11 ( median three ) . |
| 22 | They liked violent , even pornographic films , and there was one at the local cinema . |
| 23 | Well there was one at the end at en e at the end of er Walk . |
| 24 | Er I remember a debate , they 'd two debates , there was one on the Market Square and there was one at the Cosmo , between the Black Shirts er and of course the Cosmo platform was open to anybody , did n't matter who they were , any shade of opinion . |
| 25 | The question for the courts was whether or not the decision was one at which the individual official could reasonably have arrived . |
| 26 | The restaurant to which Richard invited Pinkie was one at which lie had an account , and there was , at least , no difficulty in knowing what drinks to order . |
| 27 | know there was one at Saxted |
| 28 | why , erm , at Dawn 's we erm done this thing , and it was sort of , there was four sides of it and it was one , then there was two inside , well there was one at the back , erm , Henry and Mrs said when you get these back you 'll see what you 've got , and people , she said , people who have got over twenty of er , the better than the people who are lower and I got twenty one |
| 29 | Yesterday they called , I called them in the morning and they said is your er , you know at one at something , I said no , I do n't , I do n't really know , I did n't know there was one at one . |
| 30 | and there was one at Southampton |