Example sentences of "is [verb] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has moved into the DIRECT — a doctor who is using one of the machines is involved . |
| 2 | Blake is using one sense after the other , as you have learned to do . |
| 3 | Here , the child is using one object to represent another . |
| 4 | A cyclist is using one of the fastest bikes in the world to raise money for British Athletes taking part in the Olympic games . |
| 5 | Laxton is situated one mile north of the river Ouse , near Howden . |
| 6 | The third option is to attend one of the special projects that exist in various cities . |
| 7 | If after the contract is formed one party refuses to perform unless the contract is amended to include his terms , it is unlikely that the terms will apply even if the other agrees : even if there is consideration for the other 's promise , the threat to break the contract amounts to economic duress ( see Atlas Express Ltd v Kafco ( Importers and Distributors ) Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 All ER 641 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ All you have to do is answer one question . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ All I have to do is make one phone call to the plant manager and I can blow your cover . ’ |
| 10 | Therefore in such cases , where it is desired that the UCTA not apply , one method is to draft one contract for both goods and services , and not two separate contracts for each element . |
| 11 | The Church of England 's Durham diocese is to lose one eighth of its clergy , churchgoers will be told tomorrow . |
| 12 | This wretched abortion is submitting one of its most impudent proposals to Parliament . |
| 13 | However figures out today reveal that the Teesside Development Corporation is building one million square feet of office space 84pc of the county 's provision for the next decade and most of it will be concentrated on its flagship site of Teesdale , Thornaby . |
| 14 | 17 April : Strange news : the Sun is sponsoring one of the challengers for the Labour leadership : ‘ Sun man 's bid to be Labour leader ’ . |
| 15 | The Punters ' No. 1 paper is sponsoring one of the highlights on the card , the Andy Capp Handicap . |
| 16 | Stansted is sponsoring one of its firemen 's rally driving activities . |
| 17 | So the , the two suggestions which we 'll put forward then is , is naming one of capital projects in , in this financial year , of the centenary , and possibly looking at er erm joining into a service or establishing a service with the Minster , and I 'll , I 'll look into that with the Provost as well , and the Association . |
| 18 | Lot seventy does not have a horn with it but Lot ninety two , the good news is it does have a reproducer er Lot one hundred and eleven should have a black dot against it to indicate that it will be removed from the premises if not cleared within the stated time Lot one seven four is withdrawn one nine one the estimate should read eight to twelve hundred and finally Lot one nine eight is withdrawn . |
| 19 | In the former the student is given one unit of instruction and then tested . |
| 20 | The same insincere welcome is used by Macbeth to Macduff : ‘ The labour we delight in physics pain' ( II.iii.48f. ) , and at the news of Duncan 's murder Lady Macbeth is given one of the most brilliant pieces of hypocrisy Shakespeare ever invented : ‘ Woe , alas ! /What , in our house ? ’ |
| 21 | The models and types may vary , but usually the guest is given one key to the box for which a signature is requested , and the particulars are recorded in a key receipt book . |
| 22 | Party A , imagined to have won 45.4% of the constituency votes , has a claim to six seats ( 50.0% ) , and having won five in constituencies is given one additional seat . |
| 23 | Another way of extending everyone 's view of a school and of diminishing the opposition to change within it , is to acknowledge one of the less fashionable aspects of management and to make a virtue of it . |
| 24 | I , I er , looks like erm teaching eleven fifteen to one fifteen my lunch hour is say one fifteen to two fifteen and technically I can er have it , I could probably , I could be , take off Friday afternoon , it 's the only time I could take off for averaging |
| 25 | The Salvator Chapel was incorporated in 1285 and is considered one of the most perfect examples of its type in Central Europe . |
| 26 | Despite the unpopularity of politicians , John Major is considered one of the best of the political bunch , with 67% agreeing that he is doing a good job as Prime Minister , housewives , particularly , approve of his performance ( 74% ) , which should raise his confidence for the election . |
| 27 | Sterilization is becoming one of the most important methods of contraception among women of childbearing years , and the normal method of contraception for couples where the woman is aged over 30 . |
| 28 | As fast as FAX and having user groups for just about every computer and software product around , it is becoming one of the main channels for passing information around the scientific community for example , much of the debate on Cold Fusion was carried out over the Internet . |
| 29 | Therefore , to assume a sort of ( even internal ) scientific realism about the results of Lakoff and Johnson 's cognitive theory , to claim to have discovered truths about mind and language which give a special explanatory validity to the interpretation of King Lear , is to impose one view of linguistics , one view of science , and one view of how a literary text is to be interpreted on the text . |
| 30 | But any man is permitted one slip . |