Example sentences of "was one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Qaddafi 's policy of unlimited universal military service was one element in his plan to educate Libyans to nationhood and socialism . |
| 2 | Their insight that the reduction of entry barriers will , in some cases , suffice to force a natural monopoly into quasi-competitive behaviour was one element underlying the continuing experiment in airline deregulation in the United States ( charted in chapter 7 ) . |
| 3 | It was one element in the search , on occasion the scramble , for diversification . |
| 4 | That was one consideration which certainly affected some Mannaia opinion on the question . |
| 5 | As he gathered her closely back to him there was one second when their eyes met and Jenna saw the open desire in his gaze . |
| 6 | The white square slowly magnified , then seemed to blossom , and there was one second when everything happened : the cockpit was shaking , the engine bellowing , the ground looming , the tablecloth leaping and dancing . |
| 7 | She says that I , I , Jackie I was so , sure I was one second away from |
| 8 | Was the landing gear up or down , or was one leg out of phase with the other ? |
| 9 | " I believe it was one Arthur Pascoe , ma'am . |
| 10 | Reputedly in poor condition when it surfaced last year ‘ glossed and cleaned up ’ was one description the painting has been consigned from the Wernher Collection at Luton Hoo , Bedfordshire . |
| 11 | The weight of a kibble of ore would depend upon the size and richness of its contents but might be expected to be around 175 lb. , whilst a quintal was one cwt . |
| 12 | During the voyage there were fights and illnesses , seven babies were born , eleven people died and there was one marriage and a miscarriage . |
| 13 | In 1986 in the United Kingdom , there was one marriage every 80 seconds , and a divorce once every 175 seconds ! |
| 14 | He said money was one problem I did n't have to have . ’ |
| 15 | The loyalists would then interpret the government 's actions as being proof that there was one law for the nationalists and another for the loyalists . |
| 16 | Eventually , when Radio Clyde said ‘ No recording , no Masses ’ , and the bishops got themselves into a situation when it was one law for Clyde and another for the BBC , did the recorded Mass become a possibility . |
| 17 | There was one word of address ( the name of a town in Yorkshire ) , the date , and then , |
| 18 | M&B the first antibiotic which you thought was one word , emmonbee . |
| 19 | All I understood was one word : Chagall . ’ |
| 20 | It was one word . |
| 21 | Personation was one word for it , although cheating seemed more appropriate . |
| 22 | kind of dictionary , see if there was one word , say constipation |
| 23 | I know er , down at Corfe Junction or a one road across or one another across or there was one road going to Wimborne , one going to Broadstone , up road and down road . |
| 24 | But there was one other very significant implication of the repatriation policy which Sir James Grigg , as Secretary of State for War with responsibility for the Army , had in mind from an early stage of the discussions . |
| 25 | There was one fatality , when a bomb exploded in the public house in central London on Oct. 12 , and a number of injuries , but the main effect was to cause severe disruption in the capital . |
| 26 | There was one bloke with a piece of glass sticking out of his head . |
| 27 | there was one bloke over in erm tha you know , with a man la , that I used to work with and he , he used to fly from Hollies , and he lost his plane one day and fle , flew out of range and er he he spent weeks looking for it ! |
| 28 | There was one present which gave Diana the most agonizing decision of her young life . |
| 29 | and today at Ascot … there was one winner for Scudamore none for Dunwoody … but the Oxfordshire man still leads by 15 … the score at the moment 90 to 75 |
| 30 | ‘ I always know when I visit Conservative houses because they wash their milk bottles before they put them out , ’ was one howler which contributed to her being booed off the stage when she addressed students at the London School of Economics . |