Example sentences of "on by one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many more will have suffered from cancers brought on by one of the radioactive substances released . |
| 2 | She had met him back home in the west country when he had come to supervise a show put on by one of the big ready-to-wear labels , Carnega , for whom he worked as a junior member of the design team . |
| 3 | At this distance it is impossible to tell if Gert could have made more of his early life if he had been given the chance to make use of the ‘ creative ability ’ spotted early on by one of his helpers . |
| 4 | ‘ Later they told me my body just went up in the air and I was hanging on by one hand . ’ |
| 5 | Learned behaviour in any particular society includes those ideas , techniques and habits which are passed on by one generation to another — in a sense , a social heritage — and which are virtually a set of solutions to problems that , in the course of time , others have met and solved before . |
| 6 | Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers . |
| 7 | Housing , health and social work each provide part of the finance and the management of the project may be by a committee representing all three authorities or may be taken on by one of the participating organisations or by a voluntary body which specialises in carrying for dementia sufferers . |
| 8 | If it is to be worked on by one person for detailed analysis of the language produced perhaps for research purposes , or to help a teacher note common language problems — then audio alone would be sufficient . |
| 9 | There was one abominable story of a young man to whom this happened , a freelance journalist , who 'd been taken on by one of the agencies on a temporary trial which had n't worked out . |
| 10 | Stimulated by Gould 's remarks , he reached for a piece of paper lying near to hand — presumably one that was being drawn on by one of the zoological draughtsmen working at the Society at the time — and proceeded to write on the reverse side of the drawing . |
| 11 | The number plate 's only hanging on by one screw . |