Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] that one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was told that one reason why many Conservative politicians were sympathetic towards our Report was because they did not at first realise that our insistence that all children should speak and write Standard English did not involve any recommendation about RP . |
| 2 | After a pause , she said , ‘ And you were hoping that one day she 'd give up seeing men altogether and have a steady relationship with you ? ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps this a characteristic to be expected of a country where it is said that one person in every three is a civil servant and that it requires 72 government permits to open a mild bar . |
| 4 | Although reported second-hand , it is said that one chap who 's $5,000 in the red and 90 days behind with payments got a call from the card company . |
| 5 | It is to say that one person 's view is as good as another 's , which we patently do not accept when it comes to many aspects of our daily lives . |
| 6 | For instance , it is recorded that one woman , Joan of Sprotborough , fell into a millpool and in spite of not being rescued for an hour was then revived by prayer and by being " measured for a candle " . |
| 7 | It is decided that one topic per term in each year group should be Science-based . |
| 8 | It was directed at ministers and social workers , and it is believed that one Orkney social worker was invited to that seminar , as well as a Baptist minister who had helped to organise the summer camp on Rousay . |
| 9 | For bungalows and flats where the accommodation is on one level only , it is envisaged that one smoke detector will be sufficient , unless the circulation route ( escape route ) is more than 15m . |
| 10 | It is claimed that one litre should support no less than 50 fish of one foot or less with its surface area of 800 square metres . |
| 11 | Despite the temptation to accumulate treasure it was recognized that one way of stimulating gifts was to spend a sizable proportion on the further embellishment of buildings and the enrichment of furnishings and vestments . |
| 12 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 13 | It was written that one day you returned smelling of snow and very ill from winter . |
| 14 | At an early stage it was realised that one factor which can inhibit labour mobility is a lack of mutual understanding of qualification systems between member states . |
| 15 | It was said that one result of reading the Section as I read it would be this : that Mr Astor would be liable to pay tax in respect of the income received by the trustee in the United States as income deemed to be his ( Part XV ) and also likely to pay tax on the income which the trustee was bound to pay over , the latter being ( within the decision in [ Garland v Archer-Shee ( 1930 ) 15 TC 693 ] ) the income springing from a foreign possession , namely , his right of action against the trustee . |
| 16 | It was said that one months worth of rain had rained within about three hours . |
| 17 | With the surrender of Germany and Turkey 's entry into the war , it was felt that one phase of our work was done , and that at last we could go home . |
| 18 | In Chapter 6 , it was suggested that one factor which contributed to the variations in fortune between different towns was the extent to which they had been affected by developments in the manufacture of cloth . |
| 19 | It was found that one shot had gone right through the moored barrel . |
| 20 | Building on current practice in case conferences it was found that one difference was that a network meeting involved the client and unpaid informal or family carers , as well as representatives from statutory and voluntary agencies as appropriate . |
| 21 | It was known that one gene could influence several traits ( pleiotropism ) and that a single trait could be influenced by many genes ( polygenic inheritance ) . |
| 22 | Mr Appleby said he was told that one problem was that the crew did n't have time to clear the ferry properly because of the tight turnaround schedule en route . |