Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [adv] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I hope that members appreciate as I say , the range and scale of work , which is that , you will also have seen that they 've been able to open now one evening a week , and for a very small service with a budget of about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds , erm they are doing sterling work . |
| 2 | Only lately , though , have I been able to get virtually one pulse through the entire work . |
| 3 | If a major item such as a dinner service is on the list , make it clear that you are happy to receive just one cup and saucer from the range . |
| 4 | Would it be possible to have just one uplight , as I think the aeration of two powerheads could be causing the algae ? |
| 5 | These seem to have the curious property that , although they can move fairly freely within a hadron , it appears to be impossible to obtain just one quark on its own ; they always come either in groups of three ( like the proton or neutron ) or in pairs consisting of a quark and antiquark ( like the pi meson ) . |
| 6 | If this were the case , most people , whose call is to marriage , would be able to pick up one message and one message only from celibates . |
| 7 | It would be necessary to show how one accent was able to make some difference in meaning with stress or intonation that another accent was unable to make . |
| 8 | The scoreline flattered the Owls , who never had a shot on target and were fortunate to concede only one goal , a stunning 44th minute header by makeshift striker Rob Newman from Mark Robins ' clever cross . |
| 9 | In the control sample the picture was slightly different ; of the 13 who stated a preference at first interview for home care and whom we were able to interview again one year later , six stated an unequivocal preference for home care , five a preference for home care but a recognition of the necessity for , or a competing preference for , institutional care , and two a clear preference for institutional care . |
| 10 | You may have more than one return statement in a subroutine , but it is preferable to have only one entry point and one exit point ( RETURN ) . |
| 11 | A sideways knitted jumper can be decorated with woven stripes and if these are widely spaced it is possible to use just one ball of fancy weaving yarn . |
| 12 | Yet if instead of choosing outputs , the firms indulge in price-setting behaviour ( on which see below ) , any equilibrium is likely to involve only one firm . |
| 13 | " Why , " he thought , " in this country it is uncommon to see even one elephant ; how can I ever expect to find a hundred ? " |
| 14 | You can say that optical fibre is able to carry only one TV channel whereas a coaxial cable can carry up to 30 . |
| 15 | The problem is magnified when handwriting is cursive , since it is difficult to tell where one character finishes and another starts . |
| 16 | Currently such research is obliged to have only one aim — unhooking existing addicts . |
| 17 | Gabriel was urgent to know just one thing . |
| 18 | The shock of his words had so drained what little strength she had that for a moment she was powerless to take even one step . |
| 19 | The VEC relented but , with such short notice , the DUC was able to obtain only one speaker , Dr Robert Blackith , a zoologist from Trinity College , Dublin who was at that stage a veteran anti-nuclear speaker and campaigner . |
| 20 | The prisoner was nothing remarkable : young , white-faced , and so filthy it was difficult to tell where one garment ended and another began . |