Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [conj] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to cope with a wide variety of programming languages , data definition languages , and computers , the module header should be formatted as one comment ( or a series of comments ) in the language of the module . |
| 2 | The TUC cheered Arthur Scargill as he said the law should be defied if one jot of trades union legislation were changed . |
| 3 | Furthermore if the idea of a first and second wave is to be sustained , then — in Clarke 's , Hall 's and others ' formulations — it must be shown that one wave in some senses follows the other . |
| 4 | Indeed it might be said that one year on this course is worth four or five years of experience in the field . |
| 5 | In the light of certain of the clinical evidence it might be expected that one factor influencing the direction or degree of perceptual asymmetry obtained in laboratory experiments among left handers would be their degree of sinistrality . |
| 6 | It could be argued that one reason why the cities have lost so many jobs and contain so many unemployed is that they are over-represented by sectors of the economy that have declined nationally — the cities merely reflecting national trends . |
| 7 | ‘ I could ask him , ’ Felicity said thoughtfully , ‘ whether he felt fashion could be viewed as one means of pasting the fragments of self into the semblance of a unified identity . ’ |
| 8 | The question of ideas in literature could be regarded as one aspect of the question of reality , being part of literature 's ‘ content ’ , and it was an issue that the Formalists themselves were particularly keen to confront . |
| 9 | Suppose , for example , that it could be proved that one cause of delinquency was lack of parental supervision . |
| 10 | He was told that , if he did not pay , he would be treated as one Goble had been . |
| 11 | In the context of this article , the need for a multi-national to engage in this sort of activity is likely to be limited to those occasions when the customer demands it for his own reasons , or where trading relationships have been established that would be threatened if one customer knew of the other 's existence . |
| 12 | Where a secondary collision occurs after an initial impact between two vehicles , this will be considered as one collision involving more than two vehicles irrespective of the extent of the time lapse between the two collisions , thus excluding the application of the Partial Indemnity Clause . |
| 13 | Also , some modification to the program will be needed if one address is used for both speed and direction control , as discussed in a previous Interface article . |
| 14 | This acquisition of competence can be seen as one way the worker defends himself against the control exercised over him by management . |
| 15 | This can be seen as one example of a greater reliance on means tests throughout the whole of the social security system . |
| 16 | Modularization is not easy to define , but can be seen as one end of a spectrum of course structures which ranges from the linear to the modular , as follows : |
| 17 | A large set of genes concerned with mimicry in butterflies became tightly linked together on the same chromosome , so tightly that they can be treated as one gene . |
| 18 | Myth-telling can be treated as one discourse and anthropology as another one . |
| 19 | Under existing UK tax legislation , the right to tax credits payable under the double tax treaty to US companies can be withdrawn and one option could be to start with companies based in California where the state tax authorities have been allowed to tax foreign-owned companies on a formula-apportioned share of worldwide group income . |
| 20 | This symmetry can be disturbed if one side of the rug is disproportionately near a wall or piece of furniture , and they should ideally be placed in a central position . |
| 21 | These changes can be viewed as one aspect of a potentially liberating move towards an increased role for the market and in this sense the reform of local government may be understood as a part of a wider restructuring of the state to achieve the same ends . |
| 22 | For tanks up to four foot in length these can be made as one item , larger tanks may need two . |