Example sentences of "[conj] the single [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as with the Rogallo wing , or the single cone scoops , any lateral shift of the Flexifoil will steer the kite ; but there is a difference in that the single line attachment point allows the Flexifoil to adopt its own twist , and the angle of attack is reduced on the inside of the turn . |
| 2 | Erm well it 's sort of hel , it 's it 's really up to the mother really , you know or the single parent . |
| 3 | There is no need to postulate different negative elements , or different meanings of like : it is enough to allow the negative element either to take the whole of the rest of the sentence as its scope ( Neg ( I like him ) ) , in which case the meaning will be ‘ It 's not true that I like him , ’ or the single element like ( I Neg-like him ) , in which case the meaning will be ‘ I dislike him . ’ ’ |
| 4 | To remove nut from shank the shank-to-nut state must be progressively changed from a three-zone state , through two , down to one , where the single state has two zeros and one non-zero ( this space is the mirror of the head space ) . |
| 5 | As all water contains some ‘ heavy hydrogen ’ ( deuterium ) , where the single proton of the conventional hydrogen nucleus is accompanied by a neutron , there should be some deuterium produced at the cathode too . |
| 6 | ‘ We must return to multiplicity , where the single nation state is no longer supreme . ’ |
| 7 | It is true to say that the ‘ reforms ’ have been taking place along several different tracks at the same time , and it would be simplistic to suppose that the single element called ‘ case management ’ could or should be expected to ‘ make the difference ’ in isolation from other aspects of the reforms . |
| 8 | Alexei held to the opinion that they could not be naturally evolved , and thought that the single horn which projected from the forehead of each had been the whim probably of some Second Empire geneticist . |
| 9 | Out of the corner of his eye Amiss could see that the single bookshelf seemed to contain mainly school stories and adventure yarns . |
| 10 | I have said that the most unpopular aspect of the old rating system was the fact that the single person household paid the same as the multi-occupied household next door . |
| 11 | She offered a new interpretation of the relationship between mono- and dictotyledons , suggesting that both evolved from a common ancestral stock , and that the single seed-leaf in the monocotyledon was homologous to the pair in the dicotyledon . |
| 12 | Modern readers of Middlemarch sometimes find it perplexing that significant social action , even for a woman in a provincial town in 1829 , should be precluded , and that the single exception — the building of cottages — should be so inadequately dramatized within the novel . |
| 13 | I think even then I saw that the single life , the celibate life , was to be part of God 's plan , and I did n't rebel against it . |
| 14 | In the case of carers who have their own children this is easier to see than for the classic ( and disappearing ) case of the single daughter who was presumed to be childless ; although in that case the assumption in the past was that the single daughter would be rewarded in material terms through being the major beneficiary of her parents ' will , if they had money or property to bequeath . |
| 15 | If life has developed for the enjoyment that it brings , and it started with the existence of a single cell , then it is reasonable to suppose that the single cell was capable of the detection of an extremely small measure of ‘ pleasure ’ which it could experience by satisfying some ‘ desire ’ . |
| 16 | It was regrettable that the single justice had been advised that there was no need to pay regard to Meikle . |
| 17 | It seems likely that the single criterion adopted by the Vienna Sales Convention will become the norm . |
| 18 | Just as with the Rogallo wing , or the single cone scoops , any lateral shift of the Flexifoil will steer the kite ; but there is a difference in that the single line attachment point allows the Flexifoil to adopt its own twist , and the angle of attack is reduced on the inside of the turn . |
| 19 | The disadvantages are that the single battery has less stamina than a pod of AAs giving the same voltage , and the female terminal can splay ( or the segments fold under if the battery is installed carelessly ) . |
| 20 | It is possible to argue that the single occurrence of they in the data with a singular verb is accidental ( a ‘ performance error ’ ) but equally possible to claim that the non-occurrence of you , we and these with a singular verb is the consequence of an accidental gap in the corpus ; the line of reasoning characteristic of generative grammar is of little help to us here in choosing between these alternatives . |
| 21 | When the palm leaf sways in the wind , it seems almost impossible that the single egg could remain in the tiny cup . |
| 22 | This document accepts that the traditional trade union approach to employee representation has been that the single channel for th for the representation should be through trade union membership now just listen to this colleagues . |
| 23 | Consistent with her belief that the single market is the key to European prosperity and ‘ closer integration ’ as well as ‘ an example and opportunity ’ to Eastern Europe , Mrs Thatcher stressed it at the expense of Delors and the Social Charter — for which she predicted ‘ considerable difficulties ’ from many countries when detailed proposals emerged . |
| 24 | He emphasised the fact that , under the Single European Act , some majority voting had been introduced in order to ensure that the single market worked effectively , but that he was very critical of the case being proposed for further extensions of competence , for example in the social field . |
| 25 | The need for the intermediary UK company to register in such circumstances flies in the face of Customs ' contention that the single market should not add to the burdens on business . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend will be aware that the single market was an initiative originally pushed by the United Kingdom Government . |
| 27 | At a moment like this , one might think that the single market should dominate the Community thinking , but that is not so . |
| 28 | However , in November 1986 , the Leader of the Opposition said that the single market would be ’ a political failure of such magnitude that it may well endanger the future development and cohesion of the Community . ’ |
| 29 | The right hon. Member for Finchley was right to concede majority voting so that the single market could be in operation by 1993 . |
| 30 | We firmly expect that the single market will benefit all English regions . |