Example sentences of "[noun sg] to one person " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 2 | What 's stress to one person is n't stress necessarily to another . |
| 3 | Call it unfair if you like , but awarding 40% of an award to one person and 20% to someone else is n't really practical ! |
| 4 | The network of existence and of relationships seldom allows consideration of any problem to be considered in relation to one person alone . |
| 5 | If you 're planning to leave the lot to one person , or do n't have a lot to leave , buy a DIY will-pack from WH Smith or the Consumers ' Association . |
| 6 | erm We park appallingly carelessly , some of us do it intentionally very often , some of us do it innocently or probably ignorantly , and perhaps to be fined on the spot would be a way of saving an awful lot of paperwork , an awful lot of time , and perhaps reminding people that they should n't be doing these things although I 'm always slightly worried , this is in a sense another problem , I 'm slightly worried by , by the inequity that six pounds or whatever it is will mean a lot to one person and hardly anything at all to another , and you do see some cars mis-parking again and again , and I 'm not sure that erm the instant penalty would make much difference there . |
| 7 | A news , release sent to The Times , New Printing House Square , Gray 's Inn Road , London WC1 may possibly find its way to one person who will be interested in it , but it is not very likely . |
| 8 | Inviting people into your home to partake of food and drink can be a modest invitation to one person to come and have a cup of coffee and a biscuit . |
| 9 | It is ridiculous to sell one beast at a time to one person . |