Example sentences of "[coord] the [num] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For me work is more fun than fun and the one thing I was never trained for was leisure . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As for Guns N ’ Roses , I bought ‘ Appetite For Destruction ’ three years ago and the one thing that struck me was just how exciting the guitars were . |
| 3 | And the one thing that myself and my friends all absolutely hated was guitar solos ! |
| 4 | Bill and Kath , along with their loyal staff have put virtually a lifetime 's effort into acquiring the immense amount of stock contained at PAS , and the one thing that really concerns them is that if anything should ever happen to either of them , what would be the future for all the stock ? |
| 5 | We 're Vice Presidents of Somerset Cricket Club , and the one thing that John is most proud of is that he once slow-bowled Dennis Compton during a match against the MCC . ’ |
| 6 | And the one thing that I over all these years I have found and I 've come more and more into is aromatherapy , because it 's not |
| 7 | They spend all their time surrounded by nature and the one thing nature does n't do is lie . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's a rebel , and the one thing he hates is an old family . ’ |
| 9 | … now with the GCSE things are very much more flexible , and the one thing we can get rid of immediately is the written paper , which is of course one of the bits of objective assessment in the examination , and which an awful lot of teachers clung onto . |
| 10 | I think we found it quite difficult to provide the range of services at fully competitive prices and the one thing that this merger will do is to make us much more competitive . ’ |
| 11 | I must confess the moment er Stan Collimore set it up for Webb , I mean it 's a nice ball he does brilliant here Colin , checks the and shapes a nice little ball into Webby 's path and the one thing Webby 's still got he 's he 's got good feet . |
| 12 | And the one thing I could never do as a viewer of ’ University Challenge ’ I could never answer the questions . |
| 13 | And the one thing I could never do as a viewer of ’ University Challenge ’ I could never answer the questions . |
| 14 | But erm er so I thought that was er so that was the only thing that I would actually pick up on there erm and the one thing I noticed this time , and you did n't , I mean this was n't the case when you did erm the role play this morning , but this time , and I do n't know whether it was because you had less confidence with what , with actual talking about the product , but you had very little eye contact with Maggie . |
| 15 | Mr Maclean said : ‘ You have big companies here who are trying to compete and the one thing these companies want is a level playing field . ’ |
| 16 | Well there 's a quite a bit of difference between five and fifty is n't there and the one thing is for your educational needs and the other I 'm so convinced about . |
| 17 | To do that you 're going to need the good will of the workers within the centre , the local community , the workers within Moat and the different factions within Moat and the one thing that the Tory line did was to unite all those factions against what the county council wanted . |
| 18 | Well there 's a quite a bit of difference between five and fifty is n't there and the one thing is for your educational needs and the other I 'm so convinced about . |
| 19 | And the one thing that 's so difficult |
| 20 | But the one thing I will certainly not find in Shepherd 's Bush is a real , live sheep ! |
| 21 | I do n't know what my future style will be but the one thing I do know is that I will keep on changing . ’ |
| 22 | But the one thing you can do is to think like us . |
| 23 | I can do most things on that , but the one thing I 've always had a problem getting with that type of preamp setup is the kind of crunchy combo sound . |
| 24 | In truth there are liquid acrylics of varying viscosity and therefore suitable for different uses , but the one thing which they all have in common is that they open up acrylic work to the whole field of design and illustration and offer other useful techniques for the fine artist . |
| 25 | They vary in standard enormously but the one thing that shines through them is the enthusiasm of people for their railways . |
| 26 | All power , all profits , all our sources of livelihood are in their hands — but the one thing they leave behind will destroy them — the hatred of a million coolies ! |
| 27 | But the one thing that you can not change , unlike the colour , is the fact that it faces north . |
| 28 | But the one thing that does impress itself on you is that he 's so very competent . |
| 29 | But the one thing I 'm sure Roxburgh will not do is panic . |
| 30 | I mean the one thing that Neil Webb can do , as you say he he 's missed a lot of football he played against our Reserves Thursday night , but the one thing he can do if he get an opportunity he can produce a telling ball . |