Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] one [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a Sanskrit term meaning ‘ union ’ and is part of the Hindu philosophy of self-discipline which teaches self-control , with the aim of becoming one with the impersonal god force . |
| 2 | We toyed with the idea of having one on the twenty first of this month , but if we did , but now that we 've got someone interested in the house |
| 3 | Each has systematic ways of dealing with apparently awkward cases and there is no hope of specifying neutral conditions for testing one against the other and thus deciding between them . |
| 4 | If you are a mother-to-be or planning on becoming one in the near future join Harpers & Queen On Location on Wednesday 11 April for our Maternity Workshops at Harrods , Knightsbridge , SW1 . |
| 5 | Ryle wishes not to dissipate the contrast between mind and matter by absorbing one by the other but by showing that the contrasting of the two is as illegitimate as contrasting ‘ She came home in a flood of tears ’ and ‘ She came home in a sedan-chair ’ . |
| 6 | Secret As soon as the first four figures — 1978 are written down , you obtain the final result by subtracting one from the right hand figure and adding it to the front . |