Example sentences of "one hand a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , the distinction between the two categories seems to reflect , as I have suggested , the existence of two kinds of interest in the past : on the one hand a concern with steady constraints on social life , and on the other an interest in large-scale patterns of change . |
| 2 | On the one hand a society must reproduce various roles — there must be slots for postmen , steelworkers , parents and civil servants — and on the other hand it must produce people to fill them . |
| 3 | He has in one hand a stick and is followed by a thin dog . |
| 4 | These two projects — on the one hand a wish to investigate the constraining influence of social wholes , and on the other a desire to understand the shaping power of individuals — answer to different sorts of concern with the social world . |
| 5 | Thus , the study concluded , on the one hand a number of the best practice companies relied on technology ( existing and new ) to generate a stream of new ideas , while on the other less successful companies could improve their position significantly by upgrading their technological competence , and by forging links with other companies and academia possibly with the help of government support schemes . |