Example sentences of "one [modal v] [adv] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | From its own customs and traditions the villagers could draw upon a strong sense of identity and morality which , looking back , one may easily mourn in a more impersonal , amoral and uncertain modern world . |
| 2 | We should also not rule out the possibility that one may properly look to a historical explanation , just as a historical explanation underlies the fact that the comparatives of tired and spoilt — derived from verbs — are analytic , as in : ( 56 ) Declan is more spoilt than Karen Declan 's mother is more tired than Karen 's mother rather than the synthetic forms — tireder , spoilter — which we should expect from the monosyllabic adjectives which they have become . |
| 3 | There is plenty of lacrimae rerum here , and one may legitimately wish for a touch of Dryden 's bluffness or of Pound 's impatient suspicion of the elegiac note . |
| 4 | I realize that if one looks at the matter objectively , one has to concede my father lacked various attributes one may normally expect in a great butler . |
| 5 | Consequently , ‘ one may rationally stick to a degenerating programme until it is overtaken by a rival and even after ’ . |
| 6 | With these general points in mind , one may now turn to a sketch of the nature and growth of the learned hierarchy during the period under discussion . |
| 7 | The health of an eight year old diabetic child must , for example , be judged by reference to the standard one might reasonably expect of a child of that age with diabetes and not a healthy eight year old . |
| 8 | For example , one might reasonably take as a starting point the observation that the characteristic occupations of men and of women are distinctly different , as are the kinds of relationships with co-employees associated with them . |
| 9 | The research findings indicate that many authorities have a long way to go before their procedures come close to what one might reasonably describe as a partnership with parents . |
| 10 | Classify at present as an error indicating difficulties one might normally expect with a younger child , or particularly weak spellers of this age . |
| 11 | One might almost speak of a complex symbiosis of different elements in society . |
| 12 | The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher . |
| 13 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
| 14 | Almost , but erm one could certainly arrive at a situation of the sort you 're imagining that we want to be sure that when we look at some very exotic phenomena in the past of the universe , which has no parallel on earth , erm or in our vicinity , how can we be sure that the laws of physics that we 've deduced on earth really apply ? |
| 15 | Gorbachev , at the two leaders ' concluding press conference , described the summit as an ‘ event of enormous importance for our bilateral relations ’ and added that one could now speak of a ‘ new phase of cooperation ’ between the two countries . |
| 16 | Gorbachev said that it had been an " event of enormous importance for our bilateral relations and in the context of world politics " and that one could now speak of a " new phase of co-operation " between the USA and the Soviet Union , describing Bush as " the kind of person to do business with " . |
| 17 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 18 | One would obviously hope for a linear dependence of the A-measure on area . |
| 19 | And , in support of the printed word , television and radio move in with their advice and discussion programmes , educational bodies run courses in psychology for parents , parent-teacher associations organize lectures , and one can even learn from a gramophone record how to teach one 's children about sex . |
| 20 | One can rarely dip into a Pollini recording as a series of edited highlights ( except perhaps as a demonstration of superlative digital execution ) , as he rarely ever plays ‘ for the moment ’ ; one is irresistibly drawn towards hearing the whole work , as only then does the integrity of his vision register with its fullest potency . |
| 21 | Using a long remote release cable and an autowinder to expose and wind the film , one can now retire to a safe distance , leaving the fish to spawn undisturbed . |
| 22 | One can still enter through a narrow stone gateway , though now a new town spreads far beyond the confines of its walls . |
| 23 | Here is a man who one can readily imagine as a commanding general and an overpowering lover , also as quick-tempered , easily aroused to jealousy , one who declaims his Farewell to Arms with the appropriate panache and is terrifying in his Act 3 outbursts . |