Example sentences of "[prep] be one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both have been designed to meet fully the requirements a set out by the County Council and we 're quite happy , we can actually meet that requirement of being one kilometre from Flaxton , in fact we greatly exceed that distance , despite and that is a on the design of a larger new settlement than fourteen hundred dwellings . |
| 2 | Barthes 's was a very modern mind but he would have liked the idea of being one day accepted into this tiny pantheon of local literary notables . |
| 3 | In a sense we were still in the aftermath of being one person . |
| 4 | Despite being one game behind , Speelman seems to have recovered from his hesitant start to the match . |
| 5 | You can do without carpet but you 've got to have somewhere to sit and the least you can make do with is one sofa or two good chairs . |
| 6 | Finding a foreigner to change money with was one way of obtaining the necessary dollars or changing money on the black market , a very expensive option . |
| 7 | It 's got ta be one point two five if that 's over there . |
| 8 | I mean , some people have kind of butterfly minds , with butterfly behaviour , and they switch from being one type of person or another type of person almost minute by minute . |
| 9 | From being one prince among many others he became the most powerful ruler in Europe , richer even than the Emperor , and completely overshadowing his own nominal overlord , the King of France . |
| 10 | Mme Guérigny admitted to me shortly after our return that she was feeling a certain contentment in being one year nearer joining her daughter . |
| 11 | There only seems to be one escape route from this cycle — inclusion in the Olympics . |
| 12 | So , I mean what I 'm saying is that I think we should have a league table if you like of , of attendances , I , I recognise that that may not be popular , but I think it 's going to be one way of sorting out those people who attend every opportunity , and sometimes just to pat an officer on the back . |
| 13 | Lévi-Strauss considers language itself to be one field of communication and the system of exchange and alliance to be ‘ the other field of communication ’ ( Lévi-Strauss 1970 : 496 ) . |
| 14 | Ringa Hustle … was one of the last dogs to go into the traps at wimbledon on Saturday … he was drawn in three alongside his kennel mate Lassa Java … the derby is the race of the year for greyhounds … 40,000 to the winner and there was only ever going to be one winner … |
| 15 | There are unquantified provisions in MAFF 's regulations for reducing the number of HLCAs paid where land ( including common land ) is ‘ overgrazed ’ but there does not appear to be one instance of MAFF ( nor of WOAD in Wales ) enforcing this provision . |
| 16 | Lola chairman Eric Broadley said in Formula One it was necessary for the team and its design department to be one operation and not separated . |
| 17 | The ex the extra cost of privatization is going to be one heck of a lot more than than without any privatization , in that year we 're talking about immediately , is it not ? |
| 18 | This is to be one bit of TV where the only censor is to be the channel selector . |
| 19 | They still work I they 've got there used to be one man er employed to erm give these er boats water , fresh water drinking water |
| 20 | Well we had er , th there always used to be one man aboard the dumb hopper , wh they used to leave there for Monday morning and they used to p him , a man with him . |
| 21 | So a conductor 's duty were n't very very nice then , probably three piece duties , which were spread duties but you know people thought they were bringing in a wonderful thing to be one man operated but it was before the war that we had one man operated buses . |
| 22 | So , i in the fifties across to be one man operated buses ? |
| 23 | I realize that , but I think that also there has to be one man particularly who means something special to you — ’ |
| 24 | There are some excellent villages , like Iholdy , where the church and the frontón are so close together they seem to be one building , and the church has an unusual , very charming wooden gallery attached to the side wall . |
| 25 | What appears to be one village ( and is marked as such on modern maps and on the road signs ) can in fact be seen to consist of no less than eight separate hamlets — Elston ( largely deserted , with a former chapel ) , Shrewton ( from which the village has taken its name ) , Maddington , Netton , Rollestone ( largely deserted with a redundant church ) , Homanton ( deserted ) , Addestone ( deserted ) and Bourton ( deserted ) . |
| 26 | Nursing time was estimated by the sister to be one hour and this allows for preparation , performance of the test , and cleaning up . |
| 27 | ought really to be one parent in a two-parent family but must not actually be permitted to starve if she falls short of this ideal ; |
| 28 | But there has to be one guarantee in because I think once we had rather good one , about six people kept , you can never tell how many come , I mean you 'd want maybe bigger , more than , more space in this room . |
| 29 | What may appear to be one type of soil may have the attachment characteristics of a different layer of soil beneath it in which case the underlying soil dictates the chemical . |
| 30 | The student ranges tend to be one price for all colours . |