Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob works relentlessly for one purpose ; that his music could change mankind 's thinking to bring about unity among the races , and more so for the oppressed people . |
| 2 | So a lot of sort of tracking to and fro between one end of the office , hoping that the two groups would n't meet . |
| 3 | The fact is that for most children maths has been taught badly or rather they have learnt it badly for one reason or another , so there is a need for , for an improvement or a change , so the idea that if children can understand something this will help them to remember it or to make it more real to them , this does seem to be a shift over the last generation . |
| 4 | And while we 've struggled to keep ourselves from the fridge , we have wondered why we long so intensely for one food . |
| 5 | My right hon. Friend has already brought some provisions of the Act into force and intends to bring all its provisions into force progressively within about one year of enactment . |
| 6 | For about 10 years before the diagnosis was made , each time I drank whisky I would sneeze and develop symptoms of a rhinitis within about one minute of starting the drink . |
| 7 | Another group of subjects were subjected to REM or Stage 4 sleep deprivation for three nights , and then deprived of sleep altogether for one night , again allowing a comparison of the effects of a four-day cumulation of loss of Stage 4 sleep with REM sleep . |
| 8 | It was certainly done most effectively for one culture some years ago when Romeo and Juliet were transposed into the idiom of youth group clash in modern New York in West Side Story ( p. 95 ) . |
| 9 | He arrived in Virginia at the age of twelve or thirteen , perhaps as one learning seamanship . |
| 10 | It 's bad enough for one member of the family to hibernate — ca n't you persuade her ? ’ |
| 11 | It was only wide enough for one vehicle but it was not so rough , and Maggie took a few deep breaths to get control of her rage . |
| 12 | One dog might be enough for one man , but others like more . ’ |
| 13 | They had seen a tiny marble-topped table in the kitchen , big enough for one person to eat at , perhaps two at a squash . |
| 14 | A teaching carrel may also be found in some well-equipped reference libraries , where it can take the form of an enclosed cubicle large enough for one person , with a door and a high window . |
| 15 | During his stay US planes had dropped 64 bundles of rations — enough for one person in four to eat once a day . |
| 16 | I refused to face the prospect of his return yet , since I seemed to have faced quite enough for one afternoon . |
| 17 | But , once the temperature has cooled down , the surface of the road is hard again and tough enough for one lorry after another to drive along . |
| 18 | We 've done well enough for one night , and it 'll be standeasy soon . |
| 19 | But enough 's enough for one night . |
| 20 | Just enough for one night . ’ |
| 21 | Surely that 's enough for one night ! ’ |
| 22 | All in all , I think I have said quite enough for one minute . |
| 23 | as if beating England and supplying half of the World Cup winning side was enough for one year Queensland also won the 22nd Dubai . |
| 24 | That 's quite enough for one day at altitude , there and back . |
| 25 | ‘ Enough for one day , ’ he said , and threw her a towel . |
| 26 | Me , I had reached the bottom of the bottle and figured I had lost enough for one weekend . |
| 27 | She brought her hands away from her face only long enough for one look before continuing into the hall and up the stairs . |
| 28 | He had only a second to stare at a page before setting off various alarm spells , but that was time enough for one spell to leap from it and settle in his memory like a toad in a stone . |
| 29 | Then an owl suddenly hooted nearby , making her jump , and she hastily decided she had done enough for one evening . |
| 30 | ( b ) Do n't try to teach more than two linguistic items at the same time , eg the present continuous tense plus vocabulary concerned with the post office would be enough for one period . |