Example sentences of "[vb base] on [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most insist on between one and four bound copies being provided by the candidate being examined . |
| 2 | There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it . |
| 3 | I hold on with one hand , landing in a fast-moving heap that upsets the sledge 's balance . |
| 4 | There is little systematic evidence of how people in other cultures get on with one another , but it should be noted that within a tribal community there may be such strong libidinal ties among the members that the interrelations among them appear peaceful , and may be so for quite long periods of time . |
| 5 | British Rail has consistently argued that people will get off the channel tunnel trains and get on to one of the five underground lines going through King 's Cross station , and that that will somehow solve the problem of increased passenger traffic . |
| 6 | Carpoids are rare fossils ranging from the Cambrian to the Devonian , when they disappeared completely — unless their descendants live on in one of the chordate groups . |
| 7 | He was keen to encourage her and prepared to see her move on into one of the operating companies . |
| 8 | As it was his first visit , the attendant had suggested that he get a good sweat on in the steam room first , then move on to one of the dry heat rooms to continue sweating in comfort on one of the beds provided . |
| 9 | Apart from the police forces — and here I move on to one of the hon. Gentleman 's questions — only the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Her Majesty 's Customs and Excise have direct access to the PNC , but they can see only some of the information and only to read it . |