Example sentences of "[to-vb] one [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However — ’ he shrugged ‘ — my vet in Westmead ca n't be expected to come out so far so I 've obviously got to find one for this shop . ’ |
| 2 | The problem will be to find one without any geological ‘ boobytraps ’ , such as heavy faulting , without generating a political furore . |
| 3 | How very nice to find one in these dark days . |
| 4 | Her head was spinning , filled with so many thoughts that it was impossible to sort one from another . |
| 5 | We , and others , recommend that a sample should be obtained after one hour for both routes and are pleased to receive one at all , for it immediately involves the medical microbiologist in the care of the patient , and close cooperation is important . |
| 6 | Telefonica de Espana SA now says it will fight the court ruling ordering it to sell one or other of its holdings in Chile 's two main telecommunications companies — and appeal to international law if necessary : Telefonica has 43.6% in Compania de Telefonos de Chile SA and 20% of Entel Chile SA , and has been told to sell one within 18 months . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a hell of a job to win one in three games . |
| 8 | I tried to banish the idea of a drowned Shelley by conjuring up the memory of Mary stepping into Lake Geneva and looking back at me over her shoulder ; instead came a more ferocious image — that of a gigantic man leaping towards me : not the best picture to help one through these present circumstances . |
| 9 | An appeal is well under way to buy one for each of the county 's 30 ambulances . |
| 10 | X , who did not have one in stock , contracted to buy one from Four Point Garage . |
| 11 | what I 've tried to do is not to and we 've had the money , is to buy one in each set cos we have n't got the money to buy full sets , thirty books is a joke ! |
| 12 | Random numbers were used to identify one in six of each type of practice . |
| 13 | According to CMC , the system only fails to identify one in 50 words typed into it . |
| 14 | The starting dose was adjusted to induce one to two bowel movements per day , loose enough to ensure complete daily emptying of the lower bowel and prevent pain or stool soiling , or both . |
| 15 | If you 're lucky enough to see one at all it will slither off to find a more peaceful rock to sleep under , and since as yet they have n't organised themselves into packs , roaming around looking for people to bite , we can safely say that there 's nothing you will encounter that threatens humans in any way . |
| 16 | By the year 2000 , the Government wants to see one in three school leavers entering a university or college . |
| 17 | Other women would doubtless be wearing such dresses , but none , Jane thought , would dare to wear one without any petticoat as she herself intended . |
| 18 | According to a survey carried out by the Bureau of National Affairs in 1986 , 36% of the responding organisations currently had a smoking policy , 2% were to implement one during 1986 and another 21% had such a policy under consideration [ 7 ] . |
| 19 | ‘ I can half accept the free kick because it was in a central position but to let one in straight from a corner is something else … |
| 20 | Dixon will be keen to put one over former team-mates on his local track . |
| 21 | And you might could try a thousand K , erm , with oth other programs , if you start using Windows , y you need to use the so software called Microsoft Windows if you 're going to use one to four . |
| 22 | Well and do you want me to do one for this year ? |
| 23 | Now we 're planning to do a , we do n't wan na do another budget , re-budget forecast until June July , we , cos it , we do n't need to do one for this bu any budget year starting July , we 're gon na work on the calendar year . |
| 24 | Right , if you 've got ta do three essays now from six you have to do one from each section , then you 're gon na do either two of developmental , o it 's unclear exactly what the breakdown will be on that .. |
| 25 | If the parties had not agreed on nominating such authority , or if the nominated authority declines to appoint an arbitrator or is unable to nominate one within sixty days of its receipt of either party 's request to that effect , both parties may ask the Secretary-General of the Permanent Arbitration Court to nominate an appointing authority . |
| 26 | The group has also sold the balls to racehorse trainers to entertain sick horses confined to their boxes , but says there are no plans to send one to famous equine convalescent , Desert Orchid . |
| 27 | There is no biographical key with which it can be unlocked — and I have not been trying to turn one in this essay of mine , which does not believe it , for that matter , to be locked . |
| 28 | Just my luck to get one with vandalistic urges ! |
| 29 | Yet a woman who had lost a husband or failed to get one at all , might find herself in genuine distress . |
| 30 | I 'm trying to get one for this model here , we have a lot of these erm similar chassis in them . |