Example sentences of "[adv] one [noun sg] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this can only work at the individual level : it can not work for the economy as a whole since the quantity of nominal money is fixed , and so one person obtains more money by selling bonds only with the result that someone else — the person who buys the bonds — finds himself with less . |
| 2 | This is multi-loading and saves the trouble of closing down one program to start another . |
| 3 | They now have no ch no voice , there is only one way to counter this . |
| 4 | ‘ I warn you , cara , there is only one way to settle this dispute . ’ |
| 5 | We are all in the business of making people laugh — and in Carry On films there is only one way to do that — good old slapstick humour . ’ |
| 6 | So , British Gas , the commercial , have worked out that there 's only one way to do that , you do the job properly to start with . |
| 7 | There 's only one way to do this , Sophie thought . |
| 8 | Even with my mistake , only one person answered all three questions correctly : Alan Hezzlewood of Endon . |
| 9 | Only one person seems less than satisfied with the band 's efforts , that 's the cameraman , who 's of the earnest opinion that ‘ This Is Not A Song ’ is ‘ a heap of shit ’ . |
| 10 | I have only one question today' that of justice in the name of humanity . |
| 11 | If only one household appeals this may not carry much weight , but if several of us do , and give similar grounds for the appeal , then we stand a better chance of succeeding . |
| 12 | There is only one competition held each year at Glenrothes , which is insufficient incentive to that highly disciplined side of the sport , and little display or sport aerobating elsewhere . |
| 13 | Only one explanation fitted all the facts , and it was so far-fetched that more than once she dismissed it . |
| 14 | In a monogamous marriage there are many more claims on time and labour because there is only one woman to do all the work ; looking after a husband and children , tending crops , collecting water , firewood and preparing food . |
| 15 | Each of the groups possessed the necessary prior knowledge , but only one group had that knowledge activated . |
| 16 | The boys could see that in reception classes , as in the all-in village school of a few generations ago , only one teacher taught all subjects to children between twelve and sixteen . |
| 17 | Only one class did that . |
| 18 | Even if you rarely stretch the G 's exceptional 2.9-ton towing limit , or test the new drivetrain which keeps you mobile even if only one wheel has any grip , at least you can savour the high , commanding view every time you slip behind the wheel . |
| 19 | In late August , after the terns had fledged , he went over one evening to do some work on the island , and on the way back in the dusk he disturbed a party of terns which were roosting on the beach , one of which flew into the tractor and was killed . |
| 20 | all that is needed is just one telephone call each time there is a trip to arrange . |
| 21 | There is just one way to replace all the letters by digits in the multiplication |
| 22 | In a series , just one item has more energy than its colleagues and emphasises their inertia . |
| 23 | Keeping a low blood cholesterol level is just one reason to follow these simple guidelines for a healthy diet : |
| 24 | But this means more than just one group replacing another . |
| 25 | BELVILLE : Why , is that not one chimney-sweeper calling another a sooty rascal ? |
| 26 | George : ‘ Not one picture shows that . ’ |
| 27 | Whenever one individual leaves more offspring than another and this capacity is inherited , in time its genes will come to dominate the population gene pool . |
| 28 | Whenever one individual leaves more offspring than another and this capacity is inherited , its genes will in time come to dominate the gene pool . |
| 29 | Well one person raised that . |
| 30 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |