Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [art] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob 's already indicated that he does n't , he wants to do everything he possibly can to avoid us having to affect service levels okay , and obviously the overtime is the one thing that really is , stands out as being the issue anything else cos I mean our salary costs are there , there or thereabouts erm with the temps in it , erm we know we 've got erm some temps . |
| 2 | Bereavement is the one battle in which people dice with a death that has already occurred in order to survive all the dangers of the loss and deprivation it brings , and it takes courage to stand shoulder to shoulder with someone who is in the thick of it . |
| 3 | Flight Simulator is the one exception , as it animation is too jerky under Windows . |
| 4 | Live work is the one area where the artists and audience meet face to face . |
| 5 | The liver is the one organ in the abdomen in which MRI has been shown to be slightly better than computed tomography in the detection of focal lesions . |
| 6 | He was convinced that , in the words of the Barmen Declaration which he with others drafted in May 1934 in opposition to the German Christians , ‘ Jesus Christ as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture is the one Word of God , which we have to hear , and which we have to trust and obey in life and in death . ’ |
| 7 | What British people so often fail to understand is that the old inter-island divisions and prejudices that have always dogged Caribbean life are still present , and that a successful cricket team is the one thing that transcends this fragmentation . |
| 8 | Marketing is the one function of management which has to be more concerned with what is going on outside the organization than with what is happening internally . |
| 9 | Swimming is the one sport in which black people trail behind whites . |
| 10 | Health and safety is the one area where shop stewards , safety representatives have to deal with on a daily basis . |
| 11 | Your wedding day is the one time in your life that you can live out your wildest dreams and most romantic fantasies . |
| 12 | For better or for worse , DOS is the one thing which unites PCs and their users . |
| 13 | This procedure is the one labelled{ 3 . |
| 14 | Mulberry is the one company to have successfully transcended the difference between city and country — probably because they are all true classics . |
| 15 | After I came back from America , I decided to go into business , you see , and naturally tourism is the one business that wo n't fail — not with our climate , and with the lovely beaches around Samana . ’ |
| 16 | Slater reckons ‘ Apple is the one company that will make PowerPC happen ’ . |
| 17 | Unhysterically told , the message is that the cocaine trade is the one branch of American commerce that these thoroughly American kids are allowed into . |
| 18 | H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes . |
| 19 | I always feel happier or calmer with a pen in my hand , for writing is the one activity which gives me an unquestionable dignity and , if I may dare to claim it , an unconquerable pride . |
| 20 | The Responsible Society is the one organisation working in this general field that is not explicitly Christian in outlook . |
| 21 | Love is the one thing we have against the implacable tyranny of time . |
| 22 | ‘ So music is the one thing that weakens your British reserve , Shelley ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Samain is the one night of the year when the Bright Palace is vulnerable . |
| 24 | My first truism is the one Aristotle used to say what it is for a statement to be true or false : ‘ To say of what is , that it is not , or of what is not , that it is , is false ; while to say of what is , that it is , or of what is not , that it is not , is true . ’ |
| 25 | ( A grudge is the one thing that you can take with you . ) |
| 26 | The kitchen is the one room where you should literally use every inch , nook , cranny , piece of ceiling , window , door or side of cabinet ; in fact the key to successful and efficient kitchen storage is to use every possible surface , and to assemble equipment and accessories by the places where they are the most needed . |
| 27 | He is happiest on the water , and the Blue Doublet is the one place she can really call her own . ’ |
| 28 | My , my watch is the one Irene bought me gone wrong , it 's had to go in for repairs . |
| 29 | Mourning is the one thing people want to avoid doing . |
| 30 | Speaking as an old university hack who 's been teaching courses in this place since nineteen sixty two , the Shakespeare course is the one thing which is utterly and deeply different every time I teach it . |