Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Difficult situations often arise where a conveyancer is acting for seller and buyer ( eg they are both long-established clients of your firm ) where either one of the parties instructs you then to renegotiate the price of the transaction . |
| 2 | Although not one of the foremost Cheshire gentry in terms of wealth or landholdings , Grosvenor became the most influential local governor in the area of his main estate , immediately to the south of Chester . |
| 3 | Gabriel , although normally one of the quietest and most gentle men on earth , had suddenly become aggressive . |
| 4 | Kennedy was intent upon leading the Western World with an open-handedness that made Britain no more than just one of the Western European states . |
| 5 | Walker is more than just one of the all-time great middle distance runners , he was a pioneer , a barrier breaker who set new standards of performance and of attitude towards the art of miling . |
| 6 | Yet we take a spider web for granted , as a nuisance in the house rather than as one of the wonders of the world . |
| 7 | Legally , if only one of the partners has the money to pay off the company 's debts , then she must do so . |
| 8 | It would have stopped in exactly the same way if only one of the two had stepped on his pedal . |
| 9 | Significantly , in the 36 developing countries for which the data were obtained , if only one of the couple was literate , the child 's chances of surviving to age 5 were greatest if it was the mother rather than the father who could read and write . |
| 10 | It should be noted that if only one of the shareholders of the company is not connected to a director or manager of the company then the exemption will be unavailable to both the vendors and the purchaser . |
| 11 | In on the fourteenth of July of nineteen ninety three the defendant took out a summons with a view to having all the outstanding matters resolved and er this summons came before erm deputy master on the twelfth of August nineteen ninety three and he gave various directions including an enquiry in relation to how the surgery premises er ought to be dealt with as in court in the winding up of the partnership and that matter went before Mr Justice long in December and he decided those issues and gave directions in relation to and how the premises are to be sold , the effect of the directions very vaguely , is that the premises have to be offered to the partners , if only one of the partners shows any interest then there is provision in the relevant deed for ascertaining the price and this is put to that partner at that price , if more than one partner wishes to buy the premises then there is provision for a fixing of a minimum figure and then each of the partners has to put in sealed offers er and the premises will be sold to the partner , the former partner who put in the last offer , that broadly speaking I think is the substance of Mr Justice order . |
| 12 | This particular accident , like so many others , would never have happened if just one of the dozen or so people at the launch point had recognised the danger and shouted ‘ stop ’ . |
| 13 | And I think where where youngsters were away from school that was a greater reason for them to be at home , to look after home , whilst their parents were ill or if probably one of the other kids were off ill or something like that you see , because in most families there was what three and four children . |
| 14 | If even one of the many impurities had been highly toxic , as it might well have been , the non-toxicity of penicillin might have been completely masked , with unpredictable effects on subsequent work . |
| 15 | I used to go because hopefully one of the hardest town in |
| 16 | It scarcely mattered , since only one of the passers-by gave them anything . |
| 17 | The bill provoked outrage from the opposition , principally because the majority of the 35 urban communities benefiting most under the legislation were governed by left-wing councils , whereas only one of the 30 scheduled to make the largest contribution to redistribution ( a group includng Paris , Lyon , Bordeaux , Cannes , Nancy and Versailles ) had a Socialist council . |
| 18 | Small electorates can be managed by politicians , and when the typical county might number forty to sixty freeholders in its electoral roll , while even one of the more extensive lists would rarely exceed 150 voters , many of whom would be nominally qualified , there was clearly opportunity for manipulation . |
| 19 | It is doubtful whether even one of the eight twelves ' living bullets could have cut through the atmosphere created by the Doctor 's words . |
| 20 | In 1944 the East Cheshire ATC sports were held at Stockport School , and here again the Grammar School contingent ( 550 Squadron ) was victorious , though numerically one of the smallest . |
| 21 | They were dressed in the uniform of reserve corps volunteers , and though only one of the two wore it legitimately , it would have been hard to tell which . |
| 22 | Although the question of fees was billed at their recent Leeds meeting as only one of the options to be pursued in funding the doubling of student numbers , a political campaign to promote the acceptance of fees has quickly got underway . |
| 23 | It was no argument , he said , that the two offices must harmonize , as only one of the four elevations of the building would be seen with the Foreign Office , and with ‘ that exception the buildings should differ , because a picturesque style which might look well from a Park would look fantastic from a Street ’ . |
| 24 | Under conditions of nonlimiting H 2 concentrations ( a ) , D. desulfuricans reduced Fe(III) and sulphate simultaneously at rates comparable to Fe(III) and sulphate reduction when only one of the electron acceptors was provided . |
| 25 | If a disease is caused by a mutation in a gene , it may be ‘ dominant ’ or ‘ recessive ’ — that is , it may occur when only one of the two copies is mutated in spite of the presence of a normal gene , or only when both are defective . |
| 26 | As Just One of the Chorus |
| 27 | By many Christian Aid was seen through a glass darkly as just one of the charities helping to relieve the ‘ problems ’ of the Third World . |
| 28 | His playing , and teaching , did however consolidate what several people had already told me — that even at this age , Ruggiero Ricci as still one of the top ten violinists in the world . |
| 29 | It houses at least one so far uncontacted tribal people as well one of the continent 's last undisturbed elephant populations . |
| 30 | Zafonic 's awesome 3 length annihilation of subsequent Group One hero Barathea in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket stamped him as potentially one of the greatest milers of all-time . |