Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is to elicit not intuitions OF meaning , but intuitions ABOUT meaning , which , although they are one step removed from the primary object of interest , can , if properly chosen , be clear and reliable . |
| 2 | There was always that about Mario , that if he had n't been one hell of a racing driver , you still would have wanted to talk to him ; and that , although he was one hell of a racing driver , you still preferred to talk to him about other matters . |
| 3 | If I was one millionth part of an angel there would be a miracle . |
| 4 | Some screws were more lenient than others and you learned when you saw who came round to wake you up how much you had to hurry — whether it was one who 'd put you on report if you were one minute late or if they would give you five minutes ' grace . |
| 5 | Yes , Data Packet Networks , I mean it just means that we 're talking as if we 're one site and not three . |
| 6 | However , Feargal Quinn makes a valid point when he argues that to talk about farm-based commodity production and the factory based processing to meet consumer demands as if they are one industry is a misleading simplification . |
| 7 | Yes , he booked her in Smith 's , then she said do n't buy one yet cos they 're one pound sixty |
| 8 | If it is one man , then they believe he is white , aged between 25 and 35 , well-built and may have a beard ; his accent is that of North Manchester or South Lancashire . |
| 9 | Like if it 's one metre away and there 's a car going across . |
| 10 | At Feros Lighting , Parsons Street , Banbury , you 'll not only see the largest selection of domestic lighting in the area , they can also advise you on the best way to light your office , so if it 's one lightbulb , your whole home or a complete office , for the complete look go to Feros Lighting in Parsons Street , Banbury . |
| 11 | Fifty two litres roughly so if it was one voucher for fifteen that 's three in n it ? |
| 12 | How can his , well if ours is one point six there 's three times |
| 13 | A fund-raiser planning to tour Europe in a Reliant Robin has been told that the feat wo n't earn him a place in the record books — because he 's one wheel short . |
| 14 | A fund-raiser planning to tour Europe in a Reliant Robin has been told that the feat wo n't earn him a place in the record books — because he 's one wheel short . |
| 15 | Perhaps I should just say a word about that that operation since you 've raised it , because it is one type of job that we do , that is taking part in a rather large group , in this case sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat at the request of the government of Uganda after the fall of erm of Amin , to assess the rehabilitation needs of the country and to suggest what policies should be priority policies for their point of view and what contribution could be made by other countries through aid and erm other ways of technical assistance and fellowships for training and so forth , to help in this rehabilitation . |
| 16 | Because it 's one person , one contract , it 's based on me and my salary , or , the wife as a house-wife , or house-husband , of course , if the wife 's working |
| 17 | It 's just it 's just a number be because it 's one length divided by another . |
| 18 | The message ca n't be different because it 's one sound , one word and one mouth , people , culture and all else that related to the people of reggae and Afro-Lingua . " |
| 19 | Another argument I must meet is that while it is one thing to tolerate behaviour and remove criminal sanctions , in this case concerning homosexual activities , it is quite another thing to facilitate and give recognition to unions built on such activities . |
| 20 | She was beginning to realise that whatever Lydia felt for Beuno was different in kind from what she had felt for Finn , and this had eased her incipient unhappiness , for while it is one thing not to win the beloved it is another to see him swept off by somebody else , and far , far worse . |
| 21 | An explanation of political popularity and elections seems important for medium-term forecasting , since it is one way of endogenising economic policy . |
| 22 | One security source said : ‘ Whether it is one man or two or even three , they have displayed a knowledge of rifle fire targeting . |
| 23 | Whether it is one side 's cry of the ‘ radical uncertainty ’ of authentic faith or the other side 's reiteration of the ‘ leap of faith ’ , we are offered an imposing edifice of faith with little or no mention of foundations . |
| 24 | We can help you find the cost-effective solution , whether it is one method of funding or the clever combination of different methods . |
| 25 | It does n't matter whether it 's one pizza shared out between three of us or as we tried earlier two shared out between six of us . |
| 26 | But in a sense it does n't really matter whether it 's one parable , whether it 's three parables , or whether it 's four parables , it 's what Jesus was trying to teach to these people , and over these next three weeks , we 're gon na be looking at these three , er illustrations that Jesus uses . |
| 27 | To prevent this from running down on-to the rest of the body and the swaddling clothes , it was immediately covered by a narrow linen band known as the ‘ chrysom ’ ; and it was the custom , should a child die before it was one month old , that this chrysom was used as the head-covering to the funerary swaddling . |
| 28 | My father died when I was one week old , so I was the Queen of Scots when I was a baby . |
| 29 | Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old . |
| 30 | so it was down to 10 men but why do teams always fight harder and play better when they 're one man short … |