Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should n't think so for one minute but I do n't know for certain . ’ |
| 2 | Today , top players can make enough in one year to last a lifetime . |
| 3 | And the surface should fall slightly to one side to shed rainwater . |
| 4 | It should fall out in one piece . |
| 5 | There is no theoretical requirement for time symmetry in reversal : it may initiate preferentially in one hemisphere , for example , or may start slowly and finish quickly . |
| 6 | As the overall shape of wage profiles are widely recognized why do workers not stay longer with one firm ? |
| 7 | The effective implementation of a common foreign and security policy should take place within an institutional framework based on " one decision-making centre , namely the Council ; harmonization and , where appropriate , unification of the preparatory work ; a unified secretariat ; a reinforced role for the Commission through a non-exclusive right of initiative ; adequate procedures for consulting and informing the European Parliament ; detailed procedures ensuring that the union can speak effectively with one voice on the international stage in particular in international organizations and vis-à-vis third countries " . |
| 8 | I can speak authoritatively on one form of resentment of authority which I have had to get to know — albeit unwillingly — in intimate detail : the student protest movement . |
| 9 | The TNF relation COURSE will now consist only of one tuple relating to the ‘ course ’ B74 and the TNF relation COURSE-MODULE will consist of the THREE tuples relating to the COURSE B94 . |
| 10 | His hopes of adding Wimbledon glory to his collection of eight Grand Slam titles now look more forlorn than ever , even though he insists : ‘ You can not give up after one day . ’ |
| 11 | I did not just give up after one attempt . |
| 12 | The urban poor also find they can make more in one night treading coca leaves in makeshift drug factories in the jungle than an office employee earns in a month in the city . |
| 13 | The nature of the choice of language is , of course , slightly different from that of most speaker/listeners : it is a more closed choice — ‘ dictated ’ by the clients , but this can make it more difficult , not less so , particularly since so much can depend on choosing appropriately and being able to do so both ways : clearly a community interpreter can not work brilliantly into one language and culture and poorly into the other . |
| 14 | Nor did Rosa Jacobsen stick slavishly to one version of a tale ; it was important to her to show how many angles a single event could be viewed from . |
| 15 | At a recent presentation by the Danish Bacon & Meat Council , one of the less-boring pronouncements was that consumers may spend up to one minute rummaging through the bacon counter at supermarkets before making their choice . |
| 16 | It follows that because a practice may work well in one country , there is no guarantee that it will continue to do so should it be transferred elsewhere , especially if it conflicts with indigenous traditions and social values . |
| 17 | well can we look please at one brochure , er take er C thirty one , C page thirty one it actually begins at twenty nine I want to ask you one or two questions about this , have you got page twenty nine ? |
| 18 | First , the effects of pre-exposure will not transfer readily from one context to another because the original contextual cues will be necessary if the information acquired during pre-exposure is to be fully available . |
| 19 | And any relation between members of the same sex which allowed their difference , did not assimilate both to one fantasy , would be heterosexual . ’ |
| 20 | But the three-minute song is just a left-over from when that was all you could fit on to one side of a 78 record . |
| 21 | Obviously if you pack your furniture in like that if you pack your furniture in in that way what you 'd end up with when the van stopped all the f all the furniture would move down to one end and be squashed . |
| 22 | To carry conviction your presentation must move effortlessly from one statement to the next taking your audience with you . |
| 23 | This will fit easily into one stitch pattern section of memory and would be transferred to the console as stitch pattern A. |
| 24 | To further test the reliability of the account , and to find the truth about what happened , the student must move away from one document to a comparison between different sources of evidence . |
| 25 | Organizers of a strike could face up to one year in prison or two years in a corrective labour camp , while participants would be liable to summary dismissal from their employment and a fine of up to Rbs3,000 ( about US$5,000 at the official rate ) . |
| 26 | Presumably , they would set out on one course of action , receive a consultants ' report which would blow them off their course , the journalists would then be summoned to Luigi 's restaurant and policy would once again be changed . |
| 27 | If , on the other hand , they are just different regions of a single universe , the laws of science would have to be the same in each region , because otherwise one could not move continuously from one region to another . |
| 28 | Answer guide : This point should be used to illustrate the problems that arise when a trading cycle does not fit neatly into one year . |
| 29 | One student will gain more from one method of teaching than from another . |
| 30 | The total session might take up to one hour . |