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Example sentences of "the [num] thing " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The '70s thing is all over the place at the moment , it 's when people of my generation were growing up , it 's people 's memories of classic pop imagery from their childhood . ’
2	There is another leitmotif in this funny , happy ballet , the precious red umbrella , Alain 's only love — or so it would seem — for it is the one thing he clings to and simply has to find when he has lost Lise .
3	The one thing all readers are likely to agree on is that Derrida is a very difficult writer , whether he is read in French or in English translation .
4	Great poets speak from a position of morality , of authority and that 's the one thing these people ca n't abide .
5	‘ If you have spent a day at the stadium , the one thing you do n't need is to spend an evening at the theatre .
6	The one thing I ca n't stand is cynicism .
7	‘ For me work is more fun than fun and the one thing I was never trained for was leisure . ’
8	The one thing we never thought of was to check the wheels .
9	The one thing that does not seem to work in these situations is to use a large pop-up fished over the bed of baits .
10	The one thing we all dread is high winds .
11	It 's the one thing the nation that produced Shakespeare ( albeit 400 years ago ! ) thinks it can do rather well .
12	The one thing he never wanted was an acting career — ‘ I 'd seen that … ’
13	Though it does not mean to , the one thing this exhibition actually proves is that new Parisian painting after Hitler 's war had no benefit ( except commercial good fortune ) from the surroundings of the new bohemia .
14	‘ It 's the one thing he can outflank both Baker and Heseltine on . ’
15	The one thing they do n't do is taste like wine .
16	For the one thing that makes rock more than simply an industry , the one thing that transcends the commodity relation , is fidelity , the idea of a relationship .
17	For the one thing that makes rock more than simply an industry , the one thing that transcends the commodity relation , is fidelity , the idea of a relationship .
18	‘ The one thing I learned is that no one does any building during times of political instability . ’
19	First , confront the one thing everybody avoids discussing .
20	If the one thing that inner-city black children will go to school for is sport , use it to keep them there .
21	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 .
22	That is the one thing they are commanded to do together ( in the Hebrew the verb of verse 8 's ‘ tell the rock ’ is in the plural ) which the story does not mention their performing .
23	‘ Yes , Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke , I will , ’ I said as if it was the one thing in the world I wanted to do .
24	I felt , by doing that , I had effectively stepped back in time and discovered the one thing that should have been thought of before we even harnessed electricity .
25	But the one thing I will certainly not find in Shepherd 's Bush is a real , live sheep !
26	When I think of what the ‘ ideal ’ look is for a girl , I always imagine it as someone looking happy , and that is the one thing I know I do n't look .
27	This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper .
28	I do n't know what my future style will be but the one thing I do know is that I will keep on changing . ’
29	A union of Baptists or of Methodists could be based on shared theological foundations ; a union of Nonconformists could only be based on the one thing they shared , their nonconforming status as English Protestant Christians outside the established church of the land .
30	When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking .