Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one cycle , the algorithm takes one operator out of the list LOp and applies it to N , so producing just one child . |
| 2 | In September , after three years in New Zealand , I had the opportunity to spend one month back in Britain and was able to review the changes I had heard previewed in March 1989 . |
| 3 | In Minton 's case the attraction was the opportunity to do one day less a week than he had done at Camberwell or Central . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps we can come again tomorrow ? ’ he turned to suggest eagerly , while at the same time he took the opportunity to place one arm familiarly about her shoulders . |
| 5 | On a drum-scanning system the map to be digitized is laid on a rotating drum and a sensor is passed across the map ; one pass of the sensor generates one line of the raster . |
| 6 | The housebreaker freed one arm , and grasped his pistol … he beat it twice , with all the force he could summon , upon the upturned face that almost touched his own . ’ |
| 7 | Many a report has been unsuccessful , not because it was badly written , but because the writer visualised one type of reader , whereas , in the end , the report ended up in front of someone entirely different . |
| 8 | The letters on the signpost spelt one word , which was DANGER . |
| 9 | Fig 8 Carry the board using one hand on the daggerboard and the other in the mast track |
| 10 | The principle known as novation is the key here , being an agreement with the creditor to substitute one debtor for another . |
| 11 | The differentiation went one stage further because Galileo found it necessary to distinguish two senses in which a biblical text could be construed . |
| 12 | The case contained one office file and a brochure . |
| 13 | Records by Dead Kennedys , Crass and Icons Of Filth are played in court but the case involving one disc is thrown out because the magistrates can not hear the lyric ! |
| 14 | ( Thank heavens calories are cumulative , and the damage done one day can be countermanded by the next . |
| 15 | The midwife took one look at me — the head was already on its way out — attached a fetal monitor and told me to push . |
| 16 | The Chairman raised one hand and beat the table with the gavel . |
| 17 | Neither are the risks merely physical when she encourages a direct association between looking at her art and consuming food and drink , but the vast array of psychological dynamics which can motivate purchases as humble as a cup of coffee guarantees that the decision to choose one bar over another is often less casual than browsing through galleries . |
| 18 | Each share enables the holder to have one trader on the floor . |
| 19 | It sold InfoNow units at $60,000 per unit , each consisting of 20,000 shares of common stock and 20,000 Class C warrants , each of the latter entitling the holder to buy one share of common at $6 by December 30 1997 . |
| 20 | ‘ It does n't matter if the contestant gets one vote . |
| 21 | The judgement led one observer to point out ruefully that there now existed a situation where two tribunals faced with similar circumstances could quite reasonably come to different conclusions , and that their rulings could not be overturned on appeal in the Interests of consistency ( IRS , 1985a ) . |
| 22 | Each square on the chart represents one cross-stitch . |
| 23 | The chart shows one pattern repeat for each band . |
| 24 | It is bad enough having the sufferer saying one thing but really meaning another without the counsellor getting caught up in the same macabre " game " . |
| 25 | The university had one college , Birkbeck , which awarded degrees to evening students so that they might work at their jobs during the day . |
| 26 | Word processing programs allow the user to delete one character or word or sequence of words and insert new letters ( e.g. to correct spelling ) or new words or phrases to improve the clarity of the document . |
| 27 | ( The information on the inlay is not helpful : after the years at school , speedily dealt with , the story covers one year , not ten . ) |
| 28 | The delivery note is signed and the driver retains one copy . |
| 29 | Of course it is much better to have further yarn masts , as they come in handy for even normal two-colour knitting , where they can do away with the necessity to remove one yarn and re-thread with waste yarn when you need to remove work on waste . |
| 30 | Teaching and organ-playing gave Benjamin James ( hereinafter simply ‘ Benjamin' for the sake of conciseness ) the wherewithal to leave one place for another if he wished to — they were skills more marketable over a wide area than those of his father , for example , who presumably relied upon local contacts and reputation in order to earn a decent living . |