Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] in one " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technology has already been picked up in one form or another by many sections of the Unix vendor community . |
| 2 | The technology has already been picked up in one form or another by many sections of the Unix vendor community . |
| 3 | Each turkey , fresh from the taxidermist , has been tarted up in one sort of drag or another from Parlour maid to Kabuki actor and , who knows ? maybe even Uncle Sam . |
| 4 | Possibly more champions are made up in one year in Australia than the total achieved in the UK since the breed 's first introduction . |
| 5 | This was based on the assumption that once supranational institutions had been set up in one economic sector , interest groups would look to that political level for the realisation of their demands , and that in time the groups would begin to appreciate the value to themselves of integration . |
| 6 | ‘ I wish I 'd been brought up in one of these , ’ he said , ‘ rather than a tower block . |
| 7 | and your husband having been brought up in one . |
| 8 | Suddenly the lack of sleep and tension seemed to be catching up in one great wave of dizziness . |
| 9 | They 'll be flown over in one of the biggest movements of horses ever . |
| 10 | If wood is to be stained as well as filled , then it is possible with some makes to thin the filler with the wood dye , so that dyeing and filling can be carried out in one operation . |
| 11 | Or she may be working on a rabbit and be boxed in in one direction while another ferret has backed one or more rabbits behind her . |
| 12 | New Zealand Rail is likely to be sold off in one year as one going concern , comprising the network , rolling stock and inter-island train ferries , as urged by the railway management . |
| 13 | Which ever of those three wives takes food tomorrow to the workmen building the walls of the city , that one must be walled up in one of the pillars of the great gate . |
| 14 | Suppose that , however improbably , a balanced slate could nevertheless be agreed on in one party . |
| 15 | Most of what is unusual about man can be summed up in one word : ‘ culture ’ . |
| 16 | Wittgenstein 's treatment of intentionality can be summed up in one sentence from the Philosophical Grammar : ‘ It is in language that it 's all done ’ . |
| 17 | If all this had to be summed up in one sentence I suppose it would have to be that Wittgenstein 's treatment of the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem is an extended illustration of a point in philosophical logic : namely , that the meaningfulness of some of the things we say is dependent on contingent facts of nature — such as that the Earth revolves on its axis , and that we moan with pain and react as we do to others who moan . |
| 18 | The reason for this can be summed up in one word — dragons . |
| 19 | The reason for that failure can be summed up in one word : ‘ Next ’ . |
| 20 | If the idea of higher education being argued for in this book can be summed up in one word , that is it . |
| 21 | Erm our problem can be summed up in one word , 'accidents ' . |
| 22 | THE reaction of the Labour Party to our campaign in the Willington East by-election can be summed up in one word panic ! |
| 23 | Lighting circuits are wired up in one of two ways . |
| 24 | This interesting idea , which is being tried out in one or two districts at present , should be subject to research evaluation of the costs and benefits as no reliable data exist at present . |
| 25 | A June 1940 issue informed the world that U 235 would yield plenty of energy , yet there was no fear of whole nations being blotted out in one night . |
| 26 | Daniel 7:10 had spoken of the stream of fire issuing from the throne of God , and this too is picked up in one of the Qumran hymns which describe the molten river of judgment that will befall the world in the last day ( I QH 3:28ff ) Probably this idea was in John 's mind . |
| 27 | er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room . |
| 28 | Jose 's point about the media 's ability to incite trouble is borne out in one case which involved radio broadcasts . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's getting back in one piece that worries me . |
| 30 | The point is summed up in one of Aesop 's fables : ‘ The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner . ’ |