Example sentences of "one [modal v] [verb] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally speaking , one may say that apart from dispositions by will , a deed , i.e. a sealed writing , is necessary , though leases in possession for not more than three years at the best rent obtainable without taking a premium may still be made without a deed or even by word of mouth . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ Conditions were not as bad as one might expect but still bleak for someone who is innocent . ’ |
| 3 | Given the status patterns discerned one might expect that even if technology were to achieve high status and acceptance the version which would ‘ count as education ’ would be academic and theoretical and therefore stand in contradiction to more practical objectives . |
| 4 | In the inflationary expansion one might expect that eventually the symmetry between the forces would be broken , just as supercooled water always freezes in the end . |
| 5 | ‘ Infatuation ’ is indeed a word one might use as well as ‘ bewilderment ’ . |
| 6 | Er and therefore it looks at erm the indirect impact of development erm and it 's it 's more sophisticated one might say than merely looking at the quality of the land . |
| 7 | A one-time regular denizen of city theatres and radio broadcast suites , one might argue that only an ex-Goon would have chosen to live along Dumb Woman 's Lane in a small hamlet near Rye in West Sussex . |
| 8 | One would feel happier about the anthropic principle , at least in its weak version , if one could show that quite a number of different initial configurations for the universe would have evolved to produce a universe like the one we observe . |
| 9 | One could dissolve and still exist … |
| 10 | While appreciating the need to continue good exporting conditions for this major Scottish commodity , one could argue that perhaps much of the tax revenue goes straight back into the system to treat those many people who suffer from alcohol misuse or abuse ( not just whisky , of course ) . |
| 11 | In He will sing tomorrow , " singing tomorrow " is in relation with the subject in the present , but only as a probable potential : " he " is represented as subject to certain conditions in the present ( his time-table , his own will ) which make his singing tomorrow predictable : in a way , one could say that right now he is represented as a " probable tomorrow-singer " . |
| 12 | But the men liked the giants ' tricks : one used to swallow and then regurgitate long arrows , as in a circus ; and another , who allowed himself to be called Juan and learned some biblical phrases , caught and ate all the rats and mice on board , to the entertainment of the men and the pleasure of the cook . |
| 13 | I wear long-sleeved pullovers and hope no one will notice that only the cuffs and collars of my shirts have been pressed . |
| 14 | Leafing through the pages of Wisden , one can discover that even on the so-called fast bowlers ' pitch at Lord 's , spinners were regularly brought to the bowling crease as first change : slow bowlers such as Titmus of Middlesex , Dooland of Notts , Tribe of Northants , Wardle of Yorkshire , Walsh of Leicestershire , Hollies of Warwickshire , Mortimore of Gloucestershire and Marlar of Sussex . |
| 15 | In any case , this mode of composition is still in a fluid state , and no textbook seems to exist which one can regard as completely authoritative . |
| 16 | From the above observations one can deduce that either the tensile strength is zero due to pre-fracturing , or that the tectonic component of was underestimated . |
| 17 | If , however , one is uncertain about the typical choice of a typical member one may examine all the members one can reach and then form some kind of average , discovering the type that way . |
| 18 | Like all analogies , this one can mislead as well as help , but if we do feel that a reasonable case is being presented to us , and that the internal evidence of the research fits together coherently and comes to a result which is ‘ beyond reasonable doubt ’ then we may be prepared to accept this piece of research , based though it is on informal interviews . |
| 19 | One can imagine that soon duels will be fought at dawn between men brandishing baguettes . |