Example sentences of "one which [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An empiricist theory of meaning will be one which enshrines this dependence of all language-learning , and thus of all meaningful language , on the evidence of one 's senses . |
| 2 | A new view of war , albeit one which had close links with past ideas , was gradually emerging . |
| 3 | Wayne knew how finicky she could be about place and mood , but this plan was one which had all objections beaten before they could even be raised . |
| 4 | Liza 's car always appeared to be the one which had preferential treatment and although John Carrow , neither approving of nor trusting any lady to tinker about with a machine , begged them all to leave such things as cleaning carburettors to him , it was always Liza 's that got attended to first . |
| 5 | Likewise therefore this appeal is not one which entitles any party to call evidence unless there are exceptional circumstances and leave is given : see M. v. M. ( Minors : Custody Appeal ) [ 1987 ] 1 W.L.R. 404 . |
| 6 | In sum , the Nicaraguan penal system is one which deserves closer examination , not just because of the option it presents for other developing countries . |
| 7 | Here I want to draw attention to an article by Beverle Houston , ‘ Viewing television : the metapsychology of endless consumption ’ , which seems to me to be one of the few serious attempts to theorize television subjectivity , and one which deserves more attention . |
| 8 | Until some genius does so , controversies like the one which surrounded this year 's Mildmay Course at Aintree , are bound to crop up from time to time . |
| 9 | There are those who feel , for instance , that a revolution did take place but not one which achieved positive effects ; or others who dispute the existence of an English revolution but who do not adhere to a neo-conservative interpretation of English history . |
| 10 | Bentham would say that the one which produces more pleasure is the better action , but Mill would say that it need not be , if the quality of the pleasure which is lesser in amount is sufficiently much higher in quality . |
| 11 | The ideal environment has come to be seen as one which offers continual opportunities to maximise learning , and succeeds in engaging the attention and motivation of the individual for as near to 100 per cent of his/her time as possible . |
| 12 | My auntie 's got one which takes six discs in a little box like that . |
| 13 | It would have been impossible to predict the way events developed after October 1917 , and the policy of the Party seemed on numerous grounds to be the most sensible , the only one which went some way to reconciling the need for large economic units ( which , rightly or wrongly , was assumed to be decisive for material progress ) and for democracy , understood as the right of peoples to choose their own State . |
| 14 | Professor W. F. Grimes in his essay ‘ The Archaeology of the Stamford Region ’ in The Making of Stamford suggests that ‘ the inscription on the recently erected pillar that marks the Roman crossing on the Welland ought to be replaced by one which does less violence to the facts as they appear to be . ’ |
| 15 | This question of a more developed central core among the small towns is an important one which requires closer attention . |
| 16 | Also , at the end of the day there may not be a great deal of difference between a system which requires all charges subject to exceptions to be registered as opposed to the present one which requires specified charges to be registered subject to the power of the Secretary of State to add to or delete from their number . |
| 17 | By its identification of , and concentration on , the ‘ gatekeepers ’ of the urban system , it gave a way of shifting research from an emphasis on empirical variables to one which stressed political processes , actual decision-making and the real exercise of political power . |
| 18 | Where I think the problem lies is that the Victorian age was one which stressed personal salvation and the individual soul . |
| 19 | Cranston loved this place , a veritable den of iniquity but one which sold good ales , fine wine and delicious food . |
| 20 | Perhaps the most familiar type of compound is the one which combines two nouns , and normally has the stress on the first element , as in : |
| 21 | Although it may be easier to like the look of a classical house , few imagine how pleasant it might be to live in a Tudor Revival one which combines quaint picturesqueness with modern practicalities . |
| 22 | Europe has a destiny to fulfil , and in years to come it will become apparent that the best Europe is one which rejects interventionist mediocrity in favour of a European Community which will deliver the promise of a higher standard of living and political pre-eminence so justly deserved by all Europeans . |
| 23 | ‘ Mush ’ is a terrifically exciting record , and one which presents new possibilities for a genre which was becoming far too complacent for its own good . |
| 24 | This pattern is one which allows each child to learn at his or her own pace . |
| 25 | Such a situation is one which allows other countries to put aside international law and act according to their own judgments . |
| 26 | Mr Major may have played a clever hand over Scotland in the run-up to the election , and one which brought unexpected success . |
| 27 | This was a satisfying performance , in which the soloist demonstrated a fine technique ; one which healed great clarity in the taxing scale work and sensitive and tender response in the slow movement . |
| 28 | However , never park your trailer near one which has poor stands and is liable to swing in a wind . |
| 29 | The implication is some form of written constitution , which would be a major step for the system , though one which has growing support in the form of Charter 88 for example . |
| 30 | On the other hand , the first type of relation is one which has less significance for the present time , when there are no new political theories on the grand scale . |