Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [subord] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can not quite understand the process of informalisation in European countries if one does not take into account that here too one can observe upward movements of working-class traditions and downward movements of middle-class traditions of conduct , although it is not possible to speak of the emergence of a new more firmly established code of conduct . |
| 2 | One finds reassurance in foreign examples if one looks for it : but ought we not to be looking more for stimulus ? |
| 3 | At the moment , the train is static in more senses than one , as fifty City office-workers try simultaneously to detach their ninety-per-cent nylon polyamide jackets , which have statically fused to their hundred-per-cent nylon polyamide shirts , resulting in a display of electrostatics that I 'm sure would surprise even Mr Van de Graaff himself . |
| 4 | In more senses than one they belong to no man 's land . |
| 5 | R. S. Wood himself , occupying a central position in more senses than one , wished to see a transfer of all pupils at the age of eleven to a common secondary school , followed by transfer for a selected minority at the age of thirteen to either a grammar or a technical school . |
| 6 | I was on my last of eight trips to the Soviet Union , and I had a growing suspicion that this take-off might soon be my last in more senses than one . |
| 7 | I was so caught up in my plurals or situations in hardship that I did n't notice that the subject in more senses than one is a singular lack , and the verb should be is and not are , therefore I must ask the indulgence of the general assembly to change the verb . |
| 8 | The destruction of Chesney Wold may be traced back , in more senses than one , to the family ghost , for it is haunted by one who represents the cause of commonwealth and people , as opposed to monarchy and the pride of privilege . |
| 9 | " She 's always " all behind " , in more senses than one . " |
| 10 | In more senses than one we can say with the Creed , ‘ I believe in the Holy Spirit , the Lord , the Lifegiver . ’ |
| 11 | compared with the rejected miscellany , it was even less what that orthodox scholar could approve , but it was certainly " unified " — in more senses than one . |
| 12 | Wednesday was a practice day in more senses than one . |
| 13 | She kept her cool and dished out more than her fair share of barefaced cheek , in more senses than one . |
| 14 | Then at least we would avoid the congestion of bus traffic along there and if townbound traffic was limited to one stop on the museum side of Tubwell Row instead of two stops in 100 yards we might get somewhere in more senses than one . |
| 15 | Grain is big business , in more senses than one . |
| 16 | It was the voice of a woman released , in more ways than one , from a life of obedient acquiescence to a stronger personality . |
| 17 | ‘ I tell myself she 's got my number — in more ways than one . |
| 18 | This is appropriate in more ways than one , since , like McTaggart , Tabner has remained somewhat apart from the more experimental tendencies of his time . |
| 19 | As in the Fall narrative , which it resembles in more ways than one , there seems to be no going back ; our original innocence , the wholeness of an original bisexuality , is never retrievable . |
| 20 | This shows a scene at one of her famous parties , with the greeting : ‘ Hope you can come in more ways than one . ’ |
| 21 | The 1984 St Leger was classic Piggott in more ways than one , for the run-up to the race had been accompanied by a typical controversy over whether he had filched the big-race ride from a fellow jockey . |
| 22 | This is your baby , in more ways than one , Tammuz . ’ |
| 23 | Lady Elizabeth Hoby was a striking woman in more ways than one ; her portrait seems to endow her with more strength and resolution than actual good looks . |
| 24 | Gardens can be thriving , living things in more ways than one . |
| 25 | Since we live on the crust , it is important to us in more ways than one , but we are only going to consider it in its relationship to events in the mantle , since these explain how Plate Tectonics works . |
| 26 | Philistinism can show in more ways than one . |
| 27 | She had a breach to heal , and although she was the sufferer , in more ways than one , she was determined that she would do the healing . |
| 28 | It could be their last in more ways than one . ’ |
| 29 | At this stage of the war , before his illness he was much more often out of it till about 4 or 5 am ‘ fire watching ’ in more ways than one . |
| 30 | Education is an economic activity in more ways than one . |