Example sentences of "is [adj] [prep] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Current assets , such as debtors , stocks and cash , amount to £33,000 , which is fairly paltry in comparison with the creditors ' figure of £400,000 , three quarters of which is due within one year . |
| 2 | A row about 100 cm ( 3 ft ) long is ample for one family 's needs for most herbs . |
| 3 | These and other matters governing the contents of the scheme document are summarised in Chapter 11. ( 2 ) It is usual for one scheme document to be prepared incorporating the scheme , the explanatory statement , the notice of the court-ordered meeting , the notice of any required EGM of the target and the information required by the City Code and the Yellow Book , if applicable . |
| 4 | He or she learns to listen to the other members of the group describe their " " pictures ' " and this gives a wider perspective on reality than is possible for one individual in isolation . |
| 5 | Given the difference in the spread of support between the parties , it is possible for one party to get more votes than its opponent party but receive fewer seats . |
| 6 | On the other hand to characterise a bad clause as voidable must mean that it is possible for one party to bring contractual relations to an end and sue for the return of money/goods . |
| 7 | If so , then it is possible for one form of communication ( white and black , positive and negative light ) to suggest the existence of another dimension ( colour ) . |
| 8 | Similarly , it is possible for one organization to adopt all five simultaneously , by reporting in terms of funds , by comparing actuals with the budget and by adopting cash accounting in Fund 1 , accruals accounting in Fund 2 , and commitment accounting in Fund 3 ! |
| 9 | We were provided , therefore , with as broad a range of contacts as is possible within one station ( although this breadth does not approach that which comes from survey research ) while still becoming close to one section , as is necessary in ethnographic research . |
| 10 | The difference between the two institutions resides precisely in the fact that currency realignment is possible in one case , but not in the other . |
| 11 | There was a bit of a silence when I 'd finished , and then dad said , with a grin , ‘ Quiggers is right about one thing , old son . |
| 12 | The turnover and profit before taxation is attributable to one activity , the sale and distribution of models and model layouts . |
| 13 | That is different from one year ago ’ . |
| 14 | The pattern is clear on one side but worn on the other . |
| 15 | It is funny in one place and cloying in another . |
| 16 | In the management of the self-cutter who often repeats the behaviour it is sensible for one therapist to establish a relationship with the individual . |
| 17 | A whole range of questions stemming from why one form of parenting is seen as acceptable and another unacceptable , or why the same form of parenting is acceptable in one context but not in another , had received little systematic analysis . |
| 18 | We have a press that is free in one sense : it engages sometimes in the most scurrilous reporting and colours it up under the heading of a free press . |
| 19 | As its name implies , this motor is constructed as a single unit and therefore its cross.section parallel to the shaft is similar to one stack of the motor illustrated in Figs. 1.2 and 1.3 . |
| 20 | Any VAT which is due to Customs and Excise is payable within one month of the end of the quarterly accounting period . |
| 21 | However , this rule — and indeed the basic rule that truth is a complete defence — is subject to one exception in relation to past convictions . |
| 22 | Thus confidential data can be stored on such a disk and the user of this data can physically remove it , even take it home with him if he so desires , thereby ensuring that the information can not be seen by any unauthorised persons This control over sensitive data coupled with the fact that the computer is personal to one user at a time gives the operator a greater sense of confidence in , and control over , the machine he is using . |
| 23 | Farm prices inevitably improve at times like that , which is sad in one way , but it removed a lot of worries in Baldersdale . |
| 24 | just as condensation will appear on a window which is warm on one side and cold on the other , so it will appear in the warm cavity of a house when it is very cold outside . |
| 25 | With all these people formally involved it is easy for one group to lose touch or fall behind with information from other groups , and in some cases numbers become unwieldy and the investigators start tripping over each other and duplicating effort . |
| 26 | A decision that is easy for one group may be hard for another — not just because of different circumstances but because of different motivations . |
| 27 | In opposition to centrally imposed ‘ local economic strategies ’ , these initiatives of the left explicitly recognize that what is appropriate in one place , may not be of much use in another . |
| 28 | But you must be , or you must become , very much your own men and women because newspapers everywhere and all the other parts of the media are only , are just sitting there with baited breath aching for that phone to ring from you , to tell us things , because virtually anything which you get involved in , is likely in one way or another to be controversial . |
| 29 | But most rock is false in one way or another : you have to accept that some bands fake it better than others , and Ugly Kid Joe fake it like champions . |
| 30 | mistake is obvious like one estate I 'm dealing with which is a half home-made will I E it was n't made by a solicitor , I suspect it was made by a barrister I suspect it was a barrister who was born abroad |