Example sentences of "one [noun] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Other theorists ( e.g. Mackintosh and Reese 1979 ) ( see also Wagner 1981 ) attribute the effect to competition between stimuli at a perceptual level , suggesting that because of some limited capacity mechanism , attention can be paid to one component only at the expense of that paid to the other .
2 Robert that 's one hurdle out of the way .
3 One story now in the mythology of the prison service concerns a governor who granted an interview to a prisoner but rather summarily refused his request .
4 Back on the main road , one kilometre out of the village , it is worth turning off and making the short drive up to the Pico da Torre viewpoint which gives a lovely view of Câmara de Lobos .
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7 Well we went into the Rifle Brigade Barracks at Winchester and used to work out at a big house outside of Winchester so we had to march out there and then at the time of Dunkirk , they were looking for places to put all the soldiers that they 'd brought and er , we were cleared out of Barnet , er out of Winchester Barracks and posted up to Nottingham and we worked in the factory , which was taken over by the Army then and erm , and then whilst there , I suppose that was about nineteen what , about nineteen fo coming up to nineteen forty two , they decided to have a recheck or rethink on medicals , so we were all subject to another medical and they put me back to A one and says , right we 're getting rid of all A one personnel out of the Pay Corp , you have a choice Royal Army Ordnance Corp or the Royal Artillery .
8 Li Shai Tung stood there , bare-headed , a bright blue quilted jacket pulled loosely about his shoulders against the morning 's freshness , one foot slightly before the other , his arms crossed across his chest , his hands holding his shoulders .
9 With the woman urging me , I put one foot ahead of the other and we started to move .
10 It should be alongside the wall , or about one foot away from the wall to allow space for the carer , in case she needs to help the patient from that side .
11 If you were put on the rack , you were pinned with your back to the buttress — two boys , one on each side took your arms , put one foot up on the edge of the buttress and pulled — it was painful .
12 Li Yuan was standing on the far side of the room , beside the ceremonial kang , one foot up on the ledge of it , his right hand stroking his unbearded chin .
13 Then , putting one foot firmly in the stirrup , he swung up on to the Arab 's back .
14 Rather exasperated , I began to get out and had one foot still on the running board when I heard a woman 's voice call :
15 This brings up to date the edition of 1984 on this renowned homo-erotic painter with one foot still in the closet , including all of the artist 's paintings since that year .
16 ‘ Honestly , Reg … ’ began Bob , trying to get one foot down on the floor behind him .
17 Trapped with one foot in and one foot out of the sacristy , it was during 1616 that his personal liberty was put at risk .
18 But first , with news of a team that 's managed to get at least one foot OUT of the grave , here 's Erika .
19 Might be able to get one board out of the two might n't you ?
20 I had taken the slabs one course back from the edge of the hole , and Lou had arranged them neatly in order , so we would know what went where .
21 a nominal 0 per cent ( in fact a quarter of 1 per cent , or one course out of the total of 376 ) was concerned with home-school links .
22 Now I should have to study the English language in earnest , keeping one chapter ahead of the students each week .
23 One tooth out on the rubber timing belt makes a lot of difference .
24 Secondly , the zone of tension between the Soviet Union and the West allowed national liberation movements to play one side off against the other : on the one hand , fear of ‘ communism ’ induced some colonial powers to make political concessions , while on the other the Soviet Union often provided political support , arms and training to these movements .
25 For instance , no single node can recognise the class of images consisting of just one dot anywhere on the retina .
26 She had found one months later under the vegetable rack , shrunk to the size of a nut , dark wizened brown , and smelling of cider .
27 If this does happen , put one tray back in the oven to keep warm .
28 One issue not on the agenda , on US insistence , was the COCOM list [ see pp. 37021 ; 36822 ] .
29 One man collects the stakes , never getting more than one stake ahead of the man who will pick up the net .
30 You need to present a united front and avoid taking sides or playing one child off against the other .
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