Example sentences of "one [prep] [pers pn] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them extends the Fourth Directive to both partnerships ( whether limited or unlimited ) and unlimited companies , in either case where the partners or shareholders themselves have limited liability . |
| 2 | ‘ One of them plays the piano most beautifully . |
| 3 | When two crabs meet in a rock pool , one of them grasps the other and ‘ raps ’ vigorously and noisily at the other 's shell . |
| 4 | One of them takes the form of an almost completely restored mining village , complete with a stream-driven miners ' cage , ironworks , a bakery selling delicious break baked on the spot , as well as other ships and an ‘ antique ’ house suitably equipped — i.e. with a black-leaded range and |
| 5 | One of them involves the observation of events as they actually occur , and the other involves experimentation which causes events to take place . |
| 6 | and they all , one week one of them does the |
| 7 | The time recorded on two different watches , for example , can be perfectly associated : the time on one of them can be correctly predicted from the time on the other , but not because the time on one of them causes the time on the other ; altering the time on one of them would have absolutely no impact on the other . |
| 8 | After the two cross-examinations , lasting perhaps ten or fifteen minutes in all , the two counsel put their heads together for a minute , and then one of them addresses the rest of the gathering , who have acted as jury , and submits that the alibi has been broken down because of this and that discrepancy . |
| 9 | One of them concerns the possibility of a distinction between numerical and species identity , i.e. the problem of individuation of ontological particulars . |
| 10 | The odds are that at least one of them carries the virus . |
| 11 | But I have a theory that if you have two musicians , both trained and able to play anything that is put before them , but only one of them has the ability to play by ear as well , then he or she will be able to project more life , beauty and expression than the other . |
| 12 | You feel quite confident in interviewing both of them , but as it turns out only one of them has the imagination to emphasise with your ideas and within three weeks he is in situ . |
| 13 | Twiddling any one of them makes the colour worse ; but if all three , or perhaps just two , were adjusted simultaneously then the colour of the picture would improve . |
| 14 | It must pay to reach the point at which the marginal benefit to one of you equals the marginal cost to the other . |
| 15 | If there are two of you lifting/lowering someone , make sure that you work together and that one of you gives the command ‘ 1-2-3 lift ’ , for example . |
| 16 | But I think that basically there 's either two or three ways that each one of us has the ability to hurt somebody else . |
| 17 | ‘ If one of us finds the Grimoire , we call out to let the others know , then bring it back here to this office , ’ Donna suggested . |
| 18 | ‘ Unless one of us finds the book . ’ |
| 19 | It would seem amazingly out of step for east European countries to be finding their national indentities after 40 years of being forced into artificial political groupings while the rest of Europe was seeking to impose federalism and political union on its member states at the same moment when they are starting down the road to a single European market — perhaps the acid test of how much one of us wants the Common Market to succeed . |