Example sentences of "one [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not for a single moment would one want those days to return . |
| 2 | This recipe gives the option of choosing the traditional sauce , or one using green peppercorns , red wine and yogurt for a lighter but very hot variation . |
| 3 | The commission wants two environment funds , one for conservation and one to promote clean technologies — both to be effective in 1984 . |
| 4 | Products of one became raw materials or fuel for another , as shown in the diagram . |
| 5 | This is exactly the message that fairy tales get across to the child in manifold form : that a struggle against severe difficulties in life in unavoidable , is an intrinsic part of human existence — but that if one does not shy away , but steadfastly meets unexpected and often unjust hardships , one masters all obstacles and at the end emerges victorious . |
| 6 | Does one experience past lives in reverse chronological order ? |
| 7 | No one expects every one to hit these targets in the middle , but at least they should be in sight and the marksman should be provided with a gun that shoots straight . |
| 8 | I thought that one got good ratings . |
| 9 | Mason meanwhile attacked one Messerschmitt which at once went straight down , but the others attacked him and one got three hits on his aircraft , which shattered the windscreen and wounded him in the hand as he broke away . |
| 10 | A statement , I 'd say , that might not differ much from the one made 56 years ago by his Great Uncle Edward , the late Duke of Windsor . |
| 11 | The concessions impressed the public , but were worthless without a new policy decision at the same political level as the original one to re-introduce interrogation-in-depth techniques . |
| 12 | This has 20 , then 16 , then 12 then eight passes with the lace carriage , although to compensate somewhat when this marathon task has been undertaken , one knits eight rows with the main carriage . |
| 13 | So you can immediately see that it would be quite wrong to make the mistake that people sometimes do make and think that the second model of the mind is really just the first one given new terms and that the ego is equivalent to the conscious . |
| 14 | One described male nurses as ‘ effeminate , frustrated doctors ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ No one needs academic qualifications to join , just an interest in nuclear energy , ’ explained Derek Pooley , Society president and managing director of our Nuclear Business Group . |
| 16 | To do this , one needs large collections in order to make comparisons . |
| 17 | This occurs as an intermediate stage between a single frequency spectrum ( similar to Fig. 24.8(a) ) and a continuous one representing chaotic fluctuations ( similar to Fig. 24.8(d) ) . |
| 18 | But , even if one accepts those difficulties , the balance of advantage has lain in our continuing membership and in arguing from our position within the Community — from the ’ heart of Europe ’ to use the words of the Prime Minister — as my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) did so successfully over our budget contribution . |
| 19 | I have an aversion to noisy cameras , and this one rings several decibels before it 's done with selecting and focusing the lens , and winding on the film . |
| 20 | A shy one causes all sorts of complications and can become a great time-waster . |
| 21 | It was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one 's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one 's ability and beyond , so that thereafter one has new standards by which to judge oneself . |
| 22 | One has many ideas all one 's life and there are many points where they can come together cleanly enough to design an experiment . |
| 23 | Erm this one has four dimensions . |
| 24 | But one has greater resources of time … and contact with more people of all walks of life and those in the movement too . |
| 25 | This one has adjustable straps for your comfort and a high-back padded headrest for your baby 's . |
| 26 | This one has Ionic columns and a balustrade , and the speaker 's gallery seems to have been right . |
| 27 | Each one has inherent hazards . |
| 28 | The lower storey has thick walls while the upper one has thinner walls set back to form a terrace all round at first floor level . |
| 29 | Though the Bosnian Serbs , headed by the endlessly duplicitous Radovan Karadzic , have behaved worst , no one has clean hands . |
| 30 | If one has three bins in line , one should start by filling bin 2 , followed by bin 1 . |