Example sentences of "one [conj] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interest was growing in the development of some sort of European multilateral nuclear force ( MLF ) , albeit one that was ultimately under American control . |
| 2 | Aunt Emily sold the one that was here ; she had no use for it latterly . |
| 3 | He did not take Eleanor there in the end , though , as there was one that was even nearer and cheaper . |
| 4 | The , the only one that was slightly lost , there was , there was a , a , a top dog |
| 5 | were almost erm okay just like that , I mean there were one or two very good ones , I think there was one that was just about like that with the odd word and when an editor receives something like you , you know , it 's usually going to be something he wants to change very slightly , erm that , those were the best ones , there were in general however you have n't yet got used to the idea of editing . |
| 6 | The past did n't matter , the present did , but not the present that included others , just the essential now , the one that was just her and Fernando . |
| 7 | The the one that , I know which one you mean the one that was just renovated . |
| 8 | This remarkable phenomenon was mildly reminiscent or 1983 , when Octopus came to the market and acquired a ‘ concept stock ’ valuation , i.e. one that was well clear of current market realities . |
| 9 | Siemens Nixdorf 's biggest problem is that it is a combination of a company that was just about to go ex-growth with one that was already failing , so it very much needs any partner to be a firm seen to be strong and a winner : Hewlett-Packard and ICL presently best fit that profile . |
| 10 | His fingers paused over one that was simply labelled ‘ Dad ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ And anyway , ’ whispered another voice , and one that was rather more matter-of-fact because it was her own , ‘ there 's a young eagle out there called Creggan who needs to know a few things if he 's going to survive and be free . ’ |
| 12 | One can see , then , a philosophical crux in the very nature of the Ring , one that was certainly apparent and deeply interesting to Tolkien , and one which he furthermore expressed with great care and deliberation . |
| 13 | After the Moabite armies had been wiped out , all of the enemy women ‘ that have known man by lying with him ’ were ordered to be killed , a public health measure of a rather drastic order , although one that was highly effective . |
| 14 | Unlike most of his earlier groups , they recorded and rehearsed regularly and had an identity , albeit one that was somewhat confused . |
| 15 | The option of allowing the appeal , with the result that the child moves at once to open accommodation , is not one that was seriously pressed upon me by Mr. Wildblood , for whose skilful and moderate submissions I am grateful . |
| 16 | But eventually he found one that was almost empty with tall arch windows and broken tiles about the floor . |
| 17 | A shed was needed for storage , and Bill really searched hard for one that was visually attractive as well as functional . |
| 18 | But there is a rather different interpretation , one that was quite apparent in the city of Liverpool between the wars , for voluntary and involuntary resignations . |
| 19 | This model developed from one that was earlier suggested in relation to slope processes ( Dalrymple , Conacher and Blong , 1969 ) and was important because it introduced the term landsurface catena to refer to a three-dimensional slope extending from interfluve to valley bottom and from the soil/air interface to the base of the soil , with arbitrary lateral dimensions . |
| 20 | The local Aasen band performed a variety of pieces of music , including one that was specially composed for the occasion . |
| 21 | However boring the regime might sound , it was one that was absolutely essential . |
| 22 | I 've sold one the one that was there , they 've sold ! |
| 23 | … she tried to open her eye — the right one , the one that was still there — and found it glued shut . |
| 24 | His smile was open and friendly , and suddenly it seemed preposterous to be standing here , on a Roman street corner , arguing with a man who had taken her from an existence that she 'd hated to one that was all she 'd ever dreamed of . |
| 25 | As soon as I loosened my grip the tiniest fraction — say to alter the angle of insertion from one that caused grievous bodily harm to one that was only very uncomfortable — the damned thing sprang into a new incarnation as a frisbee and shot across the room . |
| 26 | One that was more attractively worded than the rest caught her eye . |
| 27 | We had one that was very canny |
| 28 | The , what was the one that was very unusual |
| 29 | Th the one that was so bad , where a man used his back for other people to escape by ? |
| 30 | The simile was so striking and no doubt so apt , and one that was so delightfully Eliotish , that I could not take offence , though a critical word from that quarter could deal a heavy blow to one 's morale . |