Example sentences of "it is one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Sartre 's definition is therefore tautological : it is one history because it is ( only ) one history . |
2 | But if time is not too desperately important it is one way of seeing a vast stretch of surprising and magnificent country , some interesting and unspoiled old towns , perhaps even of discovering some village in the heart of the still primitive agricultural Auvergne , some little-known hotel where one would like to stay instead of hurrying on , to which one would return another year . |
3 | ‘ It is one way of seeing the world as an aesthetic phenomenon . |
4 | An explanation of political popularity and elections seems important for medium-term forecasting , since it is one way of endogenising economic policy . |
5 | ‘ I think it is one way to increase ( foreign ) investment in the market , ’ he said . |
6 | So we 're very committed to O D B C. It is one standard which we 're following , it is an alternative A P I for the desktop which is obviously strong because of the Microsoft relationship , erm but we will also foth follow other standards in terms of A P Is for the desktop as well . |
7 | But it is one factor that is likely to influence the statistics . |
8 | Erm you know having said that , that clearly is is one factor , it 's an important factor in assessing the schemes but it is one factor and a number of other things such as the impact clearly of the routes themselves . |
9 | ‘ The division of persons into male and female is significant , but it is one category among many . ’ |
10 | If qualification is hard to define , it is because it is one of the fundamental notions that are called on in building linguistic structures ; it is one member of a subsystem which in its essence will actually reduce to three terms : qualification , equation ( on which see Section 1.7 ) , and absence of relation . |
11 | Perhaps I should just say a word about that that operation since you 've raised it , because it is one type of job that we do , that is taking part in a rather large group , in this case sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat at the request of the government of Uganda after the fall of erm of Amin , to assess the rehabilitation needs of the country and to suggest what policies should be priority policies for their point of view and what contribution could be made by other countries through aid and erm other ways of technical assistance and fellowships for training and so forth , to help in this rehabilitation . |
12 | But behind the scenes it is one operation , with Taubmans and Cromadex staff interchanging job functions . |
13 | While , for each , the idea of critical abilities is important , it is one feature among others . |
14 | The ideological roots of the concept also need to be explored , for it is one half of an ideology , an internalized consciousness , which doubly sanctions prejudice . |
15 | It is one part only of an attack upon five great evils : upon the physical Want with which it is directly concerned , upon Disease which often causes Want and brings many other troubles in its train , upon Ignorance which no democracy can afford among its citizens , upon the Squalor which arises mainly through haphazard distribution of industry and population , and upon Idleness which destroys wealth and corrupts men , whether they are well-fed or not , when they are idle . ’ |
16 | Differences between the three main systems in use mainly concern punctuation , use of parentheses and the order of elements which must be cited ; but while these may seem small discrepancies , it is one part of the process of research to assess at some point the different conventions governing the listing and presentation of sources , and to present work accurately according to whatever set of conventions you are following . |
17 | If it is one man , then they believe he is white , aged between 25 and 35 , well-built and may have a beard ; his accent is that of North Manchester or South Lancashire . |
18 | The report does not insist that it is one man who has committed all the offences , but the implication is that is the case . |
19 | We have the gallery still running reasonably well but it is one man ten hours a week his experience is badly limited this marvellous free resource is no longer being called for . . |
20 | One security source said : ‘ Whether it is one man or two or even three , they have displayed a knowledge of rifle fire targeting . |
21 | It is one sign among many that the country is at last moving away from post-communist politics and towards modern European democracy . |
22 | It is one sign of the rise of semi-literacy that the descendants of the nineteenth-century civic worthies who took pride in the libraries they opened genuinely can not see any problem in closing them down a hundred years later , or authorising the ruthless dispersal of their stocks built up during that period . |
23 | Although it started as a mutation , it is one nature has favoured and which has become established . |
24 | It is one paragraph at a time , so it is correct . |
25 | It is one section of the hobby that will have to be market-driven . |
26 | If we examine what it is one participant is ready to see that other participants might read into a situation and what it is that will cause him to provide ritual remedies , followed by relief for these efforts , we find ourselves looking at the central moral traditions of Western culture . |
27 | In fact , his intense interest , an interest which he passed on to Engels and other revolutionary Marxists , is neither accidental nor peripheral : it is one indication of the difference between Marx 's thought and that of other revolutionaries , whether his predecessors or his contemporaries . |
28 | It is one indication of why he has had such a unique influence on the history of mankind . |
29 | There was no proof that an initial spark from Christian extremists had set the whole affair in motion ; there was suspicion , and it is one aspect of the Orkney affair that attracted the attention of the feature writers . |
30 | It is one item you should never skimp or compromise on , and you should make sure you buy the right quality and the right grade . |