Example sentences of "is [verb] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blake is using one sense after the other , as you have learned to do . |
| 2 | Here , the child is using one object to represent another . |
| 3 | Laxton is situated one mile north of the river Ouse , near Howden . |
| 4 | If after the contract is formed one party refuses to perform unless the contract is amended to include his terms , it is unlikely that the terms will apply even if the other agrees : even if there is consideration for the other 's promise , the threat to break the contract amounts to economic duress ( see Atlas Express Ltd v Kafco ( Importers and Distributors ) Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 All ER 641 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ All you have to do is answer one question . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ All I have to do is make one phone call to the plant manager and I can blow your cover . ’ |
| 7 | Therefore in such cases , where it is desired that the UCTA not apply , one method is to draft one contract for both goods and services , and not two separate contracts for each element . |
| 8 | In the former the student is given one unit of instruction and then tested . |
| 9 | The models and types may vary , but usually the guest is given one key to the box for which a signature is requested , and the particulars are recorded in a key receipt book . |
| 10 | Therefore , to assume a sort of ( even internal ) scientific realism about the results of Lakoff and Johnson 's cognitive theory , to claim to have discovered truths about mind and language which give a special explanatory validity to the interpretation of King Lear , is to impose one view of linguistics , one view of science , and one view of how a literary text is to be interpreted on the text . |
| 11 | But any man is permitted one slip . |
| 12 | My offspring is gaining one unit , that it would n't have had otherwise . |
| 13 | Bremer collects gallstones , the middle-ear bones of Dwarfs and Halflings , preserved shrunken ears ( separated into male and female , nobles and commoners ) , and one of his more distressing habits is keeping one eyeball from each of his victims if at all possible . |
| 14 | The object is to provide one place , and one place only , for each subject . |
| 15 | The other legitimate reason for panning is to relate one part of the scene to another , a situation which can arise as a natural part of the action in this day on the beach sequence . |
| 16 | In fact , to discuss the reason why his work is the exception rather than the rule in the category of traditional adventure is to find one way to define that category . |
| 17 | At the As-Salih Negm Ad-din madrasa and mausoleum urgent action is needed to save the minaret , which has cracked and is sloping one way , while the supporting timber lintel slopes the other . |
| 18 | However , because the reptation is assumed to occur by migration of a segmental kink along the chain , the force needed to do this is applied one segment at a time and so it is more appropriate to use the frictional factor per segment ζ . |
| 19 | This list is prepared one day in advance from the reservations records . |
| 20 | Like the B b trumpet , for which it is sometimes substituted , the B b clarinet 's part is written one tone higher than the pitch required . |
| 21 | In other words the principal carer 's preference is very strongly associated with where the sufferer is living one year after referral . |
| 22 | All they can do is exchange one form of wage slavery' for another . |
| 23 | The aim of the audit is to select one contractor every two weeks and to check such things as the implementation of health and safety plans , to ensure that all documentation is in order and that safety training programmes are being undertaken on an ongoing basis . |
| 24 | Another is to comprehend one world in terms of the other … |
| 25 | It is thought one pin may have failed on the El Al flight , causing an engine to tear free of its mountings and hit the second engine as it fell . |
| 26 | Another idea is to coat one side of clean leaves with melted chocolate , leave to set and then carefully peel off the leaves . |
| 27 | Indeed , the only way in which a society can come to terms with its conflicting values is to prefer one value in some circumstances and another in different conditions . |
| 28 | but having said that she 's got a sort of ready meal , all you have to do is use one hand either pick your plate up , put it in the microwave and you 've got a cooked meal |
| 29 | the only other way is to do one plan for the full amount , and claim half of it , at the half way stage and then claim the other half then . |
| 30 | ‘ I know it sounds modest , ’ he concedes , ‘ but what we need is to do one thing well . |