Example sentences of "one [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process , especially under the expenditure-cutting plans of the Conservative government , is a hard bargaining one between the heads of the various government departments and the Treasury . |
| 2 | Telling them to close their bibles , she read them two stories ; one about the beginnings of life , the other a warning on the dangers of immorality . |
| 3 | First , the simplification cuts the number of reservation wages to be calculated to two for individuals who are still unemployed after time T and to only one for the others . |
| 4 | It is only right to point out that there is nothing particularly ‘ wrong ’ in using a sans serif face for the text and a serif one for the headings , just that it needs a bit more care . |
| 5 | The best way of avoiding temptation is to make a habit , unless writing for an abnormally large orchestra , of employing only two percussion players , one for the kettledrums exclusively , and the other for the rest of the percussion . |
| 6 | No , well one for the nurses okay ? |
| 7 | One for the windows and one for the phone points . |
| 8 | No , that 's just one for the Conservatives if you do that . |
| 9 | The past year has been a rollercoaster one for the royals with a few highs followed by lots of depressing lows . |
| 10 | He was always one for the girls and as soon as he was a bit older , instead of the dogs he always seemed to have besotted females hanging round him . |
| 11 | It was alright to come to your marriage , having been a bit of a one for the girls , but it was n't at all good to come to your marriage having been a bit of a one with the lads . |
| 12 | Two dressing rooms , one for the gentlemen , one for the ladies , all beautifully decorated with cobwebs and dust , the accumulation of years and uncovered stone floors . |
| 13 | The slower the better , he wrote , since one of the problems is the speed with which it could all be over . |
| 14 | One of the problems with a sloping garden is that it may be overlooked by many other houses . |
| 15 | One of the problems with not getting killed climbing while still young is that you reach such a great age that your standard falls mercilessly , and it is only possible to relive great exploits by reading about yourself in guidebooks . |
| 16 | Mark Saunders ( BBC Radio ) in a personal review of design requirements for RDS car radios points out that one of the problems that RDS poses for both broadcaster and receiver manufacturer is that , with the exception of obvious features such as the display of the programme service name , an RDS receiver is not apparently different in performance , or looks , when observed in the static environment of the dealer 's showroom . |
| 17 | This is almost certainly not the case and does Canberra a grave disservice , though it does illustrate one of the problems behind the fixture . |
| 18 | One of the problems Brown and Iles discovered in their study of community constables ( what , in the RUC , would be called neighbourhood constables ) , which was based on 300 officers in five police forces in England , was the relatively small proportion of working time devoted to activities the primary purpose of which was improvement in relations between the police and the public through direct involvement of constables in the community ( Brown and Iles 1985 : 29 ) . |
| 19 | However , one of the problems with fan clubs is that they tend to operate for very young people . |
| 20 | One of the problems for those entrepreneurs , and other corporate managers , who do seek to act as professional industrialists is that the context in which they operate is dominated by the values described in earlier chapters . |
| 21 | One of the problems for the BHRCA was that more than one PPL licence may be needed ; for example , if the same music is played in the bar and reception , and both are self-contained . |
| 22 | Writing , it 's true , is n't thought of as one of the problems of British cinema . |
| 23 | That was one of the problems . |
| 24 | One of the problems was a certain sense of doubt about British and indeed Western objectives . |
| 25 | Higher education is very interested , ‘ but they are strapped for resources and one of the problems of TCS is that it will cover all their costs , but it 's not a way that a university or poly is going to make money . ’ |
| 26 | Higher education is very interested , ‘ but they are strapped for resources and one of the problems of TCS is that it will cover all their costs , but it 's not a way that a university or poly is going to make money . ’ |
| 27 | One of the problems , he said , was that staff were resisting a plan to relocate them from local offices , where they were in touch with industry , to remote district offices . |
| 28 | This was one of the problems tackled at a bumper symposium held in Brighton last month on cosmology , particle physics and astrophysics . |
| 29 | One of the problems perceived in Dr Ting 's autocratic management was that it does not endear him to the more easy-going American physicists ; and there were few large American institutions taking part in L* . |
| 30 | One of the problems of deciding how much of a person 's temperament is inherited is due to the fact that babies are usually brought up in an environment of both parents , or at least more than on individual , and that they take a while to grow and show many personality characteristics . |