Example sentences of "one [Wh det] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only possible form that climate can take is one which acknowledges as legitimate and appropriate expressions of doubt , uncertainty , confusion and anxiety . |
| 2 | The 1993 Booksellers Association was an inward-looking event , poorly attended by independent booksellers , and one which said surprisingly little about the importance of the consumer for the modern retail market . |
| 3 | This rumour may have done what the poll tax did in 1381 , set fire to a potentially explosive situation , indeed one which had already shown signs of bursting into flame . |
| 4 | The point nominally at issue was the one which had spasmodically rent the Conservative Party for the past three decades — the tariff question . |
| 5 | In his letter asking Theo to come he mentioned a novel of Dickens , Hard Times , as one which had particularly impressed him . |
| 6 | The one which had once been the spare room she now occupied permanently . |
| 7 | The Aden episode lasted from September 1926 until May 1927 : approximately nine months ; a brief period in Nizan 's existence but one which had far reaching consequences . |
| 8 | The most significant and dramatic advance in biology was one which had only marginal relevance at the time to the study of the physical and chemical structure and mechanism of life . |
| 9 | Still thirty , he projects a seemingly more probable life , but one which proves equally to be a not-life . |
| 10 | Paul Addison has argued that the character of the ‘ Attlee consensus ’ was one which fell far short of full-blooded planning of a totalitarian kind : |
| 11 | Another old belief of hers and one which died hard , which refused to die , was that no man will willingly take on another man 's children . |
| 12 | Colleges and the population of Catholic schools is a complex one which extends well beyond the supply of newly-qualified staff . |
| 13 | Both prominence and deviance have a negative , as well as a positive side : a feature which occurs more rarely than usual is just as much a part of the statistical pattern as one which occurs more often than usual ; and it may also be a significant aspect of our sense of style . |
| 14 | The rhythm of publication of antislavery titles is one which matches quite closely parliamentary initiatives , petitioning and some other activities on slavery . |
| 15 | Then he uttered the simple statement of his faith , one which read more tragically , in retrospect , than any other single thing he wrote : ‘ In order to work and to become an artist , one needs love . ’ |
| 16 | The most popular form of reading among the literate poor was , as Dr Vincent has pointed out , one which told much the same tales as did the oral tradition . |
| 17 | Wright , who at 37 chortles about being one of NZ 's so-called ‘ young guns ’ , five years ago probably would have caught one which dropped just in front of him at gully . |
| 18 | To reiterate , a Soviet economy restructured to make best use of its own human and material assets would be more of a threat to the West than one which became exceptionally adept at acquiring the West 's secrets . |
| 19 | This central line of thought takes its force from overlooking an essential specification of a causal circumstance , one which derives directly from our ordinary beliefs . |
| 20 | The principle which would have to be established first of all is that each person in the world ( all those aged 21 or over , suggests Dr Grubb ) would have an equal share in man-made carbon dioxide emissions , regardless of whether he lived in a rich developed country or a poor one which produced hardly any carbon dioxide at all . |
| 21 | There is a revealing Darwinian relationship between size and weight in regard to herbivores and carnivores ; one which seemed perfectly balanced to keep the ratio in harmony . |
| 22 | And , and , the judging people , their ideal event is one which goes exactly to plan . |
| 23 | Sometimes it is argued that this requires a form of discourse which breaks with principles of narrative continuity and follows a purely analytic order of exposition , albeit one which remains open ended and exploratory . |
| 24 | If you need to use chemicals to kill a really troublesome pest , choose one which kills only that pest and does not harm bees etc . |
| 25 | Of the variety of amps I used with the Teardrop , the one which felt most compatible was , guess what , a Vox AC30 . |
| 26 | We have argued for a revised theory of the relations between state and people : one reflecting the role of states in managing social relations and moral careers but one which recognises too that states , in representing a general or ‘ national ’ interest , have an important emotional significance . |
| 27 | But this example of corporate induced injury pales beside one which followed closely afterwards . |
| 28 | In this work , rather than being reduced to utility or competitive status display , goods are examined in terms of their expressive and symbolic function , and the central thesis with respect to this is one which has largely been assumed in the present work . |
| 29 | Indeed , Lindsell regards this as virtually a twelfth business — and one which has also returned to profit after losing money heavily in the past few years . |
| 30 | The last years of Queen Victoria 's reign and the beginning of the Edwardian era saw the rise to fame and prosperity of the great London hotels we know to-day ; the Savoy , the Ritz , the Carlton , the Berkeley , Claridges ( even then known as " the home of kings " ) , the Piccadilly , the Hyde Park and — the only one which has since disappeared — the Cecil . |