Example sentences of "one in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With the number of firms working to full capacity still fewer than one in five it is difficult to be optimistic about any improvements in the short term , ’ he added . |
| 2 | An election may also be a realigning one in that it produces a long-term shift in the balance of support between the parties , perhaps installing one as the new majority . |
| 3 | In one way this statement is more conservative than the previous one in that it has elevated the popular usage ‘ Republican Sunday ’ to a part of party language and thus confirmed the belief that Catholicism and republicanism are the same thing , but it represents an important departure from previous positions in clearly tying the DUP 's position to that of the electorate . |
| 4 | The sense of touch is also a very fundamental one in that it is easier to get beyond the barrier of words and thoughts to direct experience this way . |
| 5 | This game is very similar to the previous one in that it is a race to pass the orange along . |
| 6 | The LEA scheme concerned is an unusual one in that it combines school self-evaluation with an inspection which provides something of an external evaluation of the exercise . |
| 7 | The Church of S. Saviour Pantocrator ( also later a mosque ) is an unusual one in that it consists of three churches joined to one another and all of twelfth century date , but all have easy access to each other inside . |
| 8 | The one in particular I 'm referring to you will see we 'd all see the Son of Man , they they 'd recognised that reference to himself Son of Man , they 'd recognised that because that comes out of the Old Testament Book of Daniel does n't it , the Son of Man seated on the right hand of the Almighty coming with the clouds of heaven . |
| 9 | Then he said , ‘ I 've managed to get a sprinkling of young men , and there 's one in particular I 'd like you to meet . ’ |
| 10 | But where a decision affects everyone in general and no one in particular it is much harder to define sufficient interest . |
| 11 | They think that about one in from one in ten you get something . |