Example sentences of "on [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be that er he wishes to distract attention between the interesting arguments going on about one man one vote which I 'm pleased to hear that Mr has won . |
| 2 | Life has arisen on about one planet per galaxy ( in our galaxy , Earth is the lucky planet ) . |
| 3 | There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it . |
| 4 | I put the central heating on for one hour before the kids go to bed and one hour before they get up . |
| 5 | He came on for one match at least . |
| 6 | Erm yeah er mm yeah no I 'm quite intrigued myself about this , this idea that erm somehow it 's heterosexuals who trus who are trustworthy and that , you know , once you have a sexuality that 's different from heterosexuality then you ca n't be trusted with children and you , you know you , you ca n't be trusted to er you know I do n't know , run boys ' clubs , you ca n't be trusted in , in a , you know , it 's sort of , it 's almost like , like erm er it , it almost flies in the face of evidence that the vast majority of sexual abuse that goes on of one sort or another is , is heterosexual , it 's |
| 7 | New Testbooks : Two new books of tests covering Starting Out and Getting On with one test per chapter and a Progress Chart for students to keep . |
| 8 | I hold on with one hand , landing in a fast-moving heap that upsets the sledge 's balance . |
| 9 | Now he pretended to be waving his cape at the bull and executed a neat veronica , then she kicked her leg up backwards and touched her heel with her fingers while he looked scornfully on with one hand behind his back palm facing outwards . |
| 10 | Holding his hard-hat on with one hand , Tait pointed to the left . |
| 11 | Daak had stopped half-way up the girder and , holding on with one hand , was flailing the air with his chainsword . |
| 12 | Well yes you 're putting well I mean how d' ya put your tights on with one hand then ? |
| 13 | Could a related business activity be carried on within one area of the shop by any of the family members without registering for VAT ( the turnover of this activity is expected to be low ) ? |
| 14 | Subject to the above , the related activity could be carried on within one area of the shop by any of the family . |
| 15 | They are part of the culture of society and are passed on from one generation to the next . |
| 16 | All the complex information which is passed on from one generation to the next is coded using specific arrangements of just four molecules ! |
| 17 | For Dr Eugene Nida ‘ culture ’ is ‘ all nonmaterial traits which are passed on from one generation to another . |
| 18 | It seems probable that all tools were handed on from one generation to the next ; their frequency in Kent may reflect a greater overall wealth and the ability to dispose of such items as grave-goods . |
| 19 | In the case of Statement B racism is entailed in a set of inherited predispositions passed on from one generation to another . |
| 20 | The distinctive property of cultural behaviour , as ethologists use the term , is the way it is passed on from one generation to the next . |
| 21 | Darwinian , genetical evolution takes place because genes are passed on from one generation to the next , and if some genes build better bodies than others , they are favoured by natural selection , become commoner , and evolutionary change will take place . |
| 22 | Genes are , essentially , segments of DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid , a complex chemical compound constituting the basis material of the chromosomes through which the individual traits of an organism are passed on from one generation to the next . |
| 23 | Mistakes and ignorance can be handed on from one generation to another , habit can blind , and tradition can bind . |
| 24 | In essence , culture is a distinctive way of life of a people , not biologically transmitted but learned behaviour that is passed on from one generation to the next , evolving and changing over time . |
| 25 | It 's a sort of passed on from one generation to the next and it is you know , you will see people , hear people talking about it as if it was yesterday . |
| 26 | Never go straight on from one candidate to the next without pause for reflection , no matter how rushed you feel . |
| 27 | Never had his mind worked so fast or so clearly , leaping on from one conclusion to the next , some exhilarating , some appalling . |
| 28 | Barnard considered that the energy introduced into the homoeopathic potency during the succussion process stabilized the arrangement of the water polymers and that it was these shape-specific polymers which were built up and passed on from one potency to the next . |
| 29 | Red Dwarf 's on in one minute . |
| 30 | Suppose that , however improbably , a balanced slate could nevertheless be agreed on in one party . |