Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [adv] [verb] one [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A more comprehensive description of the bones would probably reinforce one explanation or the other .
2 Lord Bingham also decided not to recommend that international banks should only have one auditor .
3 Boards should only have one role : as independent representatives of the interests of the company 's share-holders .
4 Because families could only heat one room , many were forced to all eat , sleep and virtually live in the sitting room which was meant for relaxation .
5 They might be sold for 70 GCs for their metal value , but most Imperial money-changers will only give one shilling in the crown for them .
6 Visitor attractions such as the dungeons and marinas will only form one leg of what Nick Irens and David Hudd plan to be a three-pronged business .
7 A series of half-stop under- and over-exposure gradations will usually produce one frame which is satisfactory for each .
8 If women could only have one child , girls came out head and shoulders favourite , with only half as many choosing boys .
9 Those soft sighs and low moans can only mean one thing : the Apostate has offered to soothe away stressed Rainbow 's jangles by massaging her neck and shoulders .
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