Example sentences of "one [modal v] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meaning lies in the mind , beyond words — just as one may search for a word to express one 's meaning . |
| 2 | In general if an illness has appeared rapidly and vigorously over a matter of hours then one should look for a cause in the preceding few hours or day at the most . |
| 3 | So on the flip side , in other words , nothing positive about the press release but positive about one truth , what one should say for a press release . |
| 4 | Where government takes the form of absolute power ‘ the one who controls it appears to the people as a divinity … this religiosity can not fail to have its usual effects on punishment ’ ( Durkheim , 1973 : 305 ) , making punishment more severe than one would expect for a society of the same level of development but a less absolute government . |
| 5 | He seemed so nice and dependable — just the sort of person one would like for a brother — and it hurt her to think that he might be double-faced . |
| 6 | Often employees are moved around an organization with the same consideration that one would have for a table or chair . |
| 7 | But in the meantime how pleasant it is to find oneself arriving in the evening for the first time in some lively little English market town , where one can forget for a while the noisy onward march of science , and settle down to meditate upon the civilised past . |
| 8 | One can forget for a while the rigours faced everyday and appreciate wholeheartedly the kind of escapism that lies at the root of ‘ The Passionate Shepherd to his love ’ and ‘ The Garden ’ and all other poems which make up the pastoral garden . |
| 9 | That 's where everyone 's different of course but erm I , I think it is , it is it is a factor that erm one can watch television or can listen to the radio or one can go for a walk or do all sorts of things as it were before noon and midnight but three or four in the morning , you know , when everything is |
| 10 | Around Napo , after 15 years of colonisation , there are still appreciable areas of untouched forest within 1.2 km of the road ; elsewhere in Ecuador , after 30 or 40 years of colonisation , one can walk for a day away from a road without reaching the forest . |