Example sentences of "[noun] can be one " in BNC.

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1 Caring for elderly people and children in the residential setting can be one of the most rewarding as well as the most stressful of all jobs in our society .
2 Visual inspection of well-drawn scatterplots of paired data can be one of the most effective ways of spotting important features of a relationship .
3 Thus , rather than reinforcing stereotypical responses to the unfamiliar faces around , student living can be one of the most hopeful ways of breaking down prejudice .
4 The compound flag can be one of two alternatives : start of compound/phrase ; or part of compound/phrase .
5 An elderly person 's relationship with his or her grandchildren can be one of the most rewarding experiences of their lives , and the old and the young usually find that they can share a rather special private world together .
6 The study of the surnames of people living in a place can be one of the most time-consuming , frustrating , baffling , but rewarding activities a researcher can undertake .
7 This is an area of the body quite often neglected in remedial massage therapy , yet a good face and scalp massage can be one of the most uplifting experiences of all time .
8 With the latter meaning , a head can be one of four types : low ; high ( when emphatic , called " stopping " ) ; ; falling ( when emphatic , called " sliding " ) and rising ( when emphatic called " climbing " ) .
9 The existence or terms of a guarantee can be one reason for deciding that one supplier 's product represents better value than another .
10 1983 ) while 5-year-olds can be one year behind ( Ling 1972 ) .
11 ( The control of the agenda can be one of the most important powers which the Chair exercises by deciding the order of the discussion and whether or not a particular issue is a legitimate topic of debate . )
12 The day can be one long confrontation and by the evening both parent and child feel distressed and disturbed by the battles and arguments that have taken place .
13 Teaching by example can be one of the best ways of passing on skills , provided of course that the example is good .
14 The attraction between a man and a woman can be one of the most powerful emotions known .
15 Equally , an educational technologist can be one of several people : 1 .
16 The planning decisions of the authority can be one of three kinds : unconditional permission , permission subject to such conditions as is thought fit , or refusal .
17 Burned under pressure as a vapour mixed with air , petrol can be one of the most efficient fuels .
18 Did you know that ice cream can be one of the lower calorie desserts ?
19 The original works can be one of those bays .
20 Indeed pretty hands can be one of the most difficult things for a PRO working in beauty to find .
21 Coun Bill Dixon ( Lab ) , chairman of the housing committee , said last night he hopes Darlington can be one of the first towns in Britain to use this system .
22 In-patient care can be one way of helping the parent and child learn to relate more appropriately .
23 Of course , companionable silence can be one of the more pleasurable experiences of intimacy , but that kind of silence has a very different look to it .
24 Recognizing the fact that they do not seem to be enjoying their children and are missing the fun of childhood can be one way into helping them realize the value of a positive approach .
25 is a foot deformity , present at birth right , present at birth , it does n't happen afterwards , it happens , it 's caused before the baby 's born and it 's more common in boys can be one or both foot , feet .
26 The hardware used for this system will be the DS/90 7000 series from ICL Plc , as the server , while clients running IFOS-Lite software can be one of a number of personal computers including the IBM Japan Ltd PS/55 and NEC Corp 9800 series as well as Fujitsu 's own FMR series .
27 Wherever you live , whatever type of house you have , a burglary can be one of the most shattering experiences of a lifetime .
28 For a round cake , the strip can be one continuous piece ; for a square or rectangle , cut a strip for each side .
29 That of course can be one of the joys of travel .
30 One context in which multiple-objective problems arise is when the objective function can be one of several possibilities , which one being determined by external factors beyond the control of the decision-maker .
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