Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be one or " in BNC.

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1 She tells me that this has recently become quite itchy , and when there appear to be one or two areas that have er become discoloured darker than , than the main part of the mole .
2 Normally it has to be one or the other , but leather is so versatile it can be both .
3 The thing about the Neighbourhood Watch is that everyone in the area is a member whether they really want to be one or not to be honest .
4 There are going to be one or two occasions of course when it is likely
5 I want to welcome obviously particularly er the order relating to Wales because it confers on Wales er one additional seat , giving us five altogether because of the rise in the Welsh population over the last ten years and that er although Wales was under represented under the previous erm er you know distribution of seats which gave us only four we will be slightly over represented when we have five because you simply ca n't have four and a half seats , it 's got to be one or the other but since the Welsh population is continuing to rise very rapidly then it is likely that that will be put right .
6 She was n't sure whether there were any artists or writers in town at the moment , but there were bound to be one or two back in the city after the Christmas recess .
7 anywhere near as if you were prepared , because if you were prepared there are bound to be one or two things that you would want to ask for , own by the standard of interpretation of whatever it is , or a particular word if it 's a language and so on , erm and that is something that er I think people erm come across as
8 I would agree with that , but I would just like to pick up three two of there have been one or two instances felt that they have necessarily make aware perhaps that something 's coming up in er difficult , but I just wanted to mention that er I do n't know what the procedures are actually , but I mean it d did n't seem to be one or two cases not saying it necessarily the department 's fault , I 'm er just making the point .
9 It had to be one or the other unless she was prepared to sit up here , miss dinner and sulk .
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