Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [be] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where there had been one figure faintly outlined in the frame of the staging there were now two — one large , obviously Jotan , and one much smaller , a child Alexei thought until he saw the muscular build and shortened legs and realised that Jotan had caught a dwarf . |
| 2 | And that I mean is one of the major criticisms against a functional approach , that sometimes you need to know what 's going on inside the box fully to be able to fully appreciate the behaviour anyway . |
| 3 | For me , it was sufficient satisfaction that Eliot had approved my essay ; that he considered it the best thing I had done ; and that I had been one of the few to express opinions which had his total concurrence . |
| 4 | She had never changed her mind , and now she was more convinced than ever that she had been one hundred per cent correct . |
| 5 | These catfish have been bred in captivity in tanks containing African Rift Valley cichlids , although there have been one or two reports of them scattering their eggs in the substrate in the usual Synodontis fashion when no cichlids were present . |
| 6 | I mean it 's not a major issue I mean it is an issue it 's not a major issue it 's just that there have been one or two occasions like where we have cross purposes but considering you know they are a relatively minor tour operator I would n't want that to muddy the water because that was just just erm a misunderstanding . |
| 7 | I may even have said in the spirit of the joke that it had been one hundred and fifty-six whores , for all the world as though it was of an obsessive importance for the actual number to be known with absolute accuracy ! |
| 8 | On Aug. 15 , 1990 , Martin Kirchner , general secretary of the CDU , was suspended from office as a result of allegations that he had been one of the most senior paid informers of the Stasi . |
| 9 | In a reflective article for the February 1991 issue of Life magazine , Atwater admitted that he had been one of the " most ardent practitioners " of negative campaigning tactics as manager of Bush 's 1988 presidential election campaign against Michael Dukakis . |
| 10 | She told her brother that he had been one of the lucky ones , blown up by a land-mine , and only lost a toe — not even a big one , she teased . |
| 11 | The highest priced work is the leaf from the Arenberg Psalter with illuminations on both sides , for which he paid about $520,000 in 1990 , admitting that he has been one factor in the rise in prices in single sheet miniatures at auction : ‘ Prices have climbed enormously because museum directors realise more and more that the history of painting before 1450 , and even into the sixteenth-century is to a very large extent found in illuminated manuscripts ’ . |
| 12 | If I had been one of their advisers when TV came along I would have said : ‘ Do n't meddle with it . ’ |
| 13 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 14 | A faint , ironic smile played about her mouth as she allowed herself , just for a minute , to imagine what the weekend could have held if she had been one of Dane 's legion of devoted followers . |
| 15 | It is now funded by the health authority under the normal joint finance arrangements and there have been one or two local disputes which I 'll come back to later on . |
| 16 | All monitors and TV sets give off high levels of electro-magnetic fields at all frequencies and there have been one or two studies that suggest these might be harmful . |
| 17 | He says that there 's a lot of speculation , and there have been one or two arrests , but there 's no evidence of large scale crime . |
| 18 | Several hundred people have been attending a nightly candle-lit vigil , and there has been one other small protest . |
| 19 | In other cases , strong feelings have been aroused , and there has been one electronic punch-up. stated quite reasonably that Sheffield United are crap , and Julie Donnelly , a list member with Blade tendencies , told him what she thought of that in many words of few syllables . |
| 20 | If there has been one major impediment to successful religious achievement by humankind throughout the ages , it is surely this completely false assumption that the god to be worshipped was also creator of all matter , and of all life . |
| 21 | Quantitatively , they are by no means negligible : the 1982 census indicated some 402,000 people originated from the departements and territoires d'outre-mer ( of whom two-thirds were from the Caribbean ) and they have been one of the fastest-growing migrant groups , escaping the immigration controls on foreign nationals imposed during the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 22 | I know but what all going on is the history , that fact is since the mid-fifties we , we have had dealings cos they 've been one of the stronger of the world |
| 23 | Dino had broken down , and it had been one of the best races of the whole season , but then maybe the driver was prejudiced , she told herself sourly . |
| 24 | Recently Thresher has also been involved in the development of a national vocational qualification at levels 1–4 through the retail Certificate and it has been one of the first of three British companies to offer an opportunity for staff to obtain NVQ recognition through all stages . |
| 25 | The people have been most warm and welcoming and it has been one of the most enjoyable times in my ministry . ’ |
| 26 | The people have been most warm and welcoming and it has been one of the most enjoyable times in my ministry . ’ |
| 27 | If it had been one of the local men , he explained to Sandison , there would have been no problem , but Maidstone was another matter . |
| 28 | Also , one of my carers — who is very caring , goes all the time , does the work for the person — is very young and quite quiet , and I feel … well last week a doctor came in to see her client , and if it had been one of the older carers I 'm sure they would have had a go at the doctor and forced him to do more than he actually did . |
| 29 | Rabscuttle was full of tricks and games and quite soon he was running and playing just as if he had been one of the children himself . |
| 30 | She looked reproachfully at him , as if he had been one of them . |