Example sentences of "[be] one [noun] [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its inaccessibility to the rank and file may be one reason why Protestants were , until the beginning of this century , extremely distrustful of the mystical experience . |
| 2 | This indeed may be one reason why animals that find protection in these great aggregations are nearly always virtually identical in appearance , irrespective of age or sex . |
| 3 | This is one explanation why stars are often to be found in groups of twos or threes . |
| 4 | Many of the men in prison have poured their frustrated tenderness onto small children , and this is one reason why offenders against children receive such short shrift . |
| 5 | This is one reason why sons are so important in some countries : girls usually leave home when they marry , so no longer contribute to their parents ' income . |
| 6 | ‘ Gutless management is one reason why consultants are flourishing , ’ said Knight . |
| 7 | This is one reason why firms are often most willing to start with a clean sheet of paper when setting up a new subsidiary , as Britain 's Midland Bank did when it established First Direct , its successful telephone-banking business . |
| 8 | That is one reason why companies like ICI and IBM are building up comprehensive communications programmes , internal as well as external which involve listening just as much as talking . |
| 9 | This is one reason why cards ( INDEX CARDS ) are popular as a format for keeping notes . |
| 10 | That is one reason why hospitals seek it . |
| 11 | This is one reason why standards and routines represent an important dimension of housework behaviour . |
| 12 | This is one reason why libraries do not always weed as much as they need to . |
| 13 | With so much else to concern them , and with such a big lead over Aberdeen , this is one game where Rangers may be satisfied with a point . |
| 14 | Peter Anger , a psychologist , says : ‘ This is one area where parents ’ help is very important . |
| 15 | Plumbing is one area where women can be successful . |
| 16 | There was one case where cockerels crowing in the night upset the neighbours . |
| 17 | This was one reason why feminists such as Griffin have argued that studies of girls should be done by women and they have often preferred the use of qualitative methods such as in-depth interviewing or ethnography . |