Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe in the future , like the Chinese , we will only be allowed one child . |
| 2 | It had to be a success — she knew she would only be allowed one failure . |
| 3 | If he could ever be granted one wish in his life , he knew exactly what it would be . |
| 4 | The '90s will probably be remembered one day as the time of technological advance . |
| 5 | There is therefore a determinate outcome ( ruling out ties ) ; e.g. , in the education example , with the order of voting ( L against M , winner against H ) , the outcome is H. In this case , the determination of the order of voting — and the termination rule -is clearly crucial , and the indeterminacy may simply be pushed one stage further back . |