Example sentences of "[adv] as one [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally characteristic of arms races , including human ones , that although all would be better off if none of them escalated , so long as one of them escalates none can afford not to . |
| 2 | Connoisseurs of the self-referentiality of gay culture might care to note that the Pet Shop Boys ' Neil Tennant frequently lists Coward 's Sail Away as one of his favourite songs — it is hard to conceive of any other contemporary pop star having the wit or sly wisdom to make such a choice . |
| 3 | Sometimes a pupil would arrive just as one of them was waking up . |
| 4 | I laughed again and tapped the screen above a formation of red and green flapping things , just as one of them , peeling off to the side of the main pack , dived down firing at Jamie 's craft , missing it with its shots but clipping him with one green wing as it disappeared off the bottom of the screen , so that Jamie 's craft detonated in a blaze of flashing red and yellow . |
| 5 | The agency will be assessing you just as one of its clients will do . |
| 6 | After D10 rounds or as soon as one of their number is reduced to 1 Wound ( whichever comes first ) , the Carrion will fly off , this time cawing loudly . |
| 7 | As soon as one of their attacks is stopped and we can build on an attack of our own ! ( good for the nerves with our defence ! ) |
| 8 | As soon as one of my clients looks like winning anything important , he 's after him . |
| 9 | So far as one of its most important components was concerned , early opera developed pari passu with solo song , but its evolution was controlled by other factors . |
| 10 | If he was prepared to fight the Old Man on it as well as one of his juniors , then there was muscle in the man he had never before recognized . |
| 11 | It seemed quite a tall order at the time but in practice it worked out well and proved to be a most enjoyable experience as well as one of our more memorable tours of duty . |
| 12 | Ian Frank , leading light of the Lazenby action group Neon , says he wants to study the Newcastle survey , particularly as one of its authors , Dr Peter Phillimore , wrote a previous report on the Grangetown situation . |
| 13 | He said this in his firm business voice , not his usually listless home voice , and she accepted his direction as readily as one of his mechanics would have done . |