Example sentences of "the [adj] [indef pn] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take a shot at the odd one that flies over Uskair strictly illegal , I know . |
| 2 | In potassium-argon dating of volcanic rocks , the radioactive potassium isotope is in a known proportion to the non-radioactive one and decays to argon . |
| 3 | Roheim 's research in central Australia , for instance , shows that mothers will never refuse a child the breast , even if this means that a younger sibling is displaced by the elder one and suffers malnutrition — possibly to the point of death — as a result . |
| 4 | No , cos I have n't caused an accident because they , are in the wrong anybody that gets , anybody else up the arse no matter what you fucking did to them , it 's them wrong . |
| 5 | The list which follows compares the much more detailed analysis of Woodward 's researchers with the broader one that has been applied above . |
| 6 | it 's just the second one that 's got jammed |
| 7 | Of each pair of alleles , only one can be the lucky one that enters any given sperm or egg . |
| 8 | Oh you mean the little one that goes with Mary ? |
| 9 | They will , of course , have to set new technical justifications for this task , and the obvious one that lies to hand is the ‘ intent to create legal relations . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And Quatermass Queen , the one with the tentacle-arms and snakes in her hair , she starts strangling this monster , the fiery-eyed one that 's just speared the Muscly Monk with his laser-beam fingertips … ’ |
| 11 | But the most preposterous law of all , a law so pointless as to scamper along the outer margins of the surreal , is the Swedish one that requires motorists to drive with their headlights on during the daytime , even on the sunniest summer afternoon . |
| 12 | The first argument is the classical one and runs as follows . |
| 13 | Sainsburys is er the very one that has done it for years ! |
| 14 | Of all the aquatic plants the water lily is undoubtedly the most beautiful , therefore when selecting lilies , never buy the first one that takes your eye . |
| 15 | ‘ This is the first one that says , ‘ Do n't just sit there ’ . ’ |
| 16 | As you say each one , think of a noun to rhyme with it — use the first one that comes into your head . |
| 17 | And it 's the first one that traps you . |
| 18 | So what I 'd like you to do if you just turn to page one sort of a couple of pages in the first one that 's numbered . |
| 19 | The East-West pipeline is the fourth in the series , and the only one that involves importing pipes , turbines and equipment . |
| 20 | The only one that springs to mind happened at Felton when their goalkeeper and left back got their legs hopelessly tangled and they collapsed in front of Darren Twink who was able to slot the ball home . |
| 21 | And somebody said to me at the last children 's mass , thank you , you 're the only one that tells us we 're not needed . |
| 22 | Bedford Square is not only the oldest of the Bloomsbury development it is also the only one that remains complete . |
| 23 | That 's what I was doing , cos right 's the only one that deserves it ! |
| 24 | Why should I be the only one that suffers ? |
| 25 | So again there are n't many things that do complete , swimming I think I far as I can see is the only one that does , but then again that depends on how you use the swimming , it , it just , just cos you bathes every week does n't necessarily mean that it does do it for you , it depends what you do , okay ? |
| 26 | The living room is the only one that does not at least partly arrange itself , which makes it , of course , the most taxing on the imagination . |
| 27 | Supposed to be , supposed to be the only one that does that . |
| 28 | The second option is , in fact , the only one that offers the possibility of high real incomes in America . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's not the only one that uses the belt , Aggie . |
| 30 | Imply by their wording that the factor named is not the only one that needs mentioning . |