Example sentences of "one [noun sg] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We have reached the occasion where an individual receiving publicity in one field is thought to be an expert , or at least a saleable item , in all others .
2 One difficulty is caused by Pascal 's lack of the facility available in ALGOL68 and Ada whereby a constant can be assigned the value of an expression .
3 One driver was taken to hospital with back and chest injuries … others were treated for minor cuts and bruises .
4 In these two examples , the first would be slightly under-hedged if one contract was written against 1000 shares and in the second case over-hedged as two contracts might be written against each 1000 shares held .
5 One correction was made to the summary .
6 Moreover , he does not use them as precise logical connectives but only to indicate that ‘ one sentence is connected with another without reference to the nature of the connection ’ ( ibid. : 247 ) .
7 We can conceive of this one sentence being separated from the previous set as a form of distinct climax .
8 We scattered the pack three times , doing nothing illegal , but the police escorted us all day and one sab was threatened with arrest for shouting too loud .
9 During this period , one Spitfire was manhandled through the mud to the far end of the Abbotsinch field where it was loaded onto road transport for conveyance to Glasgow .
10 Although an earlier check with the weather office predicted a favourable wind for that evening , it did not materialize and conditions were to remain the same the following day when only one Spitfire was delivered by F/C Heering who had flown direct from Brize Norton .
11 A intravenous infusion of 0.9% saline was then begun and after one hour was changed to an infusion of sodium taurocholate , 500 mg/hour ( Calbiochem , La Jolla , CA , USA ) , which was maintained for the duration of the experiment .
12 One Palestinian was killed during a gun battle with Israeli troops on Jan. 4 near the West Bank town of Jenin .
13 Only one decision was made by the time I reached London — I was going to buy nothing blue , and I was going to let my hair grow long .
14 It has been held that where more than one assessment was raised under different statutory provisions in respect of the same amount then , provided these were clearly alternative assessments , they were not void .
15 Where more than one assessment was raised under different statutory provisions in respect of the same amount then , provided these were clearly alternative assessments , they were not void .
16 One story is set at a computer show in Birmingham : a company representative visits the stand of a software firm , borrows its latest product , and runs off a copy in five minutes back at his own stand .
17 One story is told of drovers who , at the end of a long drive , having sold their cattle , would go to the beerkeller to celebrate , but before they did , they would tie the money from the sale around the dog 's neck , secure in the knowledge that no matter how drunk they became , their money would be safe until the morning !
18 One story is told of a man who saw a leprechaun bury a purse of gold in a field of ragwort .
19 One camp is occupied by the ‘ pragmatists ’ who emphasise conservation in association with human development and the sustainable use of natural resources — in effect , an exercise in damage limitation .
20 However , Miller only advised budding for less vigorous roses or where more than one variety was required on the same plant and then a compatible growth habit was essential .
21 In laboratory studies where male cats were kept isolated , awaiting mating tests with females , it was discovered that if one male was placed in a cage belonging to another tom it was often ‘ raped ’ by the cage owner .
22 One Iranian was killed by Israeli soldiers in the first days of November , and four more , who had been carrying rifles and ammunition , were killed on Nov. 11 .
23 The semantic ability of the insider to translate the hidden and the unspoken aspects of the cultural agenda which occur in any society should be especially productive in any analysis of the police , where a massive visibility at one level is matched by a secretive , hidden side to institutional practice .
24 But where the newspaper story has significance is in describing , and indeed representing , the limitations of a present position , which on one level is based upon an explicitly favourable stance , yet which contains its own implicit limitations .
25 But remember that not all the errors in one category are caused by the same underlying problem .
26 Kicks will double your striking power when you have mastered them , but it must be remembered that the moment one foot is taken off the ground , the practitioner 's stability and mobility are reduced by half .
27 His one hope was to head for the small area of streets and alleys he had explored around the bar-restaurant before going inside ( ‘ … reconnoitre the Subject 's area … ’ ) .
28 As one Canadian was scraped off the floor by his team-mates , commentator Barry Davies observed ‘ Good body check ’ .
29 One board is covered with photographs of a trip to Waddesdon Manor in the School Bus .
30 The flow from one outfall is discharged to the Beck without treatment , whilst flow from the other outfall passes through a small overloaded septic tank .
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