Example sentences of "one [noun sg] that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They oppose the one measure that would command strong popular support — the return of the death penalty — so arrange among themselves to raise the subject as seldom as possible . |
| 2 | If you hot foot it whatever the weather , there 's only one watch that can stand the pace . |
| 3 | Colleagues , er since we meet in Portsmouth , let me begin by pinning my colours firmly to the mast and acknowledging that the one issue that will dominate my comments here this morning , alluding to anything else in the time that 's allocated to me , in moving my report I think would simply not reflect my activities on your behalf over the last twelve months . |
| 4 | So wo , one parent that must have a been gypsy or both . |
| 5 | There was only one plan that would do that , Caroline thought , and it was hers . |
| 6 | One obstacle that might stand in the way of the proposed merger is a personality clash between the strong-willed bosses of the two firms . |
| 7 | I saw then , through the one eye that would open , that my fire was scattered , that only a few wisps of smoke rose here and there . |
| 8 | One point that may help you is that the lower the potency the more frequently it is likely to need repeating . |
| 9 | That was just one example , like one scenario that might happen . |
| 10 | Richard Randall , defending , said : ‘ It was just one moment that will effect this man and his family for the rest of his life . ’ |
| 11 | This at least is one joy that must have been known by almost every living creature . |
| 12 | I said we did n't need a strong fence as the one tree that could fall on it already had . |
| 13 | Is there one colour that might do , er what best person |
| 14 | ‘ D' you know because so many people switch off their TVs by remote control instead of pulling out the plug , they go on using electricity , the same in one night that would power Leicester for one day . |
| 15 | At present Africa contains only one station that can receive signals directly from the US 's Landsat remote-sensing craft . |
| 16 | THERE is only one policy that can bring sustained recovery to the British economy : a sharp cut in interest rates . |
| 17 | Thanks to its balance-of-payments strength , it is one economy that could get away with a bold fiscal stimulus without facing a currency crisis . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's only one ride that will get us back to the east of the Swamp and that 's the one we 've come by . |
| 19 | She had enough sense to realise that this was one argument that ought to come to a stop right now . |
| 20 | I was — like Flora with her mother — in the stupid position of being unable to put the one argument that would have made her feel some sympathy for me . |
| 21 | It is the one approach that can maintain and improve America 's competitive performance — and America 's standard of living — over the long haul . |
| 22 | Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife . |
| 23 | One firm that may have bucked that trend is Star Computers , which has raised some £770000 by selling shares on the Stock Exchange . |
| 24 | Trust me to choose the one man that would make it impossible . |
| 25 | By chance ( chance again ! ) she had chosen the one thing that would reach , spinning down through all that froth of excited sentiment , right down to the very core of Sarah 's being : the memory of Tom . |
| 26 | When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking . |
| 27 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 28 | The one thing that would have persuaded him to accept an invitation for the Stuttgart Ballet to go to South Africa would have been if he could show a really good black dancer working alongside the whites . |
| 29 | You did n't know one thing that would find me . ’ |
| 30 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |