Example sentences of "one [noun sg] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one level it may be expressed by a Commander-in-Chief who is determining the strategic objectives of the military and has to convince the generals . |
| 2 | On one level it would be difficult to argue that the kinds of interventionist policies supported by the report were ever carried out in Brixton : such inner-city areas as this suffered from declining public-sector resources in the mid-1980s . |
| 3 | But in at least one case it can be shown that Richard was retaining in the area in the 1470s . |
| 4 | But in at least one case it can be shown that Richard was retaining in the area in the 1470s . |
| 5 | As we saw earlier , the claim that the STV can be a " vote for a coalition " must be rejected : if you have only one vote it can benefit only one party . |
| 6 | There was only one photograph it could have been — the picture of John that accompanied our messages . |
| 7 | ‘ At one point it might have looked attractive to consider breaking away from the AAA altogether and striking out on our own . |
| 8 | I have never lived any nearer than a mile from a public bus and at one point it would be maybe two and a half miles from that bus , so my children , well my children are grown up now , but my children got nowhere or did nothing if I did n't drive nobody delivers the shopping nobody goes |
| 9 | At one point it would have been reasonable to assume that Durham SC were staging a convention for knee and ankle supports as nearly 80 combatants rolled up for battle . |
| 10 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 11 | Although the sides of the flysheet moved in high winds I never felt for one minute it would take off . |
| 12 | For one person it may be the hard training regimens involved in the exercises . |
| 13 | No one can take away the exhilaration of completing that first garment and , because everybody in the family needs sweaters , if it does n't fit one person it will fit another . |
| 14 | She reminded herself that one day it would be hers and Andrew 's . |
| 15 | It was a magic place and the fact that one day it would belong to her lay at the back of her mind like some deep buried treasure . |
| 16 | Ballater said he hoped that one day it would . |
| 17 | Sometimes the terrible debt he owed her was a churning sickness in his stomach that often rushed into his throat to warn him that one day it might choke him to death . |
| 18 | As I say one day it might be quiet , and the next day , something might happen . |
| 19 | One day it might not be , unless careful attention was kept . |
| 20 | One day it might come in handy . ’ |
| 21 | But one day it may become a more serious aspect of wider constitutional argument . |
| 22 | Never imagine that one day it 'll be really easy to witness . |
| 23 | One day it 'll start bending again . |
| 24 | ‘ One day it 'll suddenly hit you . ’ |
| 25 | One day it could be you in the same position ’ . |
| 26 | Personal Accident Insurance has helped them … … one day it could help you . |
| 27 | One day it could be used by the timber trade as a guide for preserving the environment which pays their wages . |
| 28 | Does that mean that one day it will happen ? |
| 29 | One day it will be like this for us in heaven when we shall see that some of the things we clung to on earth were only childish attachments . |
| 30 | British TV viewers will not pay more for a cable system just because one day it will be able to provide interactive services which they have never heard of , let alone want . |