Example sentences of "one [noun sg] which [art] " in BNC.

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1 Within the territory of England proper , the only surviving separate language was Cornish , and it is significant that this linguistic divergence was itself an issue during political troubles in the mid sixteenth century : one plea which the Cornish rebels made in 1549 in favour of the traditional liturgy was that ‘ we the Cornyshe men ( whereof certen of us understande no Englysh ) utterly refuse thys newe Englysh ’ ( 73 , p. 135 ) .
2 And though the visit could have given him an opportunity to kill his father , and then drive down the next day to discover the body , that was the one crime which every logical motive screamed against .
3 The fact that these values were linked with a conspicuous material investment in the library premises clearly corresponded to one criterion which the Coordinating Team took into account ; namely , that a school is not only interested in developing heuristic pedagogies but also willing to put some money and energy into the library as the appropriate central facility .
4 One issue which the people did discuss , and which did have military implications , was relations with Egypt .
5 One point which the SCA Polo Committee will discuss for the future is whether junior and youth players should be put under extra pressure in a penalty situation or whether games should be played to the first goal .
6 It is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater force carries it which is the consent of the majority or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body , one community which the consent of every individual that united into it agreed that it should and so everyone is bound by that consent to be concluded by the majority .
7 Mark Carlisle , Christopher Soames and Ian Gilmour left the Cabinet and Jim Prior went to the one job which no politician can refuse , Northern Ireland Secretary .
8 If the courts decide to adopt the type of approach favoured by the Court of Appeal in Olugboja , the age of the girl would be one factor which the jury could be invited to consider in determining whether consent was present and non-consent might be more broadly construed .
9 Although any one assignment which the company has is of short duration , the company itself continues in being , following up that assignment by another .
10 One area which the leaders unambiguously control is the hiring of staff , and the full-time staff of the DUP is now drawn widely from all the major denominations .
11 The one area which the Rome Treaty had ignored , but where the Six did create a common policy , was in agriculture .
12 If you are working in a classroom with a network , is there one workstation which the teacher uses at the start and end of the lesson , but which is otherwise unused ?
13 If it 's a wet , horrible day and the opposition are messing you about , then there is only one man which every side in the world would pick in their back row — Dean Richards .
14 One assumption which the book challenges is that — apart from a few disenchanted poets and artists — most soldiers accepted uncomplainingly the necessity for huge losses and the privations of life at the front .
15 I quote from what Sir Allen Sheppard of Grand Met said yesterday : ’ One thing which no one could predict a year ago was exactly how long the recession would last This recession has not been an exclusively British phenomenon — as some people would have us believe .
16 However , one thing which the book lacks is any guide to further reading .
17 The one thing which the duo share is a certain sensitivity and insecurity .
18 The French and British could not agree about what to do and the situation drifted ; the one thing which the French were determined not to have was a permanent British occupation .
19 And what the manifesto is , is trying to do is to er set an agenda for about how the lot of private homes can be improved , and er fixing rent is one thing which the government er traditionally has had a responsibility for and which needs , er must be linked in with conditions because what we have at the moment is a situation where you get , in Oxford , a er a family living in one room being charged er over two hundred pounds a week by an individual landlord , and that 's clearly unacceptable .
20 Fog , the one element which no drainer can ever quite banish from the marshes , still rolls out over Otmoor .
21 One problem which an employer may face is that of an employee accepting the relocation package , moving to the new area and then leaving the company to go to another local firm .
22 One problem which the criminal law has to confront , therefore , when dealing with physical violation , is how to grade the seriousness of the conduct .
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