Example sentences of "one [vb -s] [det] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , when one reads the dedication of The Problem of Pain — 'to the Inklings ' — one understands some of its short-cuts , as well as some of its more peculiar turns of phrase ( e.g. of the Incarnation — ‘ It has the master touch — the rough , male taste of reality . |
| 2 | It is in peasant society that one sees some of the main gainers from the surplus of land . |
| 3 | One sees more of the bowl and stem of the Picasso Compotier , for instance , than one would in normal vision if one assumed the same high viewpoint when looking at the top of it ; and the gourd behind is painted as though in silhouette or directly at eye level . |
| 4 | Then the head is distorted in a sweeping spiral movement so that the spectator is obliged to move completely around it and thus gathers a very complete idea about it ; and , owing to the element of distortion , from several positions one sees more of the head than would be possible in ordinary vision . |
| 5 | When one considers that of the 782 endowed schools investigated by the Commission , only about forty were described as flourishing and efficient " , it is clear that the School was indeed prospering . |