Example sentences of "[modal v] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Scotland should one day become independent , with its own monarch , then union with Ulster might seem more acceptable to all . |
| 2 | The patent for the muon work came to nothing , but then Rafelski suggested that , seeing as the attorney was present , they might as well get him to notarise the logbook in case the discussion should one day prove seminal . |
| 3 | But if by some extraordinary chance you should one day wander into a forest and catch a glimpse of a Minpin , then hold your breath and thank your lucky stars because up to now , so far as I know , no one excepting Little Billy has ever seen one . |
| 4 | If there 's one symbol of how the whole of BP Oil should one day operate it 's OUS 's star refinery , Alliance . |
| 5 | Buy why should one man own all the deer ? |
| 6 | ‘ I also felt that no serial/story should last longer than between four and six episodes ( I did n't want to risk losing audiences for longer , should one story not appeal ) . |
| 7 | But why should one incident put him off for ever ? |
| 8 | However in the case of couples should one partner neglect to pay the Community Charge the other partner may , by law be held responsible for payment of any unpaid sum due . |
| 9 | It is reasonable to expect with a re an extensive programme like , like section eleven that there has been a build up of expertise , hat there has been a build up of educational resources and why should one area of the service be exempt from examination or assessment . |
| 10 | I think as early as 1947 you said you must one day make music on film . |
| 11 | This was all a nightmare from which she must one day awake . |
| 12 | What a shame it must one day become reality — it will never match these views for charm and elegance . |
| 13 | At the very least , he will make it plain that Israel must one day let go of most of the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 14 | ‘ Then his son-in-law must act as a son and care for the land that 'll one day be his . ’ |
| 15 | They 're never going to get rich or famous , but they love thinking they 'll one day be legendary to Those Who Really I now . |
| 16 | It 's something a girl dreams she 'll one day do with the man she loves . |
| 17 | The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ . |
| 18 | JACQUES DELORS , President of the European Commission , told West Germany that its hopes for reunification would best be served by working for a more federal Community , implying that this might one day embrace East Germany . |
| 19 | Mr De Haan said the original reason for going public was his father 's concern that as a private company , with no market in its shares , the family might one day be faced with the prospect of having to sell the entire business to meet death duties . |
| 20 | Some people in Serbia suspect that Slobo , an impulsive man , might one day decide to go it alone . |
| 21 | This might one day play a powerful role in the reaction against the president . |
| 22 | With German unification fresh in the memories of local people , some fear that the ‘ eastern territories ’ might one day revert to Germany as well . |
| 23 | Hakim said he never knew what it was going to be used for next ; on an organisation chart he left a column for Africa , since North had hinted that he might one day do something there too . |
| 24 | The script was left open by straw-clutching executives at Grundy TV who were still clinging vainly to the hope that their biggest audience puller might one day return . |
| 25 | Davies , 23 , a nimble midfield player , might one day be able to tell his grandchildren of a winning double Blue . |
| 26 | Still , however , I cherished the fantasy that I might one day have a son who would fulfil that dream , and always he had Leslie 's eyes , dark , with soft expressive light . |
| 27 | The appointment of court organist there was finally offered to Mozart , with the indication that he might one day become Kapellmeister . |
| 28 | The troops might be raw , Piatakov might be an ultra-Leftist , but the ship had to be built with the timbers that were available , not some hypothetical timbers that might one day become available . |
| 29 | The business might one day be sold off , wound up or nationalised by the host government . |
| 30 | Otherwise the London Boroughs are now multipurpose authorities , reviving hopes amongst some observers that the large towns of England and Wales might one day regain their ‘ county borough ’ status , leaving the county councils free to pursue their former traditional , more rural , role in collaboration with the small parish , town and community councils . |