Example sentences of "be [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay that would be worth one mark . |
| 2 | This concluded that the maximum tolerable risk of death to a member of the public from a modern industrial process should be about one chance in 10,000 per annum . |
| 3 | Flyda says that the cost of Flydaway should be about one tenth that of a conventional underground line , and roughly 40 per cent of elevated systems . |
| 4 | The maximal aerobic speed , that is the maximal speed that can be maintained without incurring an oxygen debt , appears generally to be about one half of the maximal running speed . |
| 5 | The tension used for weaving should usually be about one number looser than that which is normally used for stocking stitch . |
| 6 | Oh goodness be about one and ninepence . |
| 7 | The cost would probably be about one year 's salary of such an assistant , but it does not recur . |
| 8 | It 'd be about one . |
| 9 | Course i e , it 's very expensive now but it it only used to be about one and six a pound right up to the end of the war and it 's now two pounds a pound and |
| 10 | And it would only be for one night . |
| 11 | An agreement may be for one song , or for everything a musician writes over a number of years . |
| 12 | To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein . |
| 13 | Viscerally , political leaders in all parties recognise that Germany is moving towards reunification , however uncomfortable that prospect may be for one of Germany 's wartime adversaries . |
| 14 | It did n't have to be for one slot , it did n't have to be in a particular form , it could be anything as long as it used the medium for visual ends . |
| 15 | I have altered my Mind ; I should not like it cloth , but duffil , let it be cloth , and not to be more than 11s at most , and full yard long , and two if you please , both of a length , and both large ones , full yard long , both of a price , they both be for one Woman — they must be exactly alike for goodness and price — fail not on Wednesday — and full yard long . |
| 16 | It just came to me and I knew it must be for one of you . ’ |
| 17 | Contracts will be for one year , beginning in Summer 1991 . |
| 18 | The appointment will be for one year . |
| 19 | Staff groups may be for one school only , or , as in the example above , meet across feeder schools ( whose staffs may otherwise still work in splendid isolation from each other ) to great mutual benefit . |
| 20 | Under the threat of NT the current mood of the industry seems to be for one requirements body , a consistent set of requirements and one open system . |
| 21 | It was now that the assurances of 1918 that the pact would be for one election only came home to roost ; wanting to be ready in plenty of time , many local parties were by 1921 selecting candidates who would oppose sitting Coalition Liberals . |
| 22 | If you can not find the card , it could be for one of two reasons : that the library does not hold a copy of the book ; or that the book is of a special kind and is listed under one of the special catalogues . |
| 23 | As to why he has contacted you after all this time , it could be for one of three reasons . |
| 24 | And it wo n't be for the whole of a c of a company 's range , it 'll just be for one specific product at a time . |
| 25 | Each cycle should take fifty five minutes so we do three sets of role play , well we look at them , look for the cycle to start at quarter past ten first cycle must start at quarter past ten , there four that should be for one o'clock so we commence the third and final role play , come back here and break for lunch and have an hour for lunch final role play at two o'clock . |
| 26 | Firstly whether these subscriptions should be for one year only or whether it should be fixed for three years to tie in with the tri-annual general meeting . |
| 27 | all yo , if the clients had to pay for anything it would be for one newspaper and one telephone call home that was all . |
| 28 | There can not be a sharp dividing line , as there can be between one year and the next ; the evolution of language is a gradual one , as witness the modern divergences between American , Australian and United Kingdom English , and the differences between the everyday languages of Cornwall and Northumberland . |
| 29 | Such comparisons may involve other individuals or may be between one group and another . |
| 30 | Mrs has already asked for her class to be after one and we 've only got the two classes to do . |