Example sentences of "one [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One has a deep inner peace about it ; not absolute intellectual certainty , but practical confidence , which allows one to proceed to action with joyful assurance . |
| 2 | As regards Goody 's sharp distinction between oral and literate cultures , it demonstrates not only that the social reality does not correspond to this ‘ great divide ’ but also that developing a model which enables one to proceed as if it did so is not the only or most fruitful way of proceeding . |
| 3 | With the four prospective purchasers which we have at this stage it will be necessary to go through an elimination process , selecting one to proceed with and perhaps one to keep on hold . |
| 4 | It is possible that the work could be shared between two people working closely together — one to do the book-keeping , and one to liaise with the committees . |
| 5 | The front row looks solid enough , but there must be some worries about the locking of the scrum with only Jones having any real international background and Cooksley the only one to compare in size with the big locks of other countries . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not one to fuss about women 's rights . |
| 7 | ‘ When I have suitors , ’ she said , ‘ I will allow no one to remain in my presence who does not please me . ’ |
| 8 | John Bitumen ( or Raging Bullshit as he 's known amongst his colleagues ) , is never one to sit on the fence ( vandalising it is more to his nature ) . |
| 9 | Never one to sit behind a desk if he could help it , he tried to see the battle front for himself , and was severely wounded . |
| 10 | ‘ It would not have been possible for one to sit upon the throne alongside a woman one no longer loved and lived with . |
| 11 | This is a tricky one to diagnose at a distance but I 'd put money on some kind of video configuration problem within Symphony . |
| 12 | Laura was never one to swim with every fashionable cross-current that came her way . |
| 13 | Eva has never been one to indulge in self pity but she must have missed the warmth of the Australian sun , and the family back home . |
| 14 | In the meantime , the random scatter of insights prompts one to appeal to Hughes with Keats ' suggestion , modestly opposed to the schematic might of The Godess essof Complete Being : ‘ Wheneer eryou write , say a word or two on some passage in Shakespeare that may have come rather new to you . ’ |
| 15 | The Titfords ' immediate neighbours boasted domestic servants : two of them to look after a boot manufacturer and his wife at no. 15 , and just the one to attend to the needs of a photographer and his stepdaughter who were living on the other side . |
| 16 | But this is usually the time when a stallion is most intolerant of other males , and even in this particular co-operative situation , a stallion will not allow another one to mate with ‘ his ’ mares . |
| 17 | Another one to fall by the wayside with a 78 was Ray Floyd , who had picked up the US Open title Norman had let slip through his grasp a few weeks before . |
| 18 | Anticipating the problem does not make it any less likely to occur , but planning and preparing for it helps one to cope with it , and will emphasize that professional and consistent judgment has been exercised . |
| 19 | ‘ Need a stiff one to cope with that lot , ’ said Drew . |
| 20 | this little hole in the middle , that one 's bigger because that 's er the right hand one to go over the grip , over the throttle , |
| 21 | ‘ Give me that short one to go with this . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That 's the fifth , so far — one to go with each outfit I suppose … |
| 23 | It was the fact that Perk had many different coloured ribbons and every day she would select one to go with her outfit and because she had gone missing wearing a yellow dress , Gail suspected that it was Mr Elder who had taken Perk . |
| 24 | Nan I 've picked a nice one to go on top . |
| 25 | Nan that looks a nice one to go on top . |
| 26 | Now he had no one to go to with his artistic problems , no hearth to sit at . |
| 27 | And he cancelled his er trip but I 'd I booked up for one to go to Norway |
| 28 | If you are likely to need an overdraft only occasionally , then the Interest option is the one to go for . |
| 29 | The analysis presented in this chapter largely takes the former course , for as Wright et al , 1981 say , ‘ If minimising public expenditure is the criterion to be used for choosing patterns of care , the public expenditure basis is the one to go for ’ . |
| 30 | He is never one to go for gimmicks or flavour of the month hairdressing . |