Example sentences of "[adv] be the [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was tempted to make some sardonic inquiry about how Mala could sound like she was defending Gharr , when he had so obviously been the one how had tried to kill me on Vadinamia . |
| 2 | ‘ I think I 'd better be the one , ’ Joanna said , then Robert came out to pick up the remaining chair . |
| 3 | The individual who is calm and self-assured is far more likely to perform well in his chosen area of life , even though he may not necessarily be the one with the highest level of ability . |
| 4 | That shows that both the president 's National Party ( NP ) and the ANC intend to be prepared for the first non-racial elections for a constituent assembly ; it is also a clear sign that both of them are sure that they can convince the other parties that the path they have laid down is the one to follow . |
| 5 | And he is the one , and he alone is the one who will take the initiative to call it off . |
| 6 | Had you best be the one to break it to Ma ? |
| 7 | The adjudication officer , who will not normally be the one who made the initial decision , will then put forward any submissions he or she may wish . |
| 8 | Like Graham Gooch himself , they are well aware that the England team which starts the season after the most successful overseas tour for five years may not be the one which finishes it . |
| 9 | ( 1989 ) makes use of this possibility but the mechanism involved need not be the one they describe . |
| 10 | Do not be the one to initiate the handshake but be quick to respond to the interviewer 's gesture . |
| 11 | They had one daughter , who I believe is not right in the head ; but that may not be the one you met . |
| 12 | At that time , many well meaning people shook their heads and quoted ‘ trees for heirs ’ — the inference quite clearly being that I should not be the one to enjoy them . |
| 13 | I determined I would not be the one to break the news to Jean-Claude that , despite his protestations , his opera would never be broadcast — that the law protected Xavier Frontenac . |
| 14 | The first speaker should not be the one who discovers whether the microphone is working at all . |
| 15 | If that position were to occur agents would be aware that the government would be tempted to create higher inflation to achieve iso-vote line V 1 ; they would come to expect that higher inflation and hence the relevant Phillips curve would not be the one labelled . |
| 16 | This is an important point - that the best statistical fit need not be the one which best represents the trend . |
| 17 | He will not be the one receiving the bill . |
| 18 | Since the civil law options are not open to the English courts , it is likely that by the application of the doctrines of offer and acceptance , they will , in the end , find in each case one winner and one loser for each particular battle of the forms , even though that winner may not be the one who fires the last shot . |
| 19 | But now of course there 's Crooks and that means , not bottles of aspirins , bad example , but Strepsils the lozenges for example , are now sold in an enormous range of private pharmacies which are not Boots and they are therefore completely outside the term output , it may be a restricted term , it may not be the one we want , but that is what it was meant and that is what the number is generated from . |
| 20 | The Invention I like best is the one after the one he loves best — he loves the fifth , and I the sixth . |
| 21 | But the scene where Pitt really won DiCillo over was the one where Johnny walks around alone in his tiny flat farting and scratching in his ratty underwear . |
| 22 | I 've always been the one with the umbrella and raincoat , forced to stay indoors in the dark . |
| 23 | I 've always been the one that ends up just going without ’ ( Cohen , 1990 , p. 28 ) . |
| 24 | I 've usually been , been senior secretary , I 've usually been the one in charge of the petty cash , which , sent out for proper coffee and the new kettle if the kettle blew it 's fused and the and the tea pot and the tea bags and the , I just used to write a note in the , in the cash book |
| 25 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 26 | You must always be the one who decides what to do and when . |
| 27 | Her pride made her speak as formally as he did and always be the one who moved away first . |
| 28 | ‘ Really , it was a game in which I made the rules : always being the one to decide whether or not we 'd make love when we met . |
| 29 | She resented being compelled to behave like this , always being the one to draw attention to the fact that all was not well , that there were idiots and enemies under their roof , eating their salt and sullying the air with their breath . |
| 30 | If you are using stocking stitch for the main part , or any double bed pattern knitted using a 1x1 setting , then a 1x1 rib will probably be the one you choose . |