Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] one [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There is a clear role too for other new products in the T&L portfolio , including Krystar , a sweetener refined from corn syrup into a crystalline fructose , which may one day be interchangeable with table sugar . |
2 | VAT rates of 5.5% and 18.6% on imported works of art , peculiar to France , are also dissuasive , as is the French droit de suite tax of 3% , which may one day be extended to the whole of Europe . |
3 | 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 ’ . |
4 | Quite obviously , there is a good deal of , as yet , classified technology which might one day be available for all sorts of hazard mitigation purposes . |
5 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |
6 | Either way it is of little use to the bereft locked full of raw grief , which might one day mature into something more bearable , and might not . |
7 | A comet which could one day wipe out life on earth has been captured on film … by a postman . |
8 | A report from the Lower Franconian town of Kitzingen in May 1943 , dealing particularly with opinion among academics , salespeople , and the bourgeoisie — groups which had earlier tended to be pro-Nazi in their sympathies — stated that ‘ a disgust about the Party was building up among the people , and a rage which would one day boil over ’ . |
9 | When Conan Doyle put these words into the mouth of Sherlock Holmes , he could have had no idea of the tools which would one day become available to the great detective 's fellow scientists in their search for truth . |
10 | ‘ Both the Eldar and the Slann should be grateful to know about this weapon which would one day be launched against them . ’ |
11 | She could not stand the thought of having a she-cat which would one day give birth to a large litter in her nice clean home and she did not wait to find out whether or not she-cats could be neutered . |
12 | Was he strengthening his border where it faced the great Angevin arsenal and treasury at Chinon , which would one day come into the hands of his feckless elder brother ? |
13 | Among the remaining trees , which would one day distinguish themselves in avenues and parks , and over the heads of the labouring workmen rose clouds of parakeets and honey-eaters searching for food . |
14 | I hope by sharing the struggle and vision of the people in both ‘ worlds ’ , that more people will be inspired to ‘ blow the trumpet ’ which will one day sound the tune for the march of humanity into progress . |
15 | But his skin would crawl as if he 'd somehow sensed that he was being watched , and he 'd switch on every light that he could find , including the big spotlights out over what would one day become the car park . |
16 | A man who would touch you for ten francs , and go home and paint what would one day be worth ten million . |