Example sentences of "[conj] one [is] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You see , one of the advantages of being dead is that one is released as it were from the bonds of time and therefore I can see everything that has happened or will happen , all at the same time except that of course I now know that Time does not , for all practical purposes , exist . ’ |
| 2 | When one uses some expression , such as ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ , there are usually not two things , one that one is saying and one that one is thinking . |
| 3 | Where no express covenant is given by the transferee , the Revenue takes the view that one is implied unless a contrary intention is shown ( and may always be implied where property was previously in joint names with both parties jointly liable on the mortgage ) . |
| 4 | ‘ What you can be sure of , ’ said Thorfinn , eluding the question , ‘ is that the Pope and the Emperor Henry both know , and that one is dying while the other enjoys indifferent health and has only a three-year-old son to succeed him . |
| 5 | Complex problems can arise where one of the purposes is lawful and one is regarded as unlawful . |
| 6 | Prediction is inaccurate , and one is reminded that economic recovery has been forecast for years by a party in government that is supposed to have great financial expertise . |
| 7 | wrong , your , your , your bass response just goes it cancels out cos one 's pushing and pulling , the other 's pulling and pushing , vicious |
| 8 | If one is to recognize that there are applied linguists and language teachers in the world identifiable by the difference of role they play ( even though these roles may exist in different degrees of convergence ) then the division of responsibility which corresponds with appraisal and application seems to be just about the only one to make . |
| 9 | Because one 's involved whether one likes it or not , just by caring for the person concerned . ’ |
| 10 | Love is in never considering whether one is loved but how one can increase one 's love . |
| 11 | Even pride , the most self-centred of passions implies that one does see oneself from other viewpoints and care whether one is admired or despised , even to the point perhaps of valuing respect by others above self-preservation . |
| 12 | Industry is , in some ways , rather like war ; there can be no doubt whether one is winning or losing . |
| 13 | But at least it is a world where one is in no doubt whether one is winning or losing , and where the prizes of success are substantial ones , not only for oneself , but for all one 's friends and colleagues within the organization . |
| 14 | Though one is lost and another damaged , the survivor is sent off into space with the forest when the scientist destroys himself with his ship to conceal the fact that the forest still exists . |