Example sentences of "[modal v] be [prep] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Only a 1 , b 1 , and b 2 , vibrations give IR bands ; four of these should be of one type ( a 1 ) and two each of the other types . |
| 4 | For example , it is suggested that : " The rooms should be grouped in a simple manner , easy for patients and visitors to find their way around ; the whole building should be on one level and should look as far as is possible both externally and internally like a house not a hospital : there should be a clearly defined main entry/exit point for patients , staff , visitors and supplies which should have a ramped approach and in which the main door should be lockable : WC and washing compartment should be shared between pairs of single bed rooms and should be readily accessible to the sitting and dining rooms ; the bathroom should be readily accessible to both day and night areas ; the WC and the bathroom should be equipped for wheelchairs and standing users : the sitting and dining rooms and the external enclosure should be accessible by wheelchair : rooms should be differentiated in colour and finish while remaining domestic in scale and character : an informal , welcoming and comfortable reception/waiting area is required at the entrance to provide shelter and waiting spaces for visitors : the area between main entrance and sub-section entrances is likely to be an extensive area of circulation and will be the hub of the building but it could also be , spaciously , rather than an enlarged corridor , a positive amenity and focus if designed as a conservatory , for example , to contain plants or even birds and fish providing a stimulus to patients ' visitors and staff , and , finally : the safe external enclosure ( to which I referred earlier , ) should take the form of a walled garden matching the materials of parent buildings , suitably softened with appropriate planting . |
| 5 | He must not address the defendant in terms which suggest that the sample must be of one kind rather than the other unless and until the two possibilities have been explained to the defendant and a fair opportunity given to him to say , if he wishes , which he would prefer to give and why . |
| 6 | This must be at one end of the housing , clear of the other compartments , and then you will be able to slide the glass off this compartment without sliding it off the others . |
| 7 | This starts to run from the date of delivery of the relevant return of allotments to the Registrar , which must be within one month of each allotment . |
| 8 | It is important to recognize that division must be by one principle at a time . |
| 9 | The time samples could be of one minute 's duration , arranged so that each of the six pupils is observed in a regular cyclical sequence for parts of a teaching period . |
| 10 | He could be in one place , and his voice could come from another place . |
| 11 | This could be by one side wearing party hats and the other not or the teams could be divided according to sex . |
| 12 | Such comparisons may involve other individuals or may be between one group and another . |
| 13 | An agreement may be for one song , or for everything a musician writes over a number of years . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When we used to go out in the street , I would be on one side of the matron holding her arm , my sister on the other side doing the same . |
| 16 | all yo , if the clients had to pay for anything it would be for one newspaper and one telephone call home that was all . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Okay that would be worth one mark . |
| 19 | Well that was the that was the er base headquarters of the international brigade , Albusate And then from there , w you were farmed out to the village , which was er er sort of the base , who are responsible for your er particular national battalion , you see er , the the the French people , they they er w they would be in one village , the English and the Canadians er er Americans would be er in this place that we were at , called Tarrazona Er and the Germans w , the German anti-fascists would be er in another . |
| 20 | If there was n't space , everything would be in one place . |
| 21 | Contracts will be for one year , beginning in Summer 1991 . |
| 22 | The appointment will be for one year . |
| 23 | All the expert help will be in one place . ’ |
| 24 | And then it 'll come up , you know , I 'll put in w er one O two is the headlines for Ceefax for instance and then the stories will be from one O three to about one one five or something like that you see . |
| 25 | Whilst our schools and colleges are offering some of these courses , traditionally the bulk of such courses are to be found in the county Colleges of F.E. They can be of one year duration or provide a route either to higher education or more advanced professional qualifications . |
| 26 | 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 . |