Example sentences of "it [is] one [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's I think it 's one voucher for fifteen litres . |
| 2 | It 's one thing for the Independent to accuse Chatto of changing Martin and John to Fucking Martin merely to titillate , which of course no publisher would ever dream of doing , quite another for John Glusman of Farrar , Straus to accuse Jonathan Burnham of mistaking the title of the penultimate chapter for the title of the book as a whole . |
| 3 | You see it 's one thing for Jesus to say that it 's another for us to believe it and accept it . |
| 4 | It is one thing for a government to look benignly upon — say — a rescue of Ferranti ; or on the swallowing up of much smaller players in the defence business . |
| 5 | It is one thing for dissident ministers to buck Cabinet responsibility and risk the sack . |
| 6 | It is one thing for the Association to demand certain professional standards of its members ( as formulated in the Code of Professional Conduct ) , and to expect them to have loyalty to these rather than to the employer in any dispute , but the professional association itself has to be seen to take a strong stand in support of its membership , or indeed against its membership , if such situations of conflict arise . |
| 7 | But it is one thing for us to know that a person needs God 's conviction and another thing to say so to him . |
| 8 | It is one thing for a man to yield to his wife under pressure from a spirit , and quite another to be declared a witch . |
| 9 | It is one thing for Liberal Democrats to support a Labour government for the sake of a liberal reform . |
| 10 | It is one thing for Marx to have seen that Owen 's vision was millennial . |
| 11 | Now , it is one thing for parties to produce programmes which offer a choice , but it is quite another matter as to whether the parties actually implement their programmes once in office . |
| 12 | It is one thing for the British elector to be told by Brussels where British fishermen can fish , or what sort of sausage he can eat . |
| 13 | ‘ You see , ’ he said kindly , ‘ it is one thing for someone like yourself who has always had an easy life — up to now , that is — to speak glibly about suffering women , and think that there is an easy way out — ’ |