Example sentences of "one [noun sg] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The light from the big bang , though , has come much farther — it has been travelling since the time , less than 1m years after the moment of creation , when the universe became thin enough for radiation emitted by one atom to be unlikely to hit another . |
| 2 | There is only one freedom to be gained by travelling to Bavduin . |
| 3 | Clearly the presentation of the winding-up petition is a prima facie indication of a company 's insolvency and it would therefore be wholly inequitable for one creditor to be entitled to enforce his debt to the detriment of the other creditors . |
| 4 | Measures passed in December include : a national drug company to buy from foreign companies and sell generic drugs without brand names ( at low prices ) ; a limit of three versions of any one drug to be on sale and a special tax on foreign drug firms to pay for the national company . |
| 5 | In order to preserve the numerical balance between government and opposition votes in the House of Commons , arrangements are usually made between the party whips ( see WHIPPER IN ) for an absent member on one side to be ‘ paired ’ with an absentee on the other . |
| 6 | Robinson has one fault to be ironed out . |
| 7 | On the formation of a library it was resolved " that this library in conjunction with the News Room is instituted to form one Institution to be called the Port Ellen Mechanics Institution . " |
| 8 | Given that the two parties were perceived as representing different poles of the political spectrum , government policy would lurch from being right of the political center under one adminstration to being left of center under another . |
| 9 | He did require one condition to be satisfied , all the bottom row of steel stays , 56 in total , had to be removed for examination . |
| 10 | It can however be arranged for several bills within one household to be included on the same payment . |
| 11 | The new system should allow for one audit to be acceptable to all purchasers of training . |
| 12 | ( Note how one of these is identical to the first Tristan chord ( Example 102 ) , with the addition of the bass D. ) One peculiarity to be observed is the leap B-G from one substitution note to another in the melody . |
| 13 | For there was not one gunman to be seen in the Bekaa . |
| 14 | In catering this may be a pre-wash pending enough items of one type to be assembled to fill a rack . |
| 15 | This is also used on some rival d-i-y machines , and is a cheaper option than a spindle lock , which needs only one tool to be used . |
| 16 | This design was approved by the Ministry , and on February 23 , 1928 a contract was awarded to Blackburn for one prototype to be powered by three 510hp Rolls-Royce Falcon X engines . |
| 17 | well all other sport has to take a back seat this week … there 's only game to follow that 's racing … only one place to be Cheltenham … and Central South is here racing gold … |
| 18 | If you 're a beer drinker , there 's only one place to be this weekend . |
| 19 | On a day when good feelings were pretty scarce , it did n't seem wrong to spare just one moment to be glad for her . |
| 20 | Select one job to be run from the following options : |
| 21 | Select one job to be run from the following options : |
| 22 | Select one job to be run from the following options : |
| 23 | Select one job to be run from the following options : |
| 24 | Life on board these opulent ships was claimed by one tourist to be ‘ the perfection of human existence ’ : electric light , carpets , libraries , ladies ' saloons , gleaming brass , and white-robed servants with red tarbooshes to provide excellent service . |
| 25 | In the final analysis , there can be only one conclusion to be drawn , and that is that the Christian promise of happiness in the ‘ hereafter ’ was in reality an appeal to ‘ selfishness ’ , which is also the appeal of the teaching of one of the basic premises of this book , namely , that life is to be enjoyed here on earth . |
| 26 | One trap to be aware of is that of relying simply on checklists of good practice ( like , ‘ Keeping the school under review ’ — ILEA ( 1977 ) ) : teachers ask themselves whether or not their schools are carrying out each item , the implication being that if they are not , they should be . |
| 27 | For rule utilitarianism , in contrast , once a rule is shown to be felicific , it is established as something to be obeyed , unless perhaps in very special cases , and is not to be considered merely as one factor to be weighed against others . |
| 28 | That papers may be produced which could possibly lay the appellants open to further claims ( as to which I know nothing ) is a factor to take into account but it is only one factor to be balanced against the administrator 's reasonable requirements . |
| 29 | One factor to be remembered here is that the bounds of political action could be surprisingly wide . |
| 30 | Right , it 's clear i n't it under four rule twenty eight , four , it 's not essential for the disallowance of any cost or interest that er the taxing officer should be satisfied that erm the other party has been prejudiced , in fact that is not a condition precedent to the exercise of his part and disallow interest in this here item , er any prejudice there maybe is merely one factor to be taken into account in other matters and it does seem to me that the fact the court can , can properly and should properly take into account , is , is that erm , it is desirable that to litigation should erm comply with there obligations , either expressly , express or explicit under the rules of the court to comply with matter such as it should have orders part drawn up and served as appropriate , as I say it seems to me that er the plaintiffs 's can be criticized in not erm having perfected the order of Mr Justice er before they did so but er , I have , it seems to me to look at all the relevant pictures in the case , er if it were the case that the plaintiff suffered any prejudice as the result of that claim , clearly that would be a matter which I would have to take into account , but I 'm bound to say it does n't seem to me that the fender of the plaintiffs to perfect the order did in fact cause any prejudice to the plaintiff and indeed if they , the plaintiffs had perfected the order , it seems to me exactly the same course of events as in fact transpired in this case , would actually have occurred and would n't make any difference at all , so unless it 's a matter of simply of er seeking to punish the plaintiff as a matter of discipline , it seems to me there is a , not really anything in the point that the order was not perfected er when it seems to me it should of been , and I , there stood to see the other er circumstances , now it 's quite clear to me having been referred to correspondence , passing between the solicitors that erm although really from a very early stage er the plaintiffs solicitors referring to Mr a letter of early nineteen ninety one indicating that erm the view was being taken that the likelihood was that erm the plaintiffs would have to get their costs out of the defendants share and interest in the premises and er that would be a matter which could only be dealt with when the enquiries director by Mr Justice had been dealt with . |