Example sentences of "one which [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The idea that there is rivalry between fathers and sons for possession — even sexual possession — of father 's mate is one which is neither readily digested nor easily given up .
2 As in any second language situation , the grammatical code which is relied on is the one which is already known .
3 The technique is one which is wonderfully adaptable .
4 These are a powerful way of ‘ talking ’ with your subconscious , since it deals much more readily with symbols and images than with words , and does not distinguish between a ‘ real ’ experience and one which is vividly imagined .
5 A far more significant question than that of origins — one which is also more amenable to historical enquiry — is that concerning the actual development and organization of the state in its diverse manifestations .
6 This is , I think , a difficult message for industrial enterprises to take , but it may be one which is even more necessary than in the past .
7 The whole area of classification is one which is regularly the subject of Market Research Society working parties , and from time to time provokes a rash of articles in the technical press , but at the time of writing there is little sign of any real breakthrough to a new and better system .
8 If the most amusing anecdote you can find is one which is rather negative , tell it and then disassociate yourself from the views it expresses .
9 Now the other remedies have is one which is rather distinct of Mill
10 This last point is one which is most commonly misplaced .
11 Salmonella is one of the most widely talked of hazards , and one which is most certainly on the increase : between 1983 and 1988 , the number of reports by British laboratories of salmonella infection more than doubled .
12 Many ageing people hide behind the facade of ‘ being all right ’ , and this is often one which is most difficult for the counsellor to penetrate ( Scrutton , 1986 ) .
13 The final alleged change — that of growing equality within the family-is perhaps the most controversial and the one which is most challenged by contemporary feminist writers who argue that the family is , and continues to be , the major unit sustaining the exploitation and subordination of women .
14 The ultimate sanction and one which is most commonly applied is for the mortgagee to sell .
15 IF Peter Pan is the most popular of JM Barrie 's plays in the world at large , the one which is most frequently revived in the playwright 's native Scotland is What Every Woman Knows .
16 The view expressed by health economists such as Alan Maynard is still one which is rarely articulated quite so starkly : ‘ We have to demonstrate much more clearly that the spending involved in care for elderly people is spending which is efficient .
17 If we think about the basic body plan of a phylum , it can often be seen as a solution to an engineering design problem facing an ancestor , but one which is no longer relevant to most living descendants .
18 A corollary of this rule , and a condition of its operation , is the establishment of a proper intellectual division of labour , one which is no longer based on the rival claims of totalizing theories or disciplines .
19 It is an often-repeated truism to say that the institution of the pub is unique to Britain — but it is still one which is well worth resurrecting .
20 The restoration of this machine is likely to be a long term task , but one which is well within the capabilities of the centre 's restoration team .
21 The prevalent merchant culture in the early Italian city-republics , notably in Florence — one of the largest cities in Europe at the time and one which is well known for its lauda tradition — provided the ideal climate for the development of the lay companies .
22 And you 've got the other one which is just a mess , which is the many-many .
23 Once again that 's another one which is just a glance at the , at the programme if it 's presented one way and very difficult if it 's presented another way .
24 Ageism is one of the most insidious forms of discrimination , one which is widely accepted and rarely challenged .
25 Planning a course is not an abstract exercise , but one which is intimately affected by the participants , content and setting .
26 A poem with a very regular beat is one which is strongly organised hierarchically , so that there is metrical organisation beyond the line ; each line , stanza and possibly group of stanzas has a beat which is its strongest metrically , up to the stanza level or possibly even higher , as in many nursery rhymes , for example .
27 Whether or not this picture is a stereotype , it is clearly one which is frequently used to explain why labour productivity in Japanese industry is so high .
28 Not one which is exactly like the T & g .
29 It appears entirely possible for a coronary artery to progress from one with hardly any narrowing to one which is completely blocked over a relatively short period of time ; and conversely , it is possible for a severe coronary stenosis to stay as a severe coronary stenosis without progressing for several years .
30 They picked the mauve one which is probably currants and the other one was raisin .
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