Example sentences of "one thing that [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tha that 's one thing that ca n't be taken into consideration . |
| 2 | Erm one thing that may hel will help is a compliment slip or a letter heading if we have to lift a logo it 's difficult from a photocopy |
| 3 | When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking . |
| 4 | The one thing that would have persuaded him to accept an invitation for the Stuttgart Ballet to go to South Africa would have been if he could show a really good black dancer working alongside the whites . |
| 5 | You did n't know one thing that would find me . ’ |
| 6 | By chance ( chance again ! ) she had chosen the one thing that would reach , spinning down through all that froth of excited sentiment , right down to the very core of Sarah 's being : the memory of Tom . |
| 7 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 8 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 9 | There was one thing that might save the mare , and that was only a 10,000 to I chance . |
| 10 | ‘ One thing that might interest you , last year our manager jumped from that bridge and broke his neck … ’ |
| 11 | One thing that might be relevant to this is the fact that er one study came up with two different types of tag question , they call the two different tabs , aka tag question Modal tags and Effective tags . |
| 12 | There is , in glum reality , only one thing that will affect that : the knowledge that they will be sent back . |
| 13 | There is , in glum reality , only one thing that will affect that : the knowledge that they will be sent back . |
| 14 | SIR — I like to recall a wry comment on the television programme That Was The Week That Was towards the end of the Tories ' last long period in office during the early Sixties : ‘ There 's only one thing that will make the Conservatives popular again — and that is the next Labour government ! ’ |
| 15 | A good golf course is one thing that will bring visitors to Henley in larger numbers , and increase the demand for residential sites in the neighbourhood . |
| 16 | One thing that must be pointed out is the fact that these remarks , however romantic-sounding , are all self-centred . |
| 17 | One thing that must strike every UK pilot visiting New Zealand is the feel of quality of the New Zealand Aero Clubs . |
| 18 | One thing that must be done is that my place must look respectable by 11 a.m. so that if anybody does come in , it looks tidy . |
| 19 | I felt , by doing that , I had effectively stepped back in time and discovered the one thing that should have been thought of before we even harnessed electricity . |
| 20 | To get back to that post-prandial scene , there is , I believe , just one thing that can jolt one out of one 's seat ; a bitter almond . |
| 21 | One thing that can be said for this type of control is that you only need a minimum of movement in the pot to switch between crunch and scream . |
| 22 | The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights activists incandescent with rage . |
| 23 | The one thing that can be said with certainty about mildew is that it is unpredictable . |
| 24 | One thing that can be said in opposition to the simultaneity idea is that if we persist in thinking precisely of causation , of one thing causing another , as distinct from any related kind of connection , we are inclined to try to substitute successions for simultaneities . |
| 25 | One thing that can be said about is that he he 's never drab . |
| 26 | Not one thing that could be proved in a court of law , of course . |
| 27 | I 'd obtained the briefings and the weather was good , so there was only one thing that could have gone wrong . |
| 28 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 29 | However there is one thing that could hiccup there . |