Example sentences of "one that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 's the alembick of the age — one that might blow up in all our faces , and yet …
2 But perhaps a more interesting effect — and the one that might offer scientists the first chance to test Kulsrud 's work experimentally — is the ability to suppress D-D reactions by polarising the deuterons so that all the ions line up parallel to the magnetic field .
3 His meaning was clear , and she knew the choice before her was a momentous one , one that might change the whole course of her life .
4 Not a defence that could stop thousands of missiles , but one that might deal with a few terror weapons lobbed around the planet by third-world undesirables .
5 A visit to a different universe — one that might help you understand what I 'm getting at ? ’
6 All the sudden excitement in the US among AT&T Co , MCI Communications Corp and Sprint Corp about toll-free 800 number business is that from this weekend , the numbers become portable so that subscribers can change from a carrier they do n't like to one that might appeal more , without changing the number .
7 The first one that might occur to him is to manufacture light , to use a lantern or a searchlight .
8 Whatever the answer may be , it is certain that we are dealing with an extremely strange reaction here , and one that might repay much greater attention .
9 It is a perspective that Freeman in his criticism of Mead totally failed to appreciate , and one that might have reduced the savagery of his attack .
10 The historian 's first and final duty , however , remains the explanation of the world that was , rather than the one that might have been .
11 It is not only a difficult job to attempt to integrate these but also one that might have opposition from users who would prefer to keep to a successful , if limited , system .
12 Let's do one that might sound .
13 well , and he 's the one that 'll make the decision I think cos he 's got hold of the money .
14 One that 'll save our lives .
15 They rang on Saturday morning to say the repair to the tractor 'll be three thousand and that 's the only one that 'll take the big plough .
16 The case of the ‘ pinocheques ’ is not the only case of apparent corruption that has come to light since the general left power , though it is the one that may touch him directly .
17 Tail arched and bristled This is the signal of a defensive cat , but one that may attack if provoked further .
18 We have waited for some time for any scheme , let alone one that would justify being called better than the proposals of 1979 .
19 Among them is one that would lift restrictions on the voting rights of shares .
20 They ( and East Germany 's communists ) argued throughout the election campaign for a slower road to unity , one that would give East Germans the chance to negotiate some safeguards for their livelihoods .
21 He persuaded the Board in 1970 to recognise that a new kind of qualification was now required , one that would give status to the more ‘ creative ’ approach to drama in schools .
22 In answer to his question , the right hon. Gentleman knows very well that the commitment to income tax is one that would extend over the lifetime of the future Parliament and perhaps beyond that .
23 The policy and resources committee would have subcommittees looking at finance , staffing and land , and one that would review and monitor spending programmes to see that they were achieving results economically — a performance and review subcommittee .
24 Working among books was , on the face of it , a ladylike occupation , Mrs Broome had thought , and one that would bring her daughter into contact with a refined , intellectual type of person .
25 ‘ Not one that would stand up in court . ’
26 Jack Russells are difficult animals to teach to retrieve — I have only had one that would do it properly — but they can be taught to work nets , drive rabbits into nets and to be thoroughly disciplined in all they do .
27 The SSC is designed to probe those high energies , and thus to make possible the creation of a grander theory , one that would contain the standard model but also surpass it .
28 The house had an existence of its own , one that would outlive hers .
29 It was just a memory now , one that would stay with her forever .
30 ‘ He 's very ambitious — would like to make our two practices into one large one that would control all this area and perhaps beyond .
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