Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spilt blood and other body fluids should be cleaned up with household bleach diluted one part in ten parts of water . |
| 2 | The judgement led one observer to point out ruefully that there now existed a situation where two tribunals faced with similar circumstances could quite reasonably come to different conclusions , and that their rulings could not be overturned on appeal in the Interests of consistency ( IRS , 1985a ) . |
| 3 | Thus , follow up of patients with low grade dysplasia found one cancer in 223 patient years . |
| 4 | He told me that out of every 100 contacts a salesman found one prospect , and out of every ten prospects he should , on average , secure one sale . |
| 5 | THE President got one piece of good news yesterday . |
| 6 | The association reported one item of progress , welcoming the recent closure order for the eastern end of Fairview Road . |
| 7 | They want the flightpath moved one mile to the west . |
| 8 | The Vote reported one incident of child assault in Surrey , where a man was sentenced to only four months hard labour . |
| 9 | A very handsome man on a horse came one day to enquire about a bridle that should have been ready , but was n't . |
| 10 | All the first generation peas in Mendel 's experiment received one A from their tall parent and one a from their short parent . |
| 11 | Simultaneously a bomb at the National Institute of Public Administration killed one guerrilla and injured four other people . |
| 12 | The 7000 gallon pond covered one corner of their garden . |
| 13 | And then Equity went one step further . |
| 14 | The 6ft 2in Cambridge hit-man took one look at Old Trafford , which could n't tempt Southampton 's Shearer , and decided : ‘ This is the place for me . ’ |
| 15 | A powerful backblast blew one coating of dust from his clothes and replaced it with another that was tinged with soot . |
| 16 | Running under shortened sails in front of the northeaster , the boat rocked one way , gave a thump , and then it rolled the other . |
| 17 | The division of the county into electoral districts of equal size within which each ratepayer had one vote — voting to be by ballot ; |
| 18 | Oliver Goldsmith praised one owner , Sir John Parsons , as the brewer of ‘ Parsons ' black champagne ’ . |
| 19 | A stage intermediate between these two ideas was reflected in the Companies Clauses Act 1845 which provided that in the absence of contrary provision in the special statute every shareholder had one vote for every share up to ten , one for every additional five up to a hundred and one for every ten thereafter , thus weighting the voting in favour of the smaller holders . |
| 20 | Nevertheless in 1987 Dublin North-East had one TD for every 12,712 electors and Dublin South-Central one for every 17,071 . |
| 21 | Labour gained one seat but lost two in the by-election following appointment of aldermen . |
| 22 | The letters on the signpost spelt one word , which was DANGER . |
| 23 | Discounting is based on the recognition that money received one year hence is worth less than money received today because of the income that could have been earned by investing the capital now . |
| 24 | Although a signal failure , the campaign produced one benefit for the Allies : it destroyed some of the best Turkish units , facilitating Allenby 's later victories in Palestine . |
| 25 | The judge described one defendent as the ringleader , another as a professional hitman , and the third as a repellent henchman . |
| 26 | The friend says : ‘ Diana 's mood changed one morning . |
| 27 | The public service super-union Unison moved one step closer yesterday when the union Nupe voted to back its creation at its annual conference in Scarborough . |
| 28 | Preparation work stopped one day for a tea party . |
| 29 | Hathaway wanted the scene played one way , Hopper wanted to do it another ; they battled for seven hours and eighty-six takes before Hopper finally bowed to the director 's wishes to do it straight . |
| 30 | ‘ 'If this is the price of public life , then it is a price I am no longer willing to pay , ’ the anguished princess told one friend . ’ |