Example sentences of "[adv] one [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The closure would probably have to be done in stages , eg one weekday a week to start with , though that could be worse than total closure because motorists would switch to local roads for one day , but total closure might force them to switch modes altogether .
2 But still the likely reality is that Britain will be increasingly demoted by Washington to its proper station — a second-rank nation , perhaps one day a third-rank nation , whose importance is only as part of the European Community .
3 Perhaps one day an inspired current-affairs teacher will ask them about the long-term impact of the 1988 Education Act .
4 Perhaps one day an Ayrshire school or other organisation will pursue the theme and bring the peoples of the old and new worlds closer to each other by reminding them of their common bonds .
5 Perhaps one day the full story of Harry 's epic journey from the skies over Berlin to St Eval 's runway will be told .
6 Perhaps one day the survivors could be brought together as some sort of retrospective exhibition — not impossible , especially if there is a will to mount such a show .
7 We 'd go to choir practice perhaps one night a week , er Band of Hope another one .
8 But er they , they did sort of th it was fairly distributed there 's no , eggs you 'd get perhaps one egg a week on each ration book .
9 So one evening the princess said , ‘ If you do this thing and that thing you might be handsome , ’ but the monster said , ‘ I ca n't , I ca n't . ’
10 ‘ It 's only one day a week , Vic , for a few weeks . ’
11 Today , for example , in Unilever , employees over the age of fifty may choose to work progressively less with the firm and more with the community until in their last year before retirement they work only one day a week with the firm .
12 To help those whose domestic arrangements or distance from the University makes travel difficult , the courses will require attendance at the University for only one day a week .
13 There is only one generation a year , flying from July through to the autumn .
14 In fact this property was first seen as an advantage : it enabled the patient to tolerate arthritic pain and manage the stiffness of the joints usually experienced in the morning with only one dose a day .
15 ‘ There 's only one universe THE Universe .
16 Well , would n't you if you had to work for only one night a year ?
17 We have only one chance a month to cover a whole range of problems that are relevant to the people of Wales .
18 Yet from the pit camp women there is only one message no surrender and certainly no talk of defeat .
19 ‘ There 's only one wave every ten minutes that 's perfect .
20 There was only one bus every two hours to and from Linby , so that Angela knew exactly what time Cheryl would get back .
21 The Government talk about competition , but what chance is there for competition in rural areas where there is perhaps only one bus every hour , or every two or three hours ?
22 Only one player a year from List One , and just two in any five-year period , can be signed on by a county making it unlikely that Athey would be able to move .
23 The museums can promise them only one thing an enduring memorial and gratitude for any help given .
24 Many of these patients claim that they can not be fat because they eat only one meal a day .
25 Now I eat only one meal a day
26 With only one car every ten seconds , every square metre of road surface will receive some 200 W continuously .
27 These have been on the whole successful this year with only one cancellation the Quiz Night .
28 These have been on the whole successful this year with only one cancellation the Quiz Night .
29 I would be surprised if he did not agree with me that it is wrong that the Tate can buy only one picture a year .
30 The franchising proposals indicate that where there is only one lawyer the board will seek evidence that files are being reviewed on a regular and objective basis by that lawyer .
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