Example sentences of "for one and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes on to argue that the bourgeoisie have always used sections from within the ‘ dangerous classes ’ to control those who are overtly troublesome , perhaps following the maxim that ‘ it takes a thief to catch a thief ’ , when he argues : ‘ for one and a half centuries the bourgeoisie offered the following choices : you can go to prison or join the Army ; you can go to prison or go to the colonies ; you can go to prison or you can join the police ’ ( ibid. 23 ) . |
| 2 | Anyway , I was told to accompany David on the Express if I could get a visa and off I went to Washington DC to apply for one and they told me absolutely not — I could n't have one — go away . |
| 3 | A place had been set for one and I was given bread and a bowl of goulash . ’ |
| 4 | Table 4 Main source of income for one and two-parent families , 1987 . |
| 5 | Table 1 Main source of income for one and two parent families 1987 |
| 6 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 7 | Roll them in salt and bake for one and a half hours ( or until they ‘ give ’ when pressed ) in a moderately hot oven ( 190 ° , 375 ° F , Gas Mark 5 ) . |
| 8 | There were shouts and bellows of encouragement for one and the other . |
| 9 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
| 10 | Home for one and one 's gran |
| 11 | But then Waqar bowled newcomer Richard Blakey for 25 while Wasim dismissed Chris Lewis for one and Phillip DeFreitas for nought during a deadly double wicket maiden . |
| 12 | The school was a JMI school with over 400 pupils in ten classes , ten teachers plus a head teacher , a part-time secretary and a milk lady who came into school for one and a half hours a day to distribute milk . |
| 13 | You could have a complete meal for one and sixpence . |
| 14 | But I think you could you could have whatever you could eat for one and sixpence in the , in the British restaurant . |
| 15 | Against this notion , the reformers contended that , in Bentham 's words , ‘ each should count for one and nobody for more than one ’ . |
| 16 | The loss of his Prime Minister 's salary was a serious matter , and he refused to take either to journalism or the City , as he had criticized Lloyd George for one and Sir Robert Horne for the other . |
| 17 | The ‘ keys ’ or trigger features required to ‘ unlock ’ these two types of cell are rather simple — it is just a matter of applying a small stimulus in the right place , and giving it the correct sign , an increase for one and a decrease for the other . |
| 18 | He spoke for one and half hours and barely paused for breath . |
| 19 | When I was there they were desperate for one and anxious that the sanctions should be lifted . |
| 20 | I had a conditional discharge for one and an absolute discharge for the other . |
| 21 | Oh aye , of course you do , you had to do , you used to go tater- picking , my duckie , for one and sixpence a day . |
| 22 | One at each end of the carriage , for one and six . |
| 23 | You well you used to get a lovely doll for one and eleven in the old money . |
| 24 | No encore was needed , despite the clamour for one and the band left knowing they 'd converted all who had come with an open mind . |
| 25 | Even in cases in the past , where he had looked for one and found none , he had always felt if he had searched harder or been luckier , then the answer would have been found . |
| 26 | And all four of them discovered the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his brand of Transcendental Meditation — and took it seriously enough to fly to India and study at his feet in Rishikesh ( John and George stuck it out for two months , Paul for one and a homesick Ringo for only ten days ) . |
| 27 | It is just one illustration of the double standards that we have tolerated for generations that , for one and half centuries , the House has rightly imposed the strictest safety rules and regulations on the railways , while doing virtually nothing about the roads . |
| 28 | Then , a youngster who stole three cars would go to a young offenders institution for one and a half years . |
| 29 | Ordered , That , at the sitting on Tuesday 4th February , the Motions in the name of Mr Francis Maude relating to Supplementary Estimates 1991-92 and Estimates 1992-93 ( Vote on Account ) may be proceeded with , though opposed , until half-past Eleven o'clock or for one and a half hours after the first of them has been entered upon , whichever is the later , at which time Mr. Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of them . |
| 30 | Two patients ( 10% ) developed epithelial hyperplasia within the stent resulting in recurrent cholestasis for one and jaundice for the other , three and six months after stent placement , respectively ( Fig 4 ) . |