Example sentences of "[conj] one a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He said I it can actually means you or one a person .
2 The timing of the Suso affair was particularly unfortunate , for on Feb. 11 three other legislators — two of whom were members of the PPD and one a member of the DLP — were arrested for having accepted bribes from lobbyists .
3 I wanted to make one bear a boy and one a girl so decided to dress them .
4 The number of visits was much greater : 11 per cent had 300 or more — almost one a day , 33 per cent between 100 and 300 — two or more a week on average , 19 per cent 50 — 99 , between one and two a week , 4 per cent 20–49 — between one a fortnight and one a week , 14 per cent 10–19 — less than one a fortnight , 12 per cent had less than 10 or less than one a month .
5 Michael Ramsey 's mother was one of nine children and of the brothers two were schoolmasters , two were clergymen , one an organist , and one a doctor .
6 Morgan , and one a German , Georg Siemens — put together the French theory of entrepreneurial banking and the English theory of commercial banking to create the first successful modern banks , J.P .
7 One was in an inner city , one an industrial town , one a country town , and one a county capital .
8 Again we were confronted by that vengeful force which stood in the way of same-sex lovers in Spain — especially if one was a foreigner , and one a Spaniard .
9 Two of them are wearing spectacles , and one a hearing-aid .
10 More important was the fact that one was a Copt and one a Moslem , which gave hope that , honour being satisfied on both sides , the exchanges might not be carried further .
11 But one a month is .
12 Sarah was watching the chimneysweeps with a rapt expression , and holding the hands of two small boys , while one a bit older had to be reprimanded for trying to climb a tree .
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