Example sentences of "[be] for one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although the triple junctions identified in Africa , including those along the continental margin as well as those in the interior , have variously evolved by spreading along one , two or all three rift arms , the most common sequence has been for one arm to remain inactive and form an aulacogen , with spreading occurring along the other two ( Fig. 4.13 ) .
2 The duration of local authority bonds is typically between one and five years , although most are for one year and are known as yearling bonds .
3 For most of his career Tolkien was a most extreme example of a man with this second urge strongly developed : he was fascinated by names , to give only one example , part of whose nature is that they are for one thing and one thing alone , very hard to reduce to system !
4 Staff groups may be for one school only , or , as in the example above , meet across feeder schools ( whose staffs may otherwise still work in splendid isolation from each other ) to great mutual benefit .
5 And it would only be for one night .
6 It was now that the assurances of 1918 that the pact would be for one election only came home to roost ; wanting to be ready in plenty of time , many local parties were by 1921 selecting candidates who would oppose sitting Coalition Liberals .
7 An agreement may be for one song , or for everything a musician writes over a number of years .
8 Contracts will be for one year , beginning in Summer 1991 .
9 The appointment will be for one year .
10 Firstly whether these subscriptions should be for one year only or whether it should be fixed for three years to tie in with the tri-annual general meeting .
11 all yo , if the clients had to pay for anything it would be for one newspaper and one telephone call home that was all .
12 To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein .
13 It did n't have to be for one slot , it did n't have to be in a particular form , it could be anything as long as it used the medium for visual ends .
14 I have altered my Mind ; I should not like it cloth , but duffil , let it be cloth , and not to be more than 11s at most , and full yard long , and two if you please , both of a length , and both large ones , full yard long , both of a price , they both be for one Woman — they must be exactly alike for goodness and price — fail not on Wednesday — and full yard long .
15 Under the threat of NT the current mood of the industry seems to be for one requirements body , a consistent set of requirements and one open system .
16 Thank you all for attending , oh we do have to formally , formally move into part two and that 's for one purpose only , and that 's to approve the minutes of the last meeting
17 The post is for one year subject to a major review of FYT 's organisation and management .
18 The new agreement with the Soviet Union is for one year , rather than five as in the past .
19 The initial term of appointment is for one year from approximately July/August 1990 to June/July 1991 ; an extension of two to three years is envisaged , depending on the renewal of external funding .
20 The initial appointment is for one year but may be cancelled in the event of a serious breach of the guidelines set out in the Tutors ' Handbook .
21 It is for one year .
22 An extension of this is for one field ( the emit field ) to hold a short literal value which can be gated ( under control of another field ) to any of a number of destination registers .
23 I 'm psyched up to make an appearance on Wednesday if I get the chance , whether it is for one minute or 10 . ’
24 Sometimes , it 's cheaper for a whole family to travel than it is for one person .
25 I know that his party would have preferred a separate Bill for Scotland , introduced by the Scottish Office , but it understands that because of a shortage of time the only way to achieve its objective is for one Bill to cover England , Wales and Scotland .
26 If a stretch of river holds more than one shoal of bream that patrol the same beat , then the only way they can pass each other when feeding on the same beat at the same time , is for one shoal to pass over the other .
27 If I am to take four ferrets with me , my preference is for one box with one partition and two ferrets in each compartment .
28 I think the reason the British like it so much is for one thing it is normally sunny , there are some shots outside when it is rainy and overcast , but it comes across as bright and cheerful and it is an ideal sort of world .
29 The object of this activity is for one side to carry a ‘ ball ’ from one end of the assembly hall to the other .
30 She followed him up the large curved staircase and decided that even if this was for one night only , she would be happy .
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