Example sentences of "[was/were] one for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the longer-term victory was one for central government and its determined custodians . |
| 2 | Implicitly , the programme was one for the reform of the existing empire rather than its overthrow . |
| 3 | To this effect , it suggested that as a general rule the police should be able to arrest an individual without a warrant if the crime which was suspected was one for which the individual could be jailed rather than simply fined . |
| 4 | More people owned motor cars than previously : by 1956 there was one car for every three people in the United States ; in France and Britain the figure was one for every thirteen people . |
| 5 | The decision to believe was one for which I at least was fully responsible . |
| 6 | On the second day we went out climbing again but the assessors — there was one for every two candidates — constantly posed us with problems to find out how we would deal with rescues and emergencies . |
| 7 | The fighting season 1346–7 was one for the English to remember . |
| 8 | That was one for the book . |
| 9 | This was one for the book . |
| 10 | The original claim by the present plaintiff against the appellants was one for money lent in the sum of £500,000 . |
| 11 | Their life was one for which she was very unfitted , and her gigantic effort to enjoy it struck him as a piece of self-deception . |
| 12 | The adjustment factor was one for the under 65 group and three for the over 65 group . |
| 13 | He was a competent scientist with a modest and helpful nature ; the curatorial role was one for which he was well suited . |
| 14 | They did not act since the case was one for the Russian authorities alone . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , y'know , Else always was one for washing , she gets it from me , but Sidney , 'e do n't go in for baths much , well men do n't , do they ? |
| 16 | Well , that was one for the album : the ex-FAKINTIL sapper together with the malai Colonel 's wife , half-naked in her boudoir . |
| 17 | There was one for every play of the cycle — one for The Garden of Eden , one for The murder of Abel , one for The Sacrifice of Isaac , one for The destruction of the World … |
| 18 | and , what happened was it was a hell of a stink in dock , because there was all different workers for different jobs , it was one for fitting car seats , you had one for fitting glass , you had one for doing engine , one for fitting the gear box , one fitting wheels on , so you had ten blokes just doing one job on a car |
| 19 | There was one for sale down here . |