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

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1 So one shared out between two people is just one a half again okay .
2 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 .
3 A budgie found found this morning in the Bobsmill area it 's yellow and green , two nine three eight two five two nine three eight two five can you call after four o'clock and er last one a cat found in Standhill Road in Carlton found last night it 's black and white and it 's got a pink collar on , five two six six seven one five two six six seven one .
4 The simple , broad-based figure calls for no supports or struts to betray a bronze original ; but the treatment of face and forehead-hair is so like that on two male figures , one a bronze original , the other known in many marble copies certainly after a bronze , that one can be pretty confident that that was the material here too .
5 It is backed by opinions from two barristers — one a QC — calling on Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke to refer the case to the Court of Appeal .
6 Out of sixteen instances , four were shopkeepers , one a hotel proprietor , one in insurance , and four were farmers ; and nearly all provided either houses — in one case paying for the maids , coal , and gas as well — or land .
7 Worse than that , in a way , was the butter one a while back .
8 There were three altars , one a submarine green .
9 Docked here are two Sunseeker boats , one a 27-footer , the other an awesome 60-footer .
10 Crescendo in bar five , a crescendo in bar seven , and another one a diminuendo in bar eight .
11 He produces the stories at a craftsmanlike rate , no more than one a year , so it is some time since the appearance of the first volume , Pig Earth .
12 At a rate of more than one a year , Britain was to get 15 Pressurised Water Reactors .
13 It was generally agreed that the discussion session has been most valuable and that if possible at least one a year should be included in the Q.T. day programme .
14 Starting in 1672 , when he acquired the directorship of the Académie Royale de Musique , he turned most of his attention to opéra , composing approximately one a year until his death in 1687 .
15 less than one a year after .
16 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 .
17 His readiness to speak on almost any topic , and especially on medical ethics , was remarkable : his speeches averaged out over the pontificate at almost one a day .
18 So probably the sensible thing to do is to give you six weeks worth er one a day , si twenty eight , y g give you eight weeks worth and then see how you are at the end of two months continuous treatment .
19 You 'll be all bloody day with it here one a day is it ?
20 The bones were of five individuals one a child 8–9 years old , three women and one man .
21 Queen 's , in Section One a decade ago , are hoping this summer ends with them regaining their place in Section Two .
22 After further work , it became apparent that two other modules , one a test harness , would also have to be modified to complete the work .
23 " We had plenty of laughs " was an expression used by two former compositors , one a man , the other a woman .
24 Then at least two programme trades , one a buy and sell mix and the other a buy exercise , steadied the market .
25 Mark Edrich should have scored when they put through by Cooper , and Cooper made it four one a minute later .
26 Meanwhile Iris II N195 had been converted to a Mk IV by having three 800hp Armstrong Siddeley Leopard radials fitted , the two outer as tractors and the centre one a pusher .
27 One building is a science block with 3 other classrooms , one a music room and the other two language rooms .
28 There were ten people on the trip and two guides , one a girl of 31 , Kaz , and Edward who was 22 .
29 I also developed a friendship recently with two people : one a girl named Juliet , + the other a boy .
30 This is a combination of two spreads , one a bull spread and the other a bear spread .
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