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

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1 There has been only one Nobel prize in embryology .
2 Clark had always loved computation , and a childhood estimation of the minimum possible capacity of Noah 's ark foreshadowed his later demonstration in Applied Pharmacology that the preparation of some homoeopathic remedies involved dilutions of such order that there would be only one drug molecule in a volume of solution equal to that circumscribed by the orbit of the planet Neptune .
3 Very good the only the only there 's only one letter wrong in that have a guess which one it was .
4 But there 's only one plate mum in the ground .
5 There is only one methadone clinic in Dublin .
6 K : ‘ I am disappointed because although I bought a freezer there is only one power point in the kitchen so we ca n't use it — an extension lead would be dangerous with Chloe toddling about .
7 There is just one window area in the cabin top and this is on each side of the companion : there are no windows lighting the settee area in the saloon .
8 It was felt that a randomised control design would produce an unworkable scheme in practice : there was only one development officer in each area and it would be difficult to supervise a large number of clients and carers over a widespread geographical area .
9 In North Yorkshire , there was only one rogue wave in the county 's traditional flood tide of Conservative support .
10 In contrast , there was only one police court in Kurunagala district , which had a population of over 200,000 but very few Europeans .
11 But the inquest was told that at night on B wing there was just one prison officer in charge of 120 inmates .
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