Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for one " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things that makes war so fascinating to its students and so frustrating to its participants is that in a moment of supreme crisis it is rarely given for one side , obsessed by its own difficulties , to see just how bad things are in the enemy camp . |
| 2 | The report points out that the sector is highly diversified : worldwide , the 10 largest companies only account for one third of production , while in Europe a large number of small and medium sized firms operate alongside 15 or so multinationals . |
| 3 | She only asked for one word to be removed . ’ |
| 4 | Beyond the door lay the cargo compartment , bare , bleak , functional and obviously designed for one purpose only , the transport of missiles . |
| 5 | The guidance says that Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , ‘ is minded ’ to go for Japanese-style pendulum arbitration — where the arbiter would be free only to find for one party or the other , and would not be able to compromise . |
| 6 | But the pastor only came for one service every two weeks even then , in the war . ’ |
| 7 | But where the qualification is the doing of something of value to the seller , and where the qualification only suffices for one sale and must be reacquired before another sale , I find it hard to regard the repeated acquisitions of the qualification as anything other than parts of the consideration for the sales . |
| 8 | She 's only going for one class . |
| 9 | Each new barrel costs £1.50 ; they are normally only used for one race and there are 50 barrels on a raft . |
| 10 | Erm you gave your business card , sorry you gave your buyer 's guide first and Steve raised an objection then about do you find it a problem only selling for one company |
| 11 | He is still very young and has only played for one season ( Wilko let him do a degree first , a 1st in chemisty ) . |
| 12 | Those who are brave enough to hope for one of the few lectureships around tend to go for the astronomy or nuclear physics . |
| 13 | As our plans only allowed for one day on Mykines , we made the hølmur our main target , and after leaving our things in the empty house in which we had arranged to spend the night , we set off to follow the steep cliff path which leads to the bridge . |
| 14 | The great advantage over owning a holiday home in the normal way is that the buyer only pays for one week instead of fifty-two . |
| 15 | ‘ I wept on the night the sidh were last seen at Tara , ’ said Dierdriu , ‘ for I knew that they could only sing for one of you , and that there could only be one ruler . |
| 16 | The committee 's just the cover , I only work for one man . |
| 17 | So much work for one angel . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll just stay for one game , ’ Christine said , unable to resist the longing to play . |
| 19 | She admitted destroying property by fire and making hoax telephone calls and was conditionally discharged for one year . |
| 20 | Cunningham was conditionally discharged for one year and ordered to pay a total of £65 compensation . |
| 21 | These work fine expect for one annoying problem which I can not seem to eliminate . |
| 22 | Each community service was individually designed for one or two people in the study group , usually living with one or two people with less severe disabilities in a staffed house or apartment . |
| 23 | You 're just made for one another ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Very likely just waiting for one of the girls from the theatre . ’ |
| 25 | Now that the hand was not naturally and exactly adapted for one specific task it became generally adaptable for just about everything and hence the agency which ultimately controlled the hand was now called on to give it the directions which automatic instinct and locomotive reflexes no longer could . |
| 26 | Despite this wide canon , she remains best known for one thing — vampires . |
| 27 | I had sweat all over my face and as soon as they opened the door I just went for one of them . |
| 28 | People normally commute for one of two reasons : to live somewhere beautiful , or work somewhere glamorous . |
| 29 | ’ It add up to more Fedcreds than we 've ever earned for one job , ’ I said lightly . |
| 30 | His weapons , specially made for one of tender years , he then seizes And the boy strikes the beast 's quivering back . |