Example sentences of "one [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you , Lot number ninety one Lot number ninety one for a hundred pounds at one hundred pounds any more at one hundred pounds only ? |
| 2 | He would fly through the warp to any one of a million worlds . |
| 3 | He follows the Downtown postings , up , round , through , and over ; one of a thousand particles circling the orbits of a complex molecule . |
| 4 | He 's one of a thousand pilots who 'll be flying in this weekend for Europe 's biggest exhibition of home-made planes . |
| 5 | For a man , this does not seem to be so much of a problem ; he can be one of a squadron of marching , identically dressed soldiers , or one of a thousand employees in a firm , and still know that he is special and unique . |
| 6 | During the Second World War Dall was one of a dozen experts called to Farnborough to examine the wreckage of a V2 rocket that had crashed in Sweden on a test flight . |
| 7 | It 's one of a dozen drugs of its kind currently being researched . |
| 8 | This reflector shows each car , which other cars are approaching , from any one of a half-dozen directions . |
| 9 | I know the erm , remarks made about getting extra people to register and to have their green card , I 'm probably one of a few councillors with a green card . |
| 10 | It was in a sad little side street — one of a few survivors from the era of terraced housing before the sprawling council estate was built in the fifties . |
| 11 | Less than one in a thousand members of the population belongs to this class . |
| 12 | However , the use of a tranquilliser is a last resort , and is most unlikely to be necessary for more than one in a hundred horses . |