Example sentences of "one for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The worker trades ( or substitutes ) one for the other until he or she is satisfied with the mix .
2 ‘ There are four , ’ Sir Richard explained , ‘ one for the front , one for the back and one for each side of the cart .
3 In the case of electrodynamics , it was necessary to make two such infinite subtractions , one for the mass and the other for the charge of the electron .
4 I won one for the poem and one for the song .
5 The Centre will be producing two general purpose packages , one for the management and analysis of time series data and the other for use with cross-sectional data .
6 The situation on the farm was an ever-changing one for the wife and examples of these changes were seen on many holdings .
7 is planning to appoint two new Travelling Secretaries , one for the North and one for the South of the U.K. ( excluding Northern Ireland ) .
8 In Spain , the power of the government is represented , as in the French model , by ministerial delegates to the RENFE board , one for the treasury and one for the ministry of transport ( before 1977 for the ministry of public works ) .
9 So it 's one for the door if ye prefer it . ’
10 brought the green one home cos I brought the three samples home , the one that we 've got down and another one and another one for the hall and stair , but I said I 'm sure it was n't the same as that , but it might have been , but I have to say he always said we would
11 After exchanging a few words , the usher opened the door and Mark was escorted into a debating chamber shaped in the form of a horseshoe , with a raised dais at the open end upon which were two heavy oak chairs , one for the Chairman and the other for the speaker .
12 The appropriateness of the comments is not one for the committee since the committee has no responsibility for the judges , their selection or their comments .
13 Writing in the FRC 's second annual review , Sir Ron warns that ‘ the next year will be a controversial one for the ASB and one in which the Board will need strong support ’ .
14 If desktop publishing is considered as a tool then it is important , as with any tool , to select both the correct one for the job and then use it in a sensible manner .
15 The order was not one for the recovery or preservation of trust property but called for information and for copies of the defendants ' documents which , so far as compliance might incriminate them , the defendants were entitled to disregard .
16 ’ One for the sparrow , one for the crow , One for the weather and one to grow . ’
17 Each frequency required two plug-in crystals , one for the transmitter and one for the receiver but at the push of a button it self-turned .
18 Now we have distributors in the USA , Canada , one for the Benelux and German speaking countries and now one in the UK too , along with a network of dealers .
19 You will need two Vero Plugblocks if using this method of construction — one for the transmitter and one for the receiver .
20 And tonight 's televised home game against the Wires is a vital one for the club and its fans .
21 According to MacQuillan and Ron Barron the deal was a very poor one for the paper and Pascoe also pocketed some of the proceeds .
22 It spanned the road ahead , the brickwork streaked with dark tears and three black holes in the middle , one for the traffic and two smaller ones on each side for pedestrians , and they looked to Preston like mouths , or nostrils , breathing fog .
23 Deputy chairman Angela Rumbold said the decision was ‘ the right one for the party and the right one for the Government ’ .
24 well I read the free one for the week and that was it
25 She was a nice lady , and when her husband was alive he was a great one for the shooting and the fishing , though there is not much fishing here on Moila .
26 The battle , he wrote , ‘ is not one for the future but is on NOW …
27 He decided to leave this one for the moment but logged the fact that Jennifer Morgan had still been interested in , and comfortable with , the man who had become her sister 's fiancé .
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