Example sentences of "for one [noun sg] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The style and tone of this appendix are quite astonishing ; fortunately , readers of this book and of Early music will be aware that for one writer to read another 's work insufficiently carefully to understand it , to attribute to him ideas he does not hold , and then to subject them to sarcasm and ridicule is no way to conduct academic debate , and about these four pages the present writer — the recipient of this attention — needs say no more . |
| 2 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 3 | Given the difference in the spread of support between the parties , it is possible for one party to get more votes than its opponent party but receive fewer seats . |
| 4 | As the Nehru Cup showed , making each team play the others once each makes it difficult for one side to win most of their matches . |
| 5 | Bishop Wilkins thought that had Baxter ‘ lived in the primitive times , he would have been one of the fathers of the church ; and that it was enough for one age to produce such a person as Mr. Baxter . ’ |
| 6 | ( b ) the likelihood of the bid being contested or rival offers being made — it is not unknown for one bid to precipitate another ; |
| 7 | Similarly , it is possible for one organization to adopt all five simultaneously , by reporting in terms of funds , by comparing actuals with the budget and by adopting cash accounting in Fund 1 , accruals accounting in Fund 2 , and commitment accounting in Fund 3 ! |
| 8 | ‘ My good girl , you must be very naïve — as naïve , apparently , as my dear stepsister — if you think I 'd contemplate even for one moment sharing these very cramped quarters with you . |
| 9 | Without for one moment implying any impropriety , this last episode demonstrates how deliciously appropriate it is that Mr Wyatt should subsequently have struck up such a warm friendship with the world 's foremost collector of air miles . |
| 10 | She had obviously been well cared for throughout her illness — but then , Shiona had never for one moment doubted that . |
| 11 | Section 101 of the Local Government Act , 1972 , makes it possible for one authority to appoint another as its agent to carry out its statutory duties — this applies to all functions except education , social services and emergency services . |