Example sentences of "one on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Heath Government appointed a Select Committee on the Corporation Tax and the subsequent Labour Government appointed one on a wealth tax , but both refused a permanent subcommittee on taxation so that there is still no mechanism by which the House of Commons can know about or participate in investigations of taxation problems or possible developments in policy . |
| 2 | He seemed to have become her creature , though she was the one on a drug supposed to make her passive . |
| 3 | This distinction was made after two of his friends who were really into fitness dropped dead — one on a tennis court and another in a gymnasium . |
| 4 | We tried one on a child 's jumper , chest size 66cm ( 26″ ) , using the template for children 5–8 , and this worked out very well . |
| 5 | Cos , actually , the other thing about defenders hauling people down like that , you know , how many times when a forward 's through one on one on a goal keeper does he score ? |
| 6 | This was the party which left one man dead and one on a life support machine — an all night rave billed as Dance Planet and held at the Humming Bird club in Birmingham . |
| 7 | One on a table , one on a desk , and a third on the wall . |
| 8 | I was normally the first RAF person to view the scene , and I find it quite unbearable to attempt to describe the desolation and carnage that confronted one on a hilltop in the isolation and splendour of the Scottish Highlands . |
| 9 | The service is excellent and very personal too — morning and afternoon tea are brought to one on a tray . |
| 10 | I 've used an uncovered one on a piece of string for ages , but a decorative one would be much nicer . |
| 11 | If ever you 're thinking of buying a store , Miss Milligan , buy one on a corner . |
| 12 | One on a table , one on a desk , and a third on the wall . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , believe me , I do n't , ’ Shiona assured him quickly , irritated at herself for handing him that one on a plate . |
| 14 | If they want their own snappy one they would , you 're quite right , it 's not necessarily handing them the bad one on a plate just in case they might use it . |
| 15 | I could see her thinking , ‘ We ca n't send this one on a book tour . ’ |
| 16 | The advantage of using the OSCLI command is that you can use a variable for the file name and the command does not need to be the last ( or only ) one on a line . |
| 17 | there was only one on a sort of opened pack and we could |
| 18 | There 's one on a chair . |
| 19 | There are nevertheless many images which seem to be spontaneous Minoan creations — strange and haunting images like the one on a sealstone depicting a daemon carrying two animal carcases on a pole . |
| 20 | If there 's a half team one people , one person counting one on a break and two interviewing . |
| 21 | Answers to that one on a postcard please . |