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The phrase "a single conviction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to one specific belief or opinion that someone holds strongly.
Example: "Despite the challenges, she maintained a single conviction that justice would prevail."
Alternatives: "one belief" or "a sole conviction".
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There has been not a single conviction.
Nor is there a single conviction in sight.
There has not been a single conviction to date.
But there has not been a single conviction.
A conviction for multiple counts of possession or sale is considered a single conviction.
The authorities have not secured a single conviction in any of those 10 murders.
In all these cases, there has not been a single conviction.
It failed to achieve a single conviction until two months before he left the job in 2012.
Residents complain that there has yet to be a single conviction of a soldier for such alleged acts of retribution.
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Since the invariable practice in military trials [p119] is and has been that related offenses are tried together with but a single sentence to cover all convictions, see Jackson v. Taylor, 353 U.S. 569, 574, the effect of the suggested construction would be to force a break with the historic process of military law for which Congress has not in the remotest way given warrant.
Participating in a single erroneous conviction through "authoritative testimony" renders the forensic contribution to just convictions markedly insignificant.
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