Example sentences of "be that [art] only [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It may be that the only way for a new supplier to break through this impasse is to secure a small order which , in effect , permits the demonstration of his company 's capability to provide consistently high-quality products promptly .
2 His central thesis is that the only sense in which the people he describes are barbarous is that their customs are other than our own .
3 The long-term prediction is that the only defence against AIDS lies in effecting behavioural changes and anthropologists are being employed to study behavioural aspects .
4 My suggestion to you is that the only connection between them is basic human nature itself , namely that the heart of man is incurably evil .
5 The main point I want to make is that the only justification for treating the sick and injured wild animal is to be able eventually to restore it to its wild existence .
6 The evolutionary view is that the only explanation for certain practices being adopted and others discarded is that these practices enable the group which adopts them to survive and gain mastery over others .
7 The final point was that the only business of Littlewoods which could reasonably require protection was their mail order business and not their retail chain store business .
8 The answer he gave was that the only ground of legitimacy is to be found in the general will of the people , as only the people can say who has the right to rule them .
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