Example sentences of "he [verb] that the only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debate over the security of the Church found a focus in the Convocation controversy , largely triggered by Francis Atterbury 's famous tract , Letter to a Convocation Man of late 1696 , where he argued that the only way to stem the growth of heresy and blasphemy was through Convocation , the Church 's own deliberative and legislative body . |
| 2 | Then he realized that the only thing of Jenny 's which was there was the familiar , wide , all-illuminating grin on the face of the young man in muddy rugby kit who was walking alone in the picture . |
| 3 | He found that the only period to be consistent with rational expectations was from 1962 to 1969 . |
| 4 | He says that the only way you can tell they 're fake , is to look at the stitching on the labels . |
| 5 | He believed that the only explanation for these results was the chimpanzees suddenly saw new relationships that were never learned in the past . |
| 6 | He decided that the only way to become the best team in the world was to adopt a killer instinct ; to play fairly and sportingly , but to be tough and uncompromising . |
| 7 | After much soul searching , he decided that the only way he was going to come off was to be totally separated from the drug scene . |
| 8 | He decided that the only way to avoid spending the rest of his life in the workhouse was to exhibit himself as a freak , and so he offered himself to Sam Torr , who ran a music-hall , the Gaiety Palace of Varieties . |
| 9 | He thought that the only things of which we could be really certain were things of which we were directly aware , that is , things in our own minds . |
| 10 | In the end he realizes that the only way truly to understand his father is to become him ; he presents the evidence he has collected as a reconstruction of his father 's actions , thought processes , and emotions . |
| 11 | On May 4th , before a meeting of the Council of the Americas , he said that the only way he could build support for a system of open trade was to apply the laws that Congress had put in place , and to hold America 's partners to agreements they have made . |
| 12 | He said that the only questions under discussion were whether Ramsey was Ramsey and whether he had been legally elected . |
| 13 | Referring to SPLA dissidents known as the Nasir group [ see pp. 38426 ; 38666 ] , he said that the only towns taken by the government forces were those " which depend on our dissidents … who have defected and chosen the camp of Gen. Bashir " . |
| 14 | The writer of this book has to confess that so far he has been so hidebound by tradition that he has not yet brought himself to write key-signatures for the horns , but he admits that the only argument in favour of this is that the lack of signature acts as a guide to the conductor 's eye in spotting the horn parts in the score . |
| 15 | The defendant can escape liability if he proves that the only act or default which caused the breach was that of the plaintiff . |
| 16 | In particular , will your erstwhile political columnist , R W Johnson , apologise for the appalling piece of sexism that appeared in NSS ( under a previous editor ) on 7 December 1990 , when he suggested that the only way for Labour to win the next election would be for Glenys Kinnock to ‘ have a word ’ with Neil and persuade him to stand down ? |
| 17 | From these principles he argues that the only form of the state which can be morally justified is a minimal state which is limited to the protection of citizens against force , theft , and fraud and to the enforcement of contracts . |