Example sentences of "only [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horseman was , in fact , one of Miles ' Cheyenne scouts , and Looking Glass was cut down by a sharpshooter 's bullet ; the only warrior to die after the opening battle . |
| 2 | But the only actor to die between the nominations and the awards ceremony — Peter Finch in 1976 — wound up winning Best Actor for Network . |
| 3 | He was not the only bookseller to benefit from the effect of IRA activities in encouraging affluent suburbanites to shop locally — and not the only one to hate admitting it . |
| 4 | A 15 minute shower provided the only rain to fall on the course yesterday and Liverpool was bathed in unexpected sunshine . |
| 5 | The only team to hold off the accounts onslaught seems to be the well-respected Streatham team who drubbed them 5:1 before Christmas , though accounts admittedly had an under par team . |
| 6 | Pompeii was not the only town to suffer from the rain of pumice and ash ; the fall-out in fact covered an area of hundreds of square kilometres and several other Roman settlements , but Pompeii was particularly badly hit because it was so close to the volcano and was down-wind of it , so that the ash-laden eruption cloud was carried towards the town by the prevailing wind . |
| 7 | Thames Television heads the only group to bid for the licence to broadcast the new Channel Five service . |
| 8 | A window hanging twitched in the manor house , but the only person to reappear in the yard was the young squire . |
| 9 | There were people inside , but the only person to come to the door was a woman , who checked it was locked . |
| 10 | The decision , by 14 votes to one ( Cuba ) , meant that the only territory to remain within the Trusteeship Agreement was Belau . |
| 11 | The only cloud to appear on the horizon was Leopold 's unexpected illness , which obliged the family to move out of town to the peaceful , then almost rural atmosphere of Ebury Street in Pimlico . |
| 12 | It looked very probable that the ball was not going to be the only thing to rise in the air — Mafouz himself , Robert felt , was about to climb up like a helicopter , clear of the grass , and hover over Wimbledon . |
| 13 | This is the only way to account for the difference between the second tournament , in which Tit for Two Tats was ranked well down the list , and the first tournament , which Tit for Two Tats would have won . |
| 14 | The only way to progress in the game is to have a career . |
| 15 | But government intervention is not the only way to cope with the problem of socially inefficient resource allocation due to externalities . |
| 16 | If you were an ant crawling around in G– , it would seem at each node as if you were on G. The only way to tell the difference is that in G , if you go far enough in the right direction , then you arrive back where you began ; whereas in G– , the only way to return to the start is by retracing your steps . |
| 17 | ‘ Sometimes the only way to deal with the condition is to allow the legal process to take effect , ’ said Dr McGarry . |
| 18 | That 's the only way to deal with the enemy . ’ |
| 19 | However , if the signer is mistaken without being misled , the only way to escape from the contract will be to plead non est factum . |
| 20 | ‘ The only way to get to the bottom of it is to confront the chairman . |
| 21 | ‘ The only way to get to the bottom of it is to confront the chairman . ’ |
| 22 | Mick Hayes believes the only way to get to the bottom of whether living next to power cables can damage your health is a full-scale Government inquiry . |
| 23 | According to the consortium proposing the mine , digging an open pit is the only way to get at the tungsten , which is embedded as a wolframite ( iron manganese tungstenate ) in a deposit of granite . |
| 24 | The only way to get across the road is to be born there . |
| 25 | Yet camping is often the only way to get near the mountain of your choice , especially when you choose to ascend some of the more remote peaks . |
| 26 | But Armstrong was found Guilty and became the only solicitor to go to the gallows for murder . |
| 27 | Indeed , the only politician to emerge from the strike with his credibility strengthened has been the president of Kazakhstan , Nursultan Nazarbaev , who was able to persuade local miners to return to work , promising better conditions and his support for their demands . |