Example sentences of "[noun prp] as the sole [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salmin Amour was elected President of Zanzibar as the sole candidate following the decision in August of Idris Abdul Wakil ( President since 1985 — see pp. 34149-50 ) not to stand again . |
| 2 | Cookstown aim to play home games on various synthetic pitches , depending what slots are available , until their proposed pitch gets up and running , and that leaves Banbridge as the sole shale pitch in use in Senior One . |
| 3 | The use of the SMRs as the sole measure of regional disparities in health needs has , not surprisingly , been the source of much criticism : put bluntly and unfairly , why reward incompetence , since health services are meant to save lives ? |
| 4 | Presidential and general elections were set for Oct. 28 , and Mwinyi was chosen by the CCM as the sole candidate for the presidency . |
| 5 | His brother Jean died in 1668 , leaving Martin as the sole heir to his father 's estate . |
| 6 | The only place they did not appear to have penetrated was Wimbledon — which was perhaps as well , since it left Mr Malik as the sole source of information on the Malik family history . |
| 7 | That leaves Daley Thompson as the sole survivor of the British men 's team at the Montreal Olympics still at the top . |
| 8 | Lord Sempill could not afford the time , and flew home , so Fred Crocombe decided to take his place for the rest of the flight , with Wood as the sole pilot . |