Example sentences of "[conj] the only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marshall boasted on his trade card that he was ‘ the inventor of true Spectacle Grinding & the only person that has , or ever has had , the Approbation of the Royal Society ’ . |
| 2 | When you connect the ribbon data cable make sure that the drive you wish to be the A : drive ( or the only drive if you have a single drive configuration ) is connected after the twist in the cable . |
| 3 | It may turn out not to be the final or the only unit of analysis but , even so , to contend that it were would not be so wildly wrong as treating America as fifty states without mentioning the Federal Government . |
| 4 | This is not the only argument for integrity , or the only consequence of recognizing it that citizens might value . |
| 5 | That 's the kind of war this one was , one where the only person you could trust was yourself , and yourself not that much . |
| 6 | The excepted proceedings , which are specified , are actions in defamation , relator actions , certain proceedings for the recovery of a penalty , election petitions , actions relating to judgment summons in the county court , actions in the county court where the only question is the time and mode of payment of a debt , and any incidental proceedings . |
| 7 | Where the only payment made is under an agreement with a Third Party Insurer in the absence of which no payment would have been made . |
| 8 | This is to be one bit of TV where the only censor is to be the channel selector . |
| 9 | A report in the Guardian of April 25 said that no aid sent to the north of Sudan was now reaching the southern provinces , where the only government presence was in garrison towns such as Juba , 125 km north of the border with Uganda . |
| 10 | In the interests of security , the law would be well advised to adopt a rigorous standard of proof of intention where the only evidence was a nod . |
| 11 | Where the only evidence available is that of one party against the other , or a wife giving evidence for her husband , or an employee giving evidence for the employer etc. the court may well find the case not proved . |
| 12 | You want a cultural paradise where the only Mozzer who counts is Mozart ? |
| 13 | So Herbert Chapman established a pattern in relations between directors and manager which has become a feature of many of the major clubs , where the only veto on the manager 's power is the sack if he fails to bring results . |
| 14 | Certainly it is in the private sector , where the only bribe that counts is low prices , where fierce competition and price wars have been wreaking havoc among Europe 's surviving computer makers . |
| 15 | where the only customer |
| 16 | For him sex appeared to be a torture , where the only possibility of escape was marriage to unresponsive women . |
| 17 | A payment made in respect of a claim arising under this Section where the only damage sustained by such motor car is breakage of glass in the windscreen or the windows ( or any scratching of bodywork resulting solely and directly from such breakage ) shall be deemed not to be a claim under the Policy for the purpose of the No Claim Bonus Section . |
| 18 | I am afraid I am cynical enough to believe this is just another round of a giant game of poker , where the only thing that will matter in the end will be the size of the cheque . |
| 19 | This opening is very different from the quietly charming first scene of A Month in the Country , where the only thing amiss is Natalia 's bored behaviour . |
| 20 | Margaret Thatcher had created a ‘ supermarket society ’ where the only thing a society needed was a credit card and the only freedoms that mattered were those that could be bought . |
| 21 | His remark to Berthe Morisot in 1889 — ‘ I go less and less to paris , where the only thing people talk about is politics ’ — supports this view . |
| 22 | Pow , mark you , needed additional threat wider out where the only hint of penetration came from Scott Nichol , whose scalding acceleration really ought to attract the attention of the national selectors . |
| 23 | The place where Aldhelm 's body was found is within close woodland , untended , on a narrow path , where the only light would come from the open sky above the track . |
| 24 | For now the Big Beat Poet is content with his debut album ‘ One ’ : 16 tracks chosen from an arsenal of over 60 , which encourage the humble listener to join the Me Phi Me fraternity where the only rule is individuality . |
| 25 | I qualified with one of the then Big Eight , but subsequently joined a smaller practice where the only difference between audit and accounts preparation work was the size of the fee . |
| 26 | It 's a long way from the wild west ; more of a vale where the only horse around is the white one carved on a hill nearby , but Uffington has become the annual venue for the national gun slinging championships . |
| 27 | Except the only problem is we have n't got a litter tray . |
| 28 | Of course the debate in government and Parliament was crucial but it was not the only way in which the educational reform was tested at the time nor the only way to assess it later . |
| 29 | But it is certainly not the only locale nor the only company in which competence in and knowledge of the social world is acquired . |
| 30 | NICRA was the best-known civil rights group but it was neither the first nor the only organisation to agitate on civil rights demands . |