Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a great many social systems the only fully legitimate marriages are those in which the bride and bridegroom are not only already kin but kin of a specific category such as , say , that which includes the relationship mother 's brother 's daughter/father 's sister 's son . |
| 2 | Nor is doling out rewards in tiny instalments the only restriction that a plant may impose in order to compel its pollen-carriers to provide the service it requires . |
| 3 | Outside of dangerous sports the only purpose behind the taking of risks is the hope of benefit . |
| 4 | In the seven major countries the only periods of majority left governments between 1950 and 1973 were those of Wilson in the United Kingdom ( 1964–70 ) and Brandt in Germany ( 1970–3 ) , yet spending on welfare rose under Macmillan , Adenauer , de Gaulle , under both Nixon and Kennedy , as well as under a succession of Italian and to some extent even Japanese prime ministers of the right . |
| 5 | The texts of Roman law bring us to the intriguing conclusion that by late classical times the only person who acquired property under trust and with it an unassailable title was the bona fide purchaser for value without notice . |
| 6 | Nor are waste dumps the only things being shaken-up . |
| 7 | Nor are the inner cities the only areas suffering from economic decline and physical decay — the coalfields of County Durham and South Wales come to mind , and the problems in some of the overspill estates on the outskirts of the cities may be as great as those in the centre . |
| 8 | In what should have been a single sketch here protracted over two debilitating hours the only observable success was in managing to incite a young child in the audience to enquire with regular insistence : ‘ What 's going on Mum ? ’ |
| 9 | But the degree of frustration over IBM 's continued non-performance may make it too late for such half measures , leaving break-up of IBM into more manageable units the only option . |
| 10 | For interminable seconds the only sounds were the wind and rain and the heavy beating of her own heart . |
| 11 | Of early Germanic epics the only substantial survivor is the English Beowulf , probably of the eighth century , whose text presupposes the existence of a large repertoire of lost epics . |
| 12 | It occurred to her that in any other circumstances the only description for what she and Dr Neil constantly did was flirting . |
| 13 | BEWARE OF OVER-ENTHUSIASTIC FINANCIAL ORGANISATIONS The only way to keep control of money is by handling it yourself . |
| 14 | No other party of the right operating within a mass electoral system has equalled this achievement , and in recent years the only institution which has matched the Conservatives in terms of the monotonous regularity of their success is Liverpool Football Club . |
| 15 | In modern conditions the only remaining peg on which to hang the concession theory 's claim that the state has a special right of intervention in company affairs is the idea that since separate personality and limited liability are benefits conferred by the state , the state is entitled to intervene to safeguard the public interest as a quid pro quo . |
| 16 | He stopped there , the click of the quartz-like cubes the only sound . |
| 17 | I listened for some sound of other prisoners in the building but although I thought I heard the locking and unlocking of other doors the only voices were those of the guards . |
| 18 | Aside from the usual assurances the only real way to prove such a commitment is by making cash available . |
| 19 | I do not believe in the SNP , but in realistic terms the only chance of seeing a society based on social justice is through independence . |