Example sentences of "[pers pn] is the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | His is the only post-war body of symphonic and chamber music to achieve genuine popularity . |
| 2 | His is the only war grave in the churchyard adjoining the 11th century church at Colleville-sur-Mer . |
| 3 | Out of all the many hundreds of 16th- and 17th-century wills that I have studied , his is the only one to include a reference to its writer 's age : its intimation that on 15 November 1622 he was in his 80th year allows 1992 or 1993 to be marked as the 450th anniversary of his birth . |
| 4 | Let me remind the cynics opposite that yours is the only Group on this Council which has voted against our proposals on disability . |
| 5 | I saw my first reed bunting 's nest in 1964 in the marsh between the lochs of Spiggie and Brow , and now in the space of twenty-five years they have successfully colonised the islands , and theirs is the only bunting song that today 's Shetland children will know … |
| 6 | It has always bred sturdy , original thinkers ; theirs is the only country to have declared bankruptcy , in the depths of the Great Depression . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do Americans always think theirs is the only country that 's part of the modern world ? ’ |
| 8 | Just be prepared for Connemara enthusiasts to tell you that theirs is the only breed worth bothering about , Welsh Cob experts too insist that nothing compares with a good Section D and Highland/Fell/Dales etc exhibitors feel exactly the same ! |
| 9 | She is the only decent character among the money-grabbers and hangers-on surrounding the Rake . |
| 10 | ‘ Does n't the Prime Minister realise that she is the only person in this whole shameful episode that ca n't make the excuse that I was only obeying orders , because she was the person giving the orders — and the orders are tyrannical . ’ |
| 11 | Outgoing and engaging , she is the only girl in a household of brothers and confessed to being the pet of the family . |
| 12 | Teachers should be active when in the shop and approach the learners ; sometimes the learner holds back because she feels she is the only one with difficulties . |
| 13 | Because of this , and because she , too , was rebellious , she is the only one of Minuchin 's patients with whom I can identify . |
| 14 | ‘ Of all the riverfolk I 've met , she is the only one who was ever nice to me . ’ |
| 15 | Jaguar 's appearance and condition belie her age and we believe she is the only Swan 65 sloop in the market . |
| 16 | She is the only woman in the world for me . |
| 17 | Elspeth Barker ( Independent on Sunday ) did not agree : ‘ Those who know Angela Carter 's work will need no encouragement to read these stories ( she is the only late 20th-century writer I know who can use an exclamation mark and get away with it ) ; for others they offer a joyous introduction . ’ |
| 18 | She is the only daughter of Dierdriu , and the rightful High Queen of Ireland . ’ |
| 19 | She is the only female character allowed into the fortress den and as the story develops she is shown to be both sensitive and sensible . |
| 20 | For example , when Audrey has previously been described as ‘ a strapping lass ’ … who ‘ fought boys … ’ ‘ led her own gang ’ … was ‘ as good climbing trees and drainpipes as any boy ’ , why is it that she is the only one to reach the fortress ‘ limping and sobbing ’ ? |
| 21 | She is the only pop star of any sex who has been shrewd enough to re-invent herself successfully at 18- months interval since David Bowie in the Seventies . |
| 22 | Only her light appears on ‘ the tossing hills ’ and she is the only important figure streaking through the night air . |
| 23 | ‘ But she is the only one , are n't you ? |
| 24 | The teacher always has to operate within a number of constraints such as agreed syllabuses , governors ' wishes , heads of department , parental pressures , and so on , which mean that he or she is the only person who is competent to decide on content and method . |
| 25 | In fact , in the mature Italian dried pasta market it is the only sector showing a substantial increase . ’ |
| 26 | You do not need to be on income support to get a crisis loan but you must be able to show that it is the only means of preventing serious risk to you or your partner 's health and safety . |
| 27 | ‘ We are unilateralist because it is the only sane , only moral and only effective thing to be . |
| 28 | It is the only true yardstick for comparing different mortgages . |
| 29 | It is the only way to give both people and the countryside a breathing space . |
| 30 | It is the only energy available in the quantity we need that does n't damage our atmosphere . |