Example sentences of "[noun prp] the only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WALLS The only thing left if your house or flat is still not as warm as you would like is wall insulation . |
| 2 | A strong need to improve the geographical spread was found , with Inverness the only centre in the Highlands , and Aberdeen — strong though it may be — also out on a limb . |
| 3 | S. S. The only bit of crowd trouble we had was the Catholics on the north side of the division and the Orangemen on the south side ; when the 12th of July was approaching there used to be a bit of trouble . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | by no means was McRae the only driver to suffer misfortune . |
| 6 | Is Tim Curtis the only county batsman capable of getting his head down ? |
| 7 | To see a horse called Nicolaus Silver the only grey to win this century . |
| 8 | Why is the United Kingdom the only economy in the European Community that is in recession ? |
| 9 | Not only is Jesus the only saviour but he 's also a presence saviour not for the future or the passed , but he is there now and he says now , Paul to the Corinthians now is the acceptable time , now is the day of salvation , not to be put off , not to wait until you 're older until this is settled and till that 's done and you 've had this experience or that experience , now is the accepted time , he is the presence saviour , he is not a saviour for you tomorrow , you do n't know what tomorrow will bring but he is a saviour for the present for now , also he is a complete saviour in Hebrews seven twenty five he is able to save forever , those who draw near to God since he always lives to make intercession for them and finally not only is he a complete saviour , but he will actually save you , not the person beside you , do n't worry about that he will actually save you , there in Romans chapter ten , thirteen , for whoever , for whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved and so the invitation 's to you and it 's to me , it 's to us as individuals , are there a few that 's gon na be saved . |
| 10 | We believe in Jesus the only Son of God ; we are committed to Him , unique in Who He is , unique in the authority that He exercises , unique in the life that He brings . |
| 11 | And what 's more , everyone 's apologising all over the place except for one vile journalist who says it 's possible a misguided vigilante thought getting rid of Harry the only path to real justice , and I want Harry to sue him , it 's truly vicious . ’ |
| 12 | Since the collapse of Leyland-Daff the only entrance to its sales headquarters has been partly blocked by heavy trucks . |
| 13 | Jovellanos say in a House of Lords the only wall that could stem the tide towards democracy that would run in a single chamber . |
| 14 | The extension of body , which for Descartes is its whole essence , is not for Locke the only consequence of what he sees as its essential property of solidity . |
| 15 | and I say round Vauxhalls the only thing we did n't see at Vauxhalls was the er paint shop |
| 16 | When Michael moved into his Victorian house 11 years ago with Malcolm Bescoby the only sign of life outside was a Castor oil plant . |
| 17 | Why , asked the Prince , was Britain the only country in Europe that did not have some kind of community service . |
| 18 | Why is Great Britain the only country in the Community to impose full economic cost recovery ? |
| 19 | Why is Britain the only country in Europe that does not give legal protection to our 6 million part-time employees ? |
| 20 | Why is Britain the only country in Europe with no right to a minimum holiday entitlement ? |
| 21 | In Britain the only consensus has appeared to be to regard him as an embarrassment . |
| 22 | I explained that before I came to Arabia the only djinn or genie that I knew was Aladdin 's genie of the lamp . |
| 23 | That was possible ; after all , the brothers had spent their childhood and youth at Trebyan ; perhaps for Alfred the only time of happiness he had known . |
| 24 | There are , of course , problems with measuring and interpreting trade union membership since in the United States , for example , some professional bodies may not call themselves trade unions although they engage in bargaining activities and in France the only source of such statistics is from the unions themselves ( or , indirectly , via the support given to the various unions in elections for enterprise committees ) . |
| 25 | We owe to Polybius the only description of this procession — which shows his flair . |
| 26 | With Peter Kininmonth the only Lion in their ranks compared to the 11 of Wales , Scotland scored three tries in their 19-0 victory — the other memorable statistic that season being that Scotland overall scored seven tries to four , but wound up with the wooden spoon , where England in 1991 scored five tries to four and wound up with a Grand Slam ! |
| 27 | In Camarvon The only thing is , see what I 'm scared of now , you go and put the mower in there and cart it out the back and the bits of moss dropping off the mower onto that patch ! |
| 28 | He believes Venus and Adonis , with its attendant sonnets , makes Shakespeare the only writer to have Adonis refuse the advances of the goddess . |
| 29 | In 1936 Pamplona was the capital of militant Carlism and Navarre the only province that rose for Franco . |
| 30 | From Ainhoa the only road that will keep you on the French side of the Pyrenees runs more or less north-east , back towards Espelette . |