Example sentences of "[was/were] the only part " in BNC.
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| 1 | ITN 's News at Ten homes in on Big Ben as if it were the only part of London that mattered . |
| 2 | Men have always been hung up on breasts , especially American men , and in those days it was the only part of the body which could be shown . |
| 3 | But she seemed to have got over her momentary embarrassment , so he smiled at her as warmly as he could , and she went away to eat her solitary lunch in the small bed-sitting-room alongside the nursery , which was the only part of the Unit that was n't monitored with cameras and tape recorders . |
| 4 | Incidentally , it was the only part of the so-called garden that had any depth of soil at all ; the rest was very sparsely covered . |
| 5 | It was the only part of the article I understood , but at least somebody seemed to see the point . |
| 6 | And that was the only part I did n't care for , because if I 'd been arriving at a lot of conclusions that were wrong , then I could be wrong about this too . |
| 7 | In front of it was the kitchen garden , which was the only part of the grounds to be kept in order , for Adam Diggory , although he grumbled at the necessity , was obliged to tend it as it provided most of the vegetable produce for the household table . |
| 8 | The unemployment figures demonstrate that Northern Ireland was the only part of the United Kingdom that experienced no increase in unemployment ; the Cambridge econometric forecast shows that last year it was the only region that experienced any growth , and that this year it is likely to be one of four regions that will experience growth . |
| 9 | The opposition argued that any delay would disrupt local government , claiming that this was the only part of the old democracy still functioning since April . |
| 10 | It was the only part of the performance which won applause . |
| 11 | His eye was the only part of his body that he could move . |
| 12 | I know , I told him that was the only part that was hurting and he looked at it and said did n't |