Example sentences of "be [art] only [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The literati and the US army had n't been the only imports into Europe from across the Atlantic . |
| 2 | Prior to that , guilds had been the only groupings of workers . |
| 3 | The football authorities have not been the only ones to agonize over the impact of television on sport . |
| 4 | The thought passed through her head that those two women might have been the only ones he had ever loved . |
| 5 | But we have n't been the only ones to combat that , there have been white lesbians as well who have taken offence at that particularly say working class white lesbians or white lesbians with disabilities who have also felt that particular issues affecting them have been marginalised . |
| 6 | Irons and radios had been the only appliances owned by the majority of consumers before the War and they were joined by electric fires at the end of it . |
| 7 | Gift-giving and Christ-like displays of humility are unlikely to have been the only aspects of religion which Cnut found attractive . |
| 8 | These are unlikely to have been the only offices in the gift of the chief steward and the total may have been substantial . |
| 9 | These are unlikely to have been the only offices in the gift of the chief steward and the total may have been substantial . |
| 10 | But my suffrage is of little value , because this and Fort Augustus are the only garrisons that I ever saw . ’ |
| 11 | The English philosopher G. E. Moore returned to the problem in a famous paper , A Defence of Common Sense which , in its turn , forms a background for Wittgenstein 's effort to demystify the issue in Über Gewissheit which , along with the Philosophical Investigations and , of course , the Tractatus , are the only texts he ever actually prepared for publication . |
| 12 | These are the only texts which list the words suitable to establish trusts . |
| 13 | America and Japan are the only members of the Paris club of rich-country creditors that have not reduced Africa 's debts . |
| 14 | In so doing it rejects the classical vision of the company which defines the interests of the company as those of the shareholders , who are the only members of the company . |
| 15 | Erm , as the person who mo , moved the original motion , I would be very happy to move the recommendations , and to thank Mr , Mrs , Mr and Mr , who are the only members here present who voted for it at the time . |
| 16 | They are the only members of the first-team squad whose contracts expire at the end of the season . |
| 17 | Grandfather and grandson and Scotland 's 1984 Grand Slam flanker , David Leslie , are the only players to have been capped when playing for Dundee HS FP although internationalists J.S. Wilson and Chris Rea also are former pupils of the school . |
| 18 | The 22-goal Wilkinson and goalkeeper Stephen Pears are the only players with ever-present records . |
| 19 | do n't obsess yourself with the idea that none of them ( Unionist MPs ) understand the view of the man in the street … there is plenty of soundness in the party inside the House … and , easy as it is to call everyone inside Parliamentarians , and to assume that everyone outside are the only judges … you will have to get inside before you realize the difficulties of the situation , or the value of the cool-headed men who still represent the Unionist party in the House , and remain independent of Cabinet influence … |
| 20 | Belbo 's iffy relationship with the evasive Lorenza Pelegrini is is deftly touched in , and his reminiscences of a wartime childhood in Piedmont are the only passages to achieve any distinction or elegance of style , or any vestige of human interest . |
| 21 | Arnold Palmer , Gary Player , George Archer and Jack Nicklaus are the only golfers ever to have won on their first appearance in a US Senior Tour event . |
| 22 | The greater the freedom given ( and in this case the overt touting of particular potential clients and an obligation not to offend whatever passes for good taste are the only restrictions of substance ) the more numerous the regulations on matters of detail : C Northcote Parkinson would be in his element ! |
| 23 | Everybody should have one , especially if you do n't have television , because grandmothers are the only grown-ups who have the time ! ’ |
| 24 | They are the only molluscs with a truly tubular shell , usually gently curved , with an opening at both ends . |
| 25 | We have referred to council rents , but , of course , these are the only ones which are not frozen by the Rent Restrictions Acts . |
| 26 | Parents who questioned what appears to be an unwritten regulation have been told in each case that they are the only ones not co-operating … |
| 27 | It is only the American buyers who are now attracted by genuine objets d'art , they are the only ones who understand their true worth and what kind of reflection is that upon us ? |
| 28 | Motorists in the Republic of Ireland , Italy , and Sweden are the only ones who stump up more . |
| 29 | ‘ the ATB are the only ones who show any interest in part-time farmers ’ |
| 30 | What is needed is a change in the processes of decision-making so that policies are informed from below by the people involved , who are the only ones who really know what life there is like and what people really want and are able to do . |