Example sentences of "it the only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of these aircraft was unique in that it was fitted with metallised wings and fuselage , making it the only metal Norseman in the world . |
| 2 | A large fish on his or my line was always an occasion for excitement for Edwy and he would jump into the water with his gaff if he thought it the only way to land it . |
| 3 | ‘ Alec , ’ I said , a little desperately , ‘ I 've got to do it the only way I know how to . |
| 4 | Is it the only way telecommunications will develop in Europe ? ’ asked Marcel Roulet , president of France Telecom . |
| 5 | Nor was it the only way in which he was inadequate as a Christian ruler . |
| 6 | Having said she would never teach she found it the only way to keep up her Mathematics and bring up a family , so via an evening Technical College Lectureship she slipped into school teaching and has enjoyed it ! |
| 7 | Adding the Intel boxes also gives DEC an esoteric sort of one-upmanship , making it the only supplier to support both the SIMD ( Maspar ) and MIMD ( Intel ) styles of MPP hardware , whose distinctions are a matter of religious controversy in some quarters of the MPP world . |
| 8 | Getting through the day , with her bed at the end of it the only goal , absorbed all her energies . |
| 9 | They land in a field among crop circles ( they bought crop circle footage off National Geographic , and when they watched it the only car you could see in it was — synchronicity ! — a red station wagon … ) and then pick up a hitch-hiking alien . |
| 10 | Nor was it the only deduction : there were charges for seaming the stockings , for use of a corner of the master knitter 's workshop , for needles , candles , oil , coals and for the expenses involved in collecting in work . |
| 11 | ’ But why is it the only time you take risks is when you 're likely to make a profit. ? ’ |