Example sentences of "that [art] only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Referring to SPLA dissidents known as the Nasir group [ see pp. 38426 ; 38666 ] , he said that the only towns taken by the government forces were those " which depend on our dissidents … who have defected and chosen the camp of Gen. Bashir " . |
| 2 | Like Herbert , however , he suffered from ‘ aguish distempers ’ ; his doctor advised that the only chance of saving his life was for him to travel overseas in order to escape from the Cambridge climate and as a respite from his studies . |
| 3 | I suspect that they also had scholarly and dedicated teachers and well read ministers and the encouragement of parents who realised that the only chance their children had of improving their way of life was by having the best education possible which would enable them to compete for the limited number of places which were available in the colleges and universities . |
| 4 | That the only chance of me ever being spotted is if I catch measles . |
| 5 | The western slopes of the Annalong Valley are a superb vantage points to watch shepherds and dogs in action , and if your itinerary always includes a stop for a mug of tea then be warned that the only tea-shop I know of in the area is in the park at the bottom of Silent Valley . |
| 6 | That evening the family ate supper together , but although her brothers made an effort to be cheerful and her mother talked enthusiastically about the wedding arrangements , the clear knowledge that the only daughter was to be taken away caused sighs and long faces among family and servants . |
| 7 | One East Berliner was driven from the crossing to Charlottenburg , three miles away in the British sector , at the concessionary rate of 1 East Mark to 1 DeutscheMark , compared with the market rate of 10-1 , highlighting the fact that the only constraint on East Germans is now financial . |
| 8 | He said that the only questions under discussion were whether Ramsey was Ramsey and whether he had been legally elected . |
| 9 | Dave added the Nuneaton area was starved of good fisheries , and that the only choice for locals who do n't wish to travel is a couple of stetches of canal . |
| 10 | Now a left-leaning Solidarity MP with close ties to trade unionists , he points out that the only choice is between more recession and less recession . |
| 11 | To suppose that there is an ineliminable white or male understanding of the world , and to think that the only choice is whether blacks or women should benefit from ‘ our , ( white , male ) practices or be harmed by them : this is already to be prejudiced . |
| 12 | Note that unc and unc can not both be zero , or A would be singular and R would not exist ; similarly for unc We choose a nonzero element from these four -say unc and then unc The last step is not arbitrary : we must exclude the first three rows ( containing units ) , so that the only choice for pivot in the next step is D44 , which can not be zero . |
| 13 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |
| 14 | At first it seemed that the only delay was in making the cottage fit to occupy , and Coleridge wondered whether , until it was ready , there might not be some rooms to spare at Shurton Court . |
| 15 | ‘ You ca n't deny that the only advantage to be gained is on your side , ’ Travis countered coldly . |
| 16 | ‘ I am perfectly aware that the only trust is in Mr Beckenham 's name . ’ |
| 17 | Or that the only purpose of it is for procreation , which is obviously disproved in the above passage . |
| 18 | That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community , against his will , is to prevent harm to others . |
| 19 | He concluded : ‘ It seems to me that the only purpose the FBI has in proposing such a law would be so that it can make telephone taps without the cooperation of the telephone company … in other words , what they are asking for is the ability to make warrant-less taps . ’ |
| 20 | Liberals and Socialists agreed that the only purpose served by an Anglo-German war would be to place Europe at the mercy of the Russian autocracy . |
| 21 | That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community , against his will , is to prevent harm to others . ’ |
| 22 | The first is the early listing of cases in which it appears that the only purpose of the appeal is to secure some advantage by preserving the status quo pending the outcome of the appeal . |
| 23 | She was beginning to feel hunted , but something told her that the only defence against a man like Luke was attack . |
| 24 | The long-term prediction is that the only defence against AIDS lies in effecting behavioural changes and anthropologists are being employed to study behavioural aspects . |
| 25 | The foreman , Ricky Hill , said afterwards that the only problem they had was in deciding exactly when Mr Bakker began the pattern of fraud . |
| 26 | ‘ I do not agree with the proposition that the only problem in inner cities is poverty and that all that we need to do is to alleviate poverty , there being no need for other policies . |
| 27 | Pretty soon , if you consider that the only gags he feels at home with are the ones that get stuffed in his mouth in the interest of his , er , research . |
| 28 | It appears also from the report of argument that rectification as against the daughter was conceded and that the only issue in the case against the chargees was the non est factum issue . |
| 29 | ‘ A friend told me that the only adjective that describes the British is ‘ opaque ’ . |
| 30 | Its magnetic motor means that the only noise from the train is a quiet aerodynamic swoosh . |