Example sentences of "only [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only monetary target he should be interested in was the price of his memoirs . |
| 2 | They are truly the only representative buildings we possess . ’ |
| 3 | And he might be the only surviving link we have to the Project . |
| 4 | The theory of Darwin and Fisher is the only coherent explanation we possess for such characters . |
| 5 | ah , but the only bloody reason it 's secondhand is cos it 's the , that 's the style you want |
| 6 | Determined not to be outdone , Roth delivers a list of the only Spanish words he knows . |
| 7 | It is my contention that entrenchment and cynicism both reflect and serve to heighten an atmosphere of demoralization ; that they arise as a result of a semi-conscious decision by teachers about how to cope with doubts and demands ; that while this stance often seems the only possible option it is a mistake to adopt it ; and that through insight into the dynamics of the decision-making process , a better stance can be found , even in very trying circumstances , that offers a greater opportunity for personal satisfaction and institutional success . |
| 8 | It 's almost the only profitable thing I did yesterday . ’ |
| 9 | However , Dwyer was left fuming , saying : ‘ I just hope Neath are the only bag-snatching team we meet in Wales . |
| 10 | That would take ages so they 're having land reform as a means to an end and that how that it 's improving living standards of peasants so that they get mass support , land reform was the only political option they had . |
| 11 | On the contrary , her home is a cohesive force , perhaps the only cohesive force she can experience in the generally fragmenting world of adolescence . |
| 12 | A source might not tell us all we would like to know ; a document may sometimes be biased — but these sources are still the only direct evidence we have , and the historian has to learn to use them effectively . |
| 13 | There were only two whose work seemed never to end , and they bore the brunt of an endless string of the only direct orders we ever heard aboard . |
| 14 | It was the only sexual advance she had ever made to him and he knew it would be the last . |
| 15 | so I got together with a couple of blokes from school ‘ Hold Your Head Up ’ by Argent was in the charts at the time We 'd play that again and again and again It was the only bass line I could play properly — because it 's so simple , it 's exactly the same all the way through . |
| 16 | The only old woman I helped in Ipswich was Bridget the Ancient . |
| 17 | " I do n't like beefburgers and things , so now and again I do proper cooking , like stews and puddings — that 's the only exciting thing I do . |
| 18 | It was already late afternoon , but it was the only German greeting I knew besides ‘ Heil Hitler ’ . |
| 19 | Yet she was the only sane grown-up I knew now that I could cross Anwar and Jeeta off my list of normals . |
| 20 | In fact , the only social folly I committed was to pretend I understood about contraception . |
| 21 | ‘ There is no Gook or Kraut or Nip for this war ’ , he writes , ‘ and the only Iraqi jokes I 've heard have been on the telephone from back home ’ . |
| 22 | The only English phrases I have learned so far are : " You have a beautiful figure " … |
| 23 | The 15-year-olds were offered a lift , but the only English word they knew was Cobham . |
| 24 | What they did have was the word ‘ Leeds ’ : often the only English word they knew , passed on to them by relatives who had been early immigrants . |
| 25 | She says : ‘ It was the only personal appearance I did , but now some of the crew call me The Opener . |
| 26 | You were begging to be kissed — frankly , it 's the only honest emotion I 've ever witnessed in you . ’ |
| 27 | Maybe dying is the only honest thing we do . |
| 28 | If these descriptions assume that the only moral prohibition we must honour is the prohibition against cruelty , then they assume that it is sometimes morally permissible to cause animals pain , even substantial pain . |
| 29 | Yes , in terms of this definition it has to be because that 's the only , that 's the bottom line of evolution , and it 's the only quantitative measure we can ever have , it 's the only When you 're ready , there 's no hurry . |
| 30 | It was the only real home she 'd ever known . |