Example sentences of "only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the four singers Billy Ocean is the only male . |
| 2 | The train puffed to a stop ; only five passengers alighted , and the only male among them a tall young man , his hair so fair that from a distance it appeared almost white , waved to them before turning back to the carriage and lifting out a case . |
| 3 | Said Carole , ‘ From a household of four Old English Sheepdogs all four have won first prizes at Crufts and the only male has done it twice . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Jacobsen , ’ she forced herself to speak slowly and calmly , refusing to let him know he 'd just lit a tinder within her , ‘ it may have escaped your notice that you were not the only member of the cast — come to that , you were n't the only male , either . |
| 5 | For being the only male in my family to recognise you for what you are ? ’ |
| 6 | My only hesitation when praising this excellent meat is that I have found few who like to eat cold lamb , and while curried leftovers are an option , I suggest buying a joint that can be eaten at one sitting . |
| 7 | My only hesitation is whether the two middle bands are wide enough . |
| 8 | The Falcon 's Joe Stamper was the only winner at Colchester — Essex play notoriously badly on their own carpets — but the late surge in Norfolk had done enough to secure the majority of the points . |
| 9 | For the fourth successive year they have won the South Yorkshire Area Institute of Bankers pop quiz — and thus remain the only winner of the competition since it was launched in 1990 . |
| 10 | Earlier 3–2 wins over Connacht and Munster have left the locals needing a 4–1 success but Antrim 's Denise Brown , who defeated Lily McKeown in four games , was the only winner . |
| 11 | It was a match in which there were no losers and golf was the only winner . |
| 12 | Michael was not the only winner from Darlington College in the Northern regional competition Gillian Elders won the kitchen planning competition . |
| 13 | Local riders Roy Humphrey and Jason Peters from Finstock were going well too , but the only winner once again was the reigning champion Paul Millard from Trowbridge . |
| 14 | AN INCREASING demand for hypo-allergenic dairy products has led a Tayside woman to take the first tentative steps towards setting up what it is thought would be Britain 's only mare milking unit . |
| 15 | But the Soviet Union managed to fashion the only try of the game at Hellfire Corner . |
| 16 | The only try came from Sudbury scrum-half Steve Glen . |
| 17 | Bainbridge , the former British Lions forward , gave Newcastle the lead with the only try of the game . |
| 18 | Hard as they tried , however , Underwood and his colleagues were unable to pierce a determined Army defence and the game 's only try came when Robson , the prop forward , forced his way over the line , with Hull adding the conversion . |
| 19 | Debutant fly-half Alain Penaud is about to initiate the switch which put Saint-André ( mouth open ) over for the only try of the match as a Welsh posse of Neil Jenkins , Davies and Webster cover across in vain . |
| 20 | That conversion sealed the game 's only try , carved out by Piet Hendriks and Hennie le Roux and finished by former Leicester and Scotland B hooker Harry Roberts . |
| 21 | Those Roebuck penalties apart , the only other scores from the Australians came in the first half , when strapping winger Damien Smith barged his way through two tackles to notch the game 's only try . |
| 22 | Sudbury gained a little breathing space at half-time thanks to a third penalty from Dyble , and the only try of the match came within seconds of the restart . |
| 23 | Former Quins centre Ron Eriksson had plenty to celebrate with the only try in London Scottish 's 8-3 win over a rebuilt Gloucester side . |
| 24 | Ben Crawley got the only try as Saracens beat relegation favourites Rugby 14-6 . |
| 25 | But Saracens hit back with 2 penalties and the only try of the game , an up and under ; Gary Owen from Rudling had Gloucester struggling and Martin Gregory raced into the corner to touch down . |
| 26 | Pete Jones scored the game 's only try . |
| 27 | Pete Jones scored the game 's only try . |
| 28 | But ten minutes later Scottish broke back with the only try of the game … |
| 29 | But Bristol used their weight to score their only try when Peter Stiff barged through to touch down … |
| 30 | At half-time Gloucester were only a penalty down , but they soon made up the three points and took the game with the only try . |