Example sentences of "[adj] that [art] only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And though we do not know for certain , it does seem doubtful that the only sins against EPA science are those that have been revealed . |
| 2 | He is insistent that the only students who should work at doctoral level are those of first-class ability , who are independent of mind and inner-directed , so that they can work without much supervision , apart from ‘ a standing relation with a congenial senior to whom he can go now and then for criticism and advice . ’ |
| 3 | H. C. Wyld , for example , was a very great expert on the grossly divergent regional dialects of Middle English , but when it came to post-sixteenth-century English , he was quite insistent that the only object worthy of our study was Received Standard English . |
| 4 | Sunsail are insistent that the only people allowed into their engines are their own mechanics : but there were no Sunsail mechanics around . |
| 5 | It 's very interesting that the only way in which one tory hand went up in support in community services committee for any of the things we had before us and I can only worry , was only because the . |
| 6 | The lintel is so low that the only man who can enter is the man who is down on his knees . |
| 7 | Old galvanised iron rising main and cold feed pipes can usually be removed with Stillsons ; a metal overflow pipe may be so rusted that the only answer is to cut it off . |
| 8 | There is , in contrast , a potential conflict between strategic matrices and finance theory if the former are assumed to imply a fairly rigid capital-rationing situation such that the only funds available for investment are the cash throw-offs from SBUs in the matrix . |
| 9 | As she dashed out into the road , where his camouflaged truck was parked , she was relieved that the only thing pursuing her was his curses . |
| 10 | It is untrue that the only way to improve spelling is to return to the principle of ‘ spelling as you speak ’ based on phonemics . |
| 11 | Simon was convinced that the only way to gain power over his nightmares , to rid himself of them forever , was to defy them and steep himself in further acts of intimidation and violence . |
| 12 | The idea shocked many people who were convinced that the only cause must be genetic , or chemical , or a virus , something they could put under a microscope . |
| 13 | On the other hand are those convinced that the only explanation of such injustice must be the existence of God ( for otherwise there would be no way of satisfying the human desire to see justice prevail ) . |
| 14 | For example , it is likely that the only person who would be held to have sufficient interest to challenge a decision on the ground of breach of natural justice would be the person denied a hearing because the rules of natural justice are designed to protect individual rights . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | By now , knowing that Thomas must have pressed home his own attack , we were concerned that the only reference to his part in the operation was the bald statement — ‘ The sixth aircraft was lost ’ . |
| 17 | It is evident that the only government which can fully satisfy all the exigencies of the social state is one in which the whole people participate ; that any participation , even in the smallest public function , is useful ; that the participation should everywhere be as great as the general degree of improvement of the community will allow ; and that nothing less can be ultimately desirable than the admission of all to a share in the sovereign power of the state . |
| 18 | She would have liked to know just which passages in the book her hostess found objectionable , but it was plain that the only way to find out was to study it for herself . |
| 19 | No one could go into his yard without a cane — which he appeared to be terrified of — and the viciousness he displayed when anyone was near his food was so extreme that the only way he could be fed was to throw his food over the fence ! |
| 20 | Even if the court can not point to the actual error , nevertheless , if the figure is so extravagantly large or so inadequately small that the only conclusion is that he must have gone wrong somewhere , then the court will interfere in much the same way as the Court of Appeal will interfere with an award of damages if it is a wholly erroneous estimate . |
| 21 | They also did their best to lose the great dome in a jostling scrum of office buildings , so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they induce . |
| 22 | The mist was so thick that the only colours were shades of black and white which were smudged and merged together in wisps of vapour . |
| 23 | ‘ Agitprop can sometimes be effective , but the problems facing us today are so wide that the only way to engage people and pose dilemmas is to key into matters which are universal . |
| 24 | Manufacturers are acutely aware that the only way of stopping parallel trade in the Community is uniform pricing . |
| 25 | ‘ I am perfectly aware that the only trust is in Mr Beckenham 's name . ’ |
| 26 | Each was aware that the only outcome would be death for one of them . |
| 27 | I imagine that you would also be aware that the only reason the Pentagon produces such figures is to extract from a long suffering American tax-payer billions upon billions of extra dollars in order to pursue its own lunatic military fantasies . |
| 28 | The Principal wrote in November 1967 that the only recourse was ‘ to ensure that every possible safeguard should be written into the constitution of such a scheme ’ , and following local negotiations he considered that ‘ we have gone as far as we are able so far to safeguard the courses and attitudes of this College and we have confidence that the LEA are making every effort to ensure that Diploma in Art and Design ( DipAD ) courses and developments will be given the fullest support , and will not be undermined in any way by the Polytechnic proposals ’ . |
| 29 | It may be significant that the only speaker who never adapts the STRUT vowel is the white speaker , Susan . |
| 30 | When she had telephoned Robert about breakfast-time , asking to see him about an important matter , he had seemed so astonished that the only place he had been able to suggest was here . |