Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [is] the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far , ivy ( Hedera helix is the only species typical of the woodland ; ground flora gaps in the tree cover are occupied by false oatgrass ( Arrhenatherum elatius ) , hawkweed ( Hieracium umbellatum ) and thistles ( Cirsium arvense ) . |
| 2 | The British Home Office still takes the line affirmed in its committee report ( 1979 ) that live animals need to be used and the statement of the British Medical Research Council , included in it , that ‘ the LD50 test is the only reliable measure of acute toxicity and yields a result with the least possible expenditure of life ’ ( 1979 : 16 ) . |
| 3 | Bingham is keeping his fingers crossed that Gray 's withdrawal is the only one . |
| 4 | At that time I knew very little about Montaigne : but Eliot had come to him through Shakespeare and the influences upon Shakespeare ( who must have read the Apologie de Raymond Sebond ) ; and , as he said in his essay on Pascal , Montaigne 's outlook is the only credible alternative to that of belief . |
| 5 | Now , I can do so with a clear conscience : Col. Sutherland 's book is the only substantial and comprehensive single reference on SF from its obscure beginnings in the early days of the Cold War to its subsequent apotheosis in Vietnam , with its somewhat confused role in the 1980s . |
| 6 | Since your father 's company is the only reason you 're deigning to associate with riff-raff like me , you might as well grab your chances while you can . ’ |
| 7 | My neighbour 's house is the only one in a block of seven with a coal fire . |
| 8 | But I also know that Gordon Wilson 's view is the only one worth aspiring to . |
| 9 | Colleagues , workers ' unity is the only force which protects working people against exploitation by unscrupulous employers . |