Example sentences of "[was/were] the only occasion " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sentenced to be hung by the peer 's privilege of a silken rope , for his transportation to Tyburn he dressed in his wedding suit , on the grounds that his marriage was the only occasion in his life to have caused him as much distress as his execution . |
| 2 | Their flat was described as a garden flat when they came to see it , which was the only occasion on which they were asked to come into the garden , into which they were later told they had no right of entry . |
| 3 | The wall was built by the water authorities to secure the catchment area of the splendid Silent Valley and Ben Crom reservoirs , and for many years marked the route of the annual Mourne Wall Walk , which followed the wall for much of its 22 mile circuit and was the only occasion when walkers could be seen on the hills en masse . |
| 4 | Jean Monnet was appointed as the president of the High Authority , and his resignation from the office in June 1955 was the only occasion before the setting up of the much broader European Economic Community in 1957 when there was a change in the membership of the High Authority . |
| 5 | ( On one occasion with magnificent inconsequence , she had remarked after staring at one of Clara 's dazzling reports , " Well , handsome is as handsome does " ; this was the only occasion on which she had ever said anything complimentary about Clara 's looks . ) |
| 6 | Erm I think that was the only occasion that we had difficulty in respect of a wages claim . |
| 7 | The Sea Rover episode was the only occasion I have known a smuggling vessel to be fired upon directly during my time with the customs , as a result of failing to heave-to for customs examination . |
| 8 | I believe that that was the only occasion , in both public and private , that I saw Eliot not to his best advantage . |
| 9 | It was the only occasion I saw inside and it made me hungry to go again . |
| 10 | This was the only occasion that the state made such a count . |
| 11 | I had a fling with someone when I was at college , but that was the only occasion . |