Example sentences of "is the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attitude of many Romanian health professionals was summed up recently in the words of one doctor in Constanta who said ‘ Health Education is the only ‘ vaccine ’ we have to fight against HIV . ’ |
| 2 | This is the only court of appeal for cases tried by the military court , and looks only at points of law and not at facts and findings , thus providing a restricted appeal . |
| 3 | I tried not to think about it , which is the only thing to do in such a situation . ’ |
| 4 | Apart from Paris Kyoto is the only city she likes , he said . |
| 5 | Forward is the only way . |
| 6 | This is the only hope for the conservation of pubs from a period with planning ideas so remote from our own . |
| 7 | SUPER-premium Canadian whisky , Canadian Classic , is the only 12-year-old Canadian whisky available in the UK and is now distributed here by URM Agencies . |
| 8 | In fact , in the mature Italian dried pasta market it is the only sector showing a substantial increase . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Sir Vivien is the eleventh baronet and is the only surviving son of Sir Tregarron Blacker , the celebrated big-game hunter who died in the sinking of the Titanic , together with his wife , Lady Mabel . |
| 10 | The European Script Fund is the only one of the MEDIA programme initiatives to be based in the UK ( in London ) . |
| 11 | However , if you are going to fly solo , refusing is the only sensible thing to do . |
| 12 | Failure to do this is the only reason for a reversal of the spin from one direction to another . |
| 13 | Practice is the only solution . |
| 14 | That is the only time when you can rest on your laurels . |
| 15 | ( Memphis is the only city which gets a mention outside this range ; appropriately , considering its high profile in the mythology of music ! ) |
| 16 | ( One caveat : I am not saying that this is the only necessary experiential condition for objectivity : it is , though , the one which highlights the importance of action most clearly in differentiating the objective from the subjective within the stream of experience . ) |
| 17 | Martina Navratilova is the only player , to date , to have represented two countries in Federation Cup competition . |
| 18 | This is the only type of stretching which should be carried out before exercise when the muscles are cold . |
| 19 | You do not need to be on income support to get a crisis loan but you must be able to show that it is the only means of preventing serious risk to you or your partner 's health and safety . |
| 20 | This last task is possibly the most difficult because the audience must be convinced that the ending chosen is the only possible outcome of everything that has gone before . |
| 21 | She is the only decent character among the money-grabbers and hangers-on surrounding the Rake . |
| 22 | Ted Tuppen , with a finance background , is the only ‘ outsider ’ on the board . |
| 23 | Sleep is the only cure for such turbulence , but it 's difficult to achieve , and Mick was hardly rested by the time it was his turn to lead in the dampness of the new morning . |
| 24 | It 's no accident that Svidrigailov is the only one in the novel to handle yellow paper money , just as it 's no accident that children are frightened of him and run away ‘ in indescribable terror ’ because ( so we understand in our bones ) they smell death on him , or rather the unattachment to life which defeats even Sonya Marmeladov . |
| 25 | In that sentence humour really is the only thing . |
| 26 | This presumed death is the only unequivocal event in the whole work , however , and there are moments where its meditative air threatens to become bafflingly introspective . |
| 27 | Karpov is the only semi-finalist who appears relaxed and confident . |
| 28 | He lost Manoj Prabhakar , carried away by the exuberance of his own and everybody else 's strokeplay , but Kapil Dev survives - and he is the only Indian who has made a faster Test hundred than Azharuddin 's . |
| 29 | Incineration , which claims a 99.999 per cent destruction rate , is the only known way of eliminating them . |
| 30 | He has been telling them that both the Soviet Union and the United States have reiterated their support for the league 's plan and that political reform is the only way for the Lebanese to solve their crisis . |