Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [art] only [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It 's completely comprehensive and really the only thing I would say in addition to that is er there are further meetings coming up .
2 Maybe you were tempted to take handheld shots on telephoto — perhaps with a very good reason , lions in a zoo are not very approachable and often the only way to shoot them in close-up is with a long-focus lens .
3 For the first and almost the only time in the Second World War , there was what can fairly be described as a generally pervading popular ‘ war mood ’ , disdaining any premature and presumed over-generous peace with Britain , and even somewhat disappointed with Hitler 's new and ‘ final ’ peace offer of 19 July , aimed at assuaging world opinion .
4 As you will appreciate , the best and possibly the only time to carry out such projects is the spring/ early summer period , partly because of the weather , partly because volunteers tend not to be available in the summer .
5 He therefore considered them of a tradition quite different from that form of conservatism — so admirably defined by Russell Kirk in his study Eliot and his Age ( 1971 , 1984 ) — which , as Eliot said to me more than once , was the best and perhaps the only defence against the extremes of Communism and Fascism .
6 ‘ Many sub-units of companies simply can not be measured by revenue , contributions to profits , or costs related to output units … for a department of this kind , the best and perhaps the only measure of performance is achievement of predetermined programmes within budgets . ’
7 I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train .
8 For one thing there have been too many of them already ( Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine in America , perhaps the best and almost the only vehicle for the crime short story , no longer looks as new Holmes tales , as I know to my cost . )
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