Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [art] only [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Air raids were not the only hazard to which central Baghdad was exposed . |
| 2 | Incidents of this kind were not the only contribution to tension over this period . |
| 3 | This was not the only blow to the club . |
| 4 | Foreign Minister Agramonte was not the only person to be dismissed on 12 June . |
| 5 | As we know , Prince Metternich was not the only person to be put into a diplomatic bag . |
| 6 | Ice was not the only obstacle to building the RRS . |
| 7 | The Prince Albert was not the only ship to be held up by a dockers ' strike : at the East India Docks , the Jolly George with a similar load of armaments for Poland , was prevented from sailing . |
| 8 | Bad industrial relations was not the only barrier to success that needed to be dealt with . |
| 9 | Shortage of money was not the only impediment to higher education . |
| 10 | Roger de Clifford was not the only royalist to whom Fitzjohn was related , for he himself had married a daughter of the king 's justiciar , Sir Philip Basset [ q.v . ] . |
| 11 | Street robbery was not the only crime to be viewed leniently in the interwar years . |
| 12 | Sadly this was n't the only thing to be nicked . |