Example sentences of "only one [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the high street banks and the top 10 building societies are tied agents , and so can sell only one brand of insurance policy . |
| 2 | There is open to us only one course of action : we must quit the Confederation , consolidate and centralise our own power . |
| 3 | Cunningham 's centralized system did not permit this since all submissions to the Home Secretary were channelled through him , with only one course of action being recommended . |
| 4 | Therefore , when it came to the social charter , when we really would have liked to influence events , Britain was left with no negotiating power , few friends and only one course of action — to opt out of the social dimension altogether . |
| 5 | With regard to the possibility that large changes in body weight ( equal to or >10% of initial weight ) might represent a risk factor , only one case of gall stone recurrence was detected in those who lost >10% of starting weight and none was seen in those who gained weight . |
| 6 | Only one part of cottage pointing in right direction , i.e. rear part , but even from kids ' bedroom only trees visible . |
| 7 | Election is only one part of representation . |
| 8 | However , that leaves the galleries open to pressure , when they come to the Minister and make points such as that which I made at the beginning of my speech — saying , for instance , that last year the Tate gallery could buy only one work of art . |
| 9 | In selecting only one thread of policy — on the national issue — we are in danger of misconstruing its significance relative to the overall context . |
| 10 | It is the advice of Consultant Psychiatrists at Banstead and Horton that while there may be a ‘ small number of patients in other categories who might be suitable on an individual basis for transfer to appropriate alternative facilities , there is only one category of patient which can seriously be considered for transfer . |
| 11 | Divorces rose steadily , though the real acceleration in the divorce rate was to come after the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act of 1 984 which allowed petitioning for divorce after only one year of marriage . |
| 12 | ‘ Stash-for-cash is only one way of trading . |
| 13 | In the future , I suppose , these ‘ social rejects ’ can remain outside the venue while , inside , the band sing such lyrics as ‘ There 's only one way of life , and that 's your own . ’ |
| 14 | In the future , I suppose , these ‘ social rejects ’ can remain outside the venue while , inside , the band sing such lyrics as ‘ There 's only one way of life , and that 's your own . ’ |
| 15 | Choose tarts rather than pies — tarts have only one layer of pastry . |
| 16 | There were in Portsmouth only one battalion of foot , 600 pensioners , a few marines doing duty in the port , or ready for drafting on to the ships or frigates then fitting out … |
| 17 | In a pipe organ of quality each pipe is a carefully-designed and individually-voiced musical instrument which produces only one frequency of sound . |
| 18 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 19 | There was a hotel , where you could buy an alcoholic drink , but there was only one variety of beer , which you would have to drink from the bottle at five times the English price . |
| 20 | Well , if there 's only one level of structure then evidence about the and evidence of that meaning are both going to bear on that . |
| 21 | New , integrated regional offices of the appropriate Whitehall departments will be established so that business and local government will have only one port of call . |
| 22 | ‘ Many of our customers could not understand why we might have only one style of nightdress or long-sleeved blouse , but it was because Laura was trying to evolve the most perfect example of that particular item and believed it was more important to have one good example of each than several skirts and dresses , ’ Moira explains . |
| 23 | Finally , Stanley and Farrington ( 1981 , 78 ) also conclude that public transport is only one component of accessibility and argue that accessibility deprivation can be alleviated in one of three strategic ways : |
| 24 | We are also inviting claimants who currently receive only one of the two existing benefits , and consequently will transfer to only one component of DLA to consider claiming the other component . |
| 25 | In food operations there is only one standard of cleanliness . |
| 26 | New alignments between literature and history are only one feature of theory 's impact on readings of Renaissance texts . |
| 27 | Only one bottle of Coke out there . |
| 28 | Yet sound will always be part of any future media , and I am pleased that sound recordings have reached such high technical and aesthetic standards after only one century of history . |
| 29 | Only one species of mustelid was found to provide a sample of small mammal bones from scat collections , although several other species were investigated . |
| 30 | Only one species of petrel , the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis , breeds throughout the Arctic , on cliffs in Iceland , Svalbard , Greenland , the Canadian archipelago and Siberian high arctic islands . |