Example sentences of "[vb base] be the only [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The realization of this relationship in the act of teaching ( which I maintain is the only way it can be effectively realized ) has reciprocal effects .
2 And in this particular county one has only got to look to Ryedale who s I so far as I know is the only authority to have carried out a comprehensive survey of local housing needs .
3 Newforge are the only Spam makers in Britain .
4 I suppose is the only way if , if he started bleeding or if he felt loose , cos she said he 's still swollen from the operation
5 Sometimes anger is the only resource left in a situation like this .
6 Er well selected for their standards that we think is the only way they could do it .
7 Boltwood believes that we all get stuck in what we think is the only reality .
8 So if you 're going to plan ahead , now , which I think is the only thing you can do in the circumstances … what I suggest is a with-profits endowment policy linked to a seven-year maturity date with yearly incrementals — optional , if you like , or you can build them in , it depends how optimistic you are about your career , ha ha — leaving a little bit of the schools fees to pay at the time , but there will be a big chunk taken out , that 's for sure … and do it off monthly standing orders of around … let's say … five hundred a month ?
9 Flat batteries have been the only problem .
10 In the 14 years since 1978 , during which I have been the only consultant physician in respiratory medicine in West Cumbria , there should , according to the above statistics , have been at least 70 deaths from asthma and yet I know of very few , having personal knowledge of only three .
11 The concentration of neurons in ganglia is perhaps the first step towards building a brain , but even the appearance of a large head ganglion does not ensure that brains of the sort that humans and other mammals possess are the only design solution that can result .
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