Example sentences of "as the sole " in BNC.
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| 1 | The county chairman Brian Walsh said : ‘ We have a very full agenda for our scheduled meeting on October 26 so it was decided to meet on the 10th with cricket as the sole topic of discussion . ’ |
| 2 | And it was leaked barely hours before Edward Kangas , head of Touche Ross International , announced that the proposed merger to create the giant international firm of Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu ( DRT ) would go ahead with Touche Ross as the sole UK representative . |
| 3 | A statement said he had ‘ expressed enthusiasm for the decision ’ , which leaves Touche Ross as the sole DRT representive in the UK . |
| 4 | The White Paper on changes to the Scottish legal profession published yesterday by Malcolm Rifkind , the Secretary of State for Scotland , says that once trained , Scottish solicitors should have unrestricted rights of audience in the higher courts , with the standard of performance achieved in training as the sole test . |
| 5 | That leaves Daley Thompson as the sole survivor of the British men 's team at the Montreal Olympics still at the top . |
| 6 | This would be in the artist 's name , with the manager as the sole signatory . |
| 7 | Reith was the true successor of the Victorian headmaster , rapidly establishing a range of sporting events which the BBC in its capacity as the sole arbiter of airways deemed to be of national significance . |
| 8 | At this central sanctuary there was no place for female officiants as the Temple 's affairs were regarded as the sole responsibility of an organized , hereditary male priesthood dedicated to the service of Yahweh . |
| 9 | The Roman see emerged as the sole religious authority and centre of a barbarian West . |
| 10 | Taken aback by the interruption , Jiang hesitated before continuing with his speech , in which he criticised the United States , describing it as the sole superpower in the post-Cold War era . |
| 11 | Productivity through people : people are seen as the sole basis for success which is developed through respect for the individual expressed through trust . |
| 12 | The RSDLP should be reorganized as a federal party , with the Bund being recognized as the sole representative of Jewish workers and the party programme promising ‘ personal cultural autonomy ’ ( that is , all Jewish workers , regardless of where they lived in the empire , would be members of a national Jewish association , responsible for all Jewish educational and cultural affairs ) . |
| 13 | The argument I shall advance , surprising as it may seem coming from the author of the earlier chapters , is that , for an understanding of the evolution of modern man , we must begin by throwing out the gene as the sole basis of our ideas on evolution . |
| 14 | highly individualistic , unwilling to accept any authority and already out of touch with Europe , save for their devout and passionate adherence to the Bible ( Old Testament ) as the sole instructor and guide in all matters . |
| 15 | The number of these passes was , and still is , widely seen as the sole criterion of ‘ standards ’ in education . |
| 16 | The Associated Board examinations , then , suitably extended , could well be used by universities and music colleges as the sole criterion by which students might be accepted to read music . |
| 17 | ‘ It is not … possible to generalise over the use of DNA analysis as the sole basis for conviction ; it will be for the court to decide in any particular case ’ . |
| 18 | In the end , it should not be our desire but rather the consciously felt will of our true nature , free of emotional entanglement , that remains as the sole initiator of our action . |
| 19 | This implies a decline in the role of the school as the sole agent of the delivery of education , and the emergence of new organisational entities nourished by partnerships . |
| 20 | Such information is essential if there is to be any meaningful debate on science policy in Britain , while we should also welcome the natural reluctance to use statistics as the sole basis for planning , this should be no excuse for not producing the information . |
| 21 | McGinty was swiftly followed by Tony Bond , of the Engineering Council , and Alan Hall , a headmaster from Kent , leaving David Winwood , a methodist minister , as the sole survivor . |
| 22 | Yet whilst this may be an adequate instrument of analysis for derelict and deserted areas , it is less convincing as the sole criterion of success in areas which have indigenous communities and economies and active local authorities . |
| 23 | If the filter is large enough and stocking levels are kept reasonably low , it is possible to use a canister filter as the sole means of biological filtration , thereby supplying valuable extra water volume as the undergravel media are dispensed with . |
| 24 | This white turkey virtually took over as the sole breed ; and , by the Christmas of 1959 , there was hardly any demand for the bronze bird . |
| 25 | The exigent journalist Lynn Barber , in her collection of interviews Mostly Men , singles him out as the sole male representative of a type she describes as ‘ nice , straightforward , feet on the ground ’ . |
| 26 | However , Mercury Communications was licensed as the sole competitor to BT under the 1981 Telecommunications Act , with the initial aim of providing a business communications system . |
| 27 | Private emergency services have almost wiped out crime , so the quadruple murder has replaced property prices as the sole topic of interest . |
| 28 | to fit ap navigators as the sole navigation receiver on every inshore and offshore lifeboat . |
| 29 | But since Cassius 's ‘ The fault lies not in our stars , but in ourselves ’ we have found it hard to take external circumstances as the sole cause of terrible events . |
| 30 | Accordingly Mystery Tour can be used as a supplement to any course at this level ( for example , Streamline Destinations , Headway Intermediate , or Fast Forward 2 ) or as the sole basis for a short course at this level . |