Example sentences of "the only [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a volatile market , an underwritten offer may be the only way a company can raise money . |
| 2 | ‘ The only way a girl like you gets on in this world is if she has something worth selling . |
| 3 | That was just about the only way a girl could get any equal action time , if her boyfriend was behind bars . ’ |
| 4 | Until 1857 in England , the only way a person could obtain civil divorce was through introducing a private act of Parliament . |
| 5 | He wanted more money to be spent on broadcasting and a separate Ministry to be set up to direct and coordinate all information policy : this was the only way a minister would be able to deal with all the criticisms levelled at the broadcasters . |
| 6 | In pondering these options , the key point to bear in mind is that the only way a society can get a rich future is by engineering a rich economy . |
| 7 | He had released the pressure of his emotions in the only way a society built on a stiff upper lip had left him — but his control over his real feelings had remained even then . |
| 8 | It does seem that the only way a housewife can get any recognition of the value of her work is to refuse or fail to do it . |
| 9 | It was the only way a man in his lonely and dangerous profession could live . |
| 10 | And the only way a goal scorer can regain his touch is to keep playing . |
| 11 | When a suitable opportunity occurs , a tutor should encourage his students to send in tests regularly for correction , pointing out that this is the only way a student has of finding out whether he really understands a subject . |
| 12 | In my opinion , the only technique a musician needs is to be able to translate emotions onto an instrument ( a cliché , but very true ) . |
| 13 | He was motionless , the only movement a nerve jerking in his tense jaw as she reached her hands up to slip the shoe-string straps from her shoulders , then felt behind her back for the zip . |
| 14 | In many cases , the only action a trade association can take against a member that does n't comply is to expel it . |
| 15 | The only time a board memorandum might be contemplated is where the Information Memorandum includes forward projections ( typically seeking US buyers ) and we ask for a letter of representation ( see 1103.4 ) . |
| 16 | IN HIS preview of England 's tour of New Zealand ( WCM Jan ) , Steven Lynch alluded to the first England tour of New Zealand in 1929–30 as being the only time a country has been engaged in two Test series simultaneously . |
| 17 | Incidentally , he never did baptise my breast with Mississippi water ; the only time a bottle passed between us was when I sent him some Taburel water to stop his hair falling out . |
| 18 | ‘ The only time a Gruncher dies , ’ Don Mini said , ‘ is if he falls into deep water . |
| 19 | In my book the only time a manager should consider resigning is when he starts believing his own programme notes . |
| 20 | It seems that the only recourse a sufferer now has is to appeal to the landlord . |
| 21 | Margaret Thatcher had created a ‘ supermarket society ’ where the only thing a society needed was a credit card and the only freedoms that mattered were those that could be bought . |
| 22 | The only thing a man 's got to do in this world is stand up when he pees . ’ |
| 23 | Strength is the only thing a beast like that understands . |