Example sentences of "be [adv] the only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Z Z Top are perhaps the only boogie band with a sense of irony , and their Greatest Hits package shows how brilliantly they combine John Lee Hooker with T-Rex . |
| 2 | If one excludes cooking utensils , rugs are perhaps the only form of furnishing conducive to this nomadic way of life , because , when spread on the floor , they provide both a comfortable place to sit and a sanitary surface from which to eat food . |
| 3 | I am not the only person left in the world . |
| 4 | I am not the only person who has had a tumultuous year , and I am immensley proud of the way the British face their problems and so often succeed despite them . |
| 5 | And I am not the only woman who wants a fulfilling working life and domesticity as well . |
| 6 | I AM sure I am not the only woman who wept in sympathy , shame and anger at the outrage done to the people of Warrington . |
| 7 | In the UK , shrouds are generally the only option available . |
| 8 | And if your child is dyslexic , reassure them that they are not the only child , there are other children who share this problem , that they in fact are not stupid , or mad — and quite often they think they are mad , they can understand what is wrong with them because they do n't really understand what they 're supposed to be doing . |
| 9 | These expectations will usually be heavily influenced by past profits , but they are not the only consideration . |
| 10 | Tax advantages are not the only factor making donations to the arts so popular among rich Americans . |
| 11 | Lexical resources are not the only factor which influences the way in which we analyse and report experience . |
| 12 | Personal service histories are not the only possibility . |
| 13 | Words are not the only type of information we may wish to include in a computerised record of museum collections . |
| 14 | The animals are not the only attraction at the Wildlife Park . |
| 15 | Common interests are not the only attraction . |
| 16 | Discounts are not the only subject of discussion . |
| 17 | Sneezes are not the only way of catching a cold . |
| 18 | ( b ) Privileged instructions are not the only way of protecting critical facilities . |
| 19 | Well I think it 's absolutely necessary to do this in supermarkets but erm you know that maybe fair trading in our country supermarkets erm are not the only way to shop . |
| 20 | Institutions have learnt that bids are not the only way to force the replacement of under-performing — witness the success of a Gartmore-led group of investors in pushing through a boardroom putsch at Alexon , the troubled clothing firm . |
| 21 | Personalities are not the only problem . |
| 22 | Older people are not the only group to be disadvantaged by such trends . |
| 23 | Public opinion does not go unheeded , and disabled people are not the only group which is asking for its own wishes and opinions to be recognised . |
| 24 | Moreover , associatives are not the only group that can appear prenominally but which do not assign their property to the entity identified by the phrase of which they form part ; two other types ( to be discussed in Chapter 6 ) are exemplified by former and sheer . |
| 25 | Within the mammals too , bats are not the only group to have independently developed the echolocation technology . |
| 26 | As alkalis and acids are not the only cleaning materials used in food environments this grouping is not sufficiently precise . |
| 27 | Aggressive tactics by management and state support are not the only explanation for the employers ' victory . |
| 28 | As you 've found out , optimistic employers often do put a ‘ 25–35 ’ tag on their vacancy advertisements , but newspapers are not the only source of opportunities . |
| 29 | Exports , of course , are not the only source of foreign exchange . |
| 30 | However , we are not the only team collecting wild cocoa . |