Example sentences of "be [adj] that [art] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sunsail are insistent that the only people allowed into their engines are their own mechanics : but there were no Sunsail mechanics around . |
| 2 | I imagine that you would also be aware that the only reason the Pentagon produces such figures is to extract from a long suffering American tax-payer billions upon billions of extra dollars in order to pursue its own lunatic military fantasies . |
| 3 | It may be significant that the only speaker who never adapts the STRUT vowel is the white speaker , Susan . |
| 4 | The idea shocked many people who were convinced that the only cause must be genetic , or chemical , or a virus , something they could put under a microscope . |
| 5 | By now , knowing that Thomas must have pressed home his own attack , we were concerned that the only reference to his part in the operation was the bald statement — ‘ The sixth aircraft was lost ’ . |
| 6 | He is insistent that the only students who should work at doctoral level are those of first-class ability , who are independent of mind and inner-directed , so that they can work without much supervision , apart from ‘ a standing relation with a congenial senior to whom he can go now and then for criticism and advice . ’ |
| 7 | It is untrue that the only way to improve spelling is to return to the principle of ‘ spelling as you speak ’ based on phonemics . |
| 8 | For example , it is likely that the only person who would be held to have sufficient interest to challenge a decision on the ground of breach of natural justice would be the person denied a hearing because the rules of natural justice are designed to protect individual rights . |
| 9 | It is evident that the only government which can fully satisfy all the exigencies of the social state is one in which the whole people participate ; that any participation , even in the smallest public function , is useful ; that the participation should everywhere be as great as the general degree of improvement of the community will allow ; and that nothing less can be ultimately desirable than the admission of all to a share in the sovereign power of the state . |
| 10 | " The judge asked how we could possibly do any more with the garden , and it 's true that the only way forward is by making small changes , which we like to do as it gives us so much enjoyment . " |
| 11 | As she dashed out into the road , where his camouflaged truck was parked , she was relieved that the only thing pursuing her was his curses . |
| 12 | Simon was convinced that the only way to gain power over his nightmares , to rid himself of them forever , was to defy them and steep himself in further acts of intimidation and violence . |
| 13 | She would have liked to know just which passages in the book her hostess found objectionable , but it was plain that the only way to find out was to study it for herself . |
| 14 | Each was aware that the only outcome would be death for one of them . |