Example sentences of "it [vb past] the only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experience of Aden was therefore precious in that it revealed the only alternative to acquiescence or schizophrenia : the political struggle . |
| 2 | Then it became the only way to work : shut mother out , shut out her demands , her outrages , concentrate , work . |
| 3 | For many women in coal communities it provided the only wage labour available to them , and for the first time it provided wages for the work they 'd always done . |
| 4 | ‘ It seemed the only way to avoid a huge argument . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It seemed the only hope at the time , ’ he said lamely . |
| 6 | And the storm went on and on and on ; when finally relief came to the exhausted crews , it seemed the only recourse was to turn tail and head for home . |
| 7 | It seemed the only thing to do . |
| 8 | It seemed the only thing to do in face of what he said . |
| 9 | It seemed the only salvation for a country with a burgeoning population and limited arable land , wholly dependent upon irrigation . |
| 10 | Until it opened the only fun was stealing cars , fighting and smashing things up . |
| 11 | It represented the only advance ever made towards perpetuity . |
| 12 | The United States had taken the initiative in this development , since it appeared the only means by which the Americans could disengage gradually from Korea with some hope that the UN could produce a solution that would sustain south Korea for at least a limited period . |
| 13 | It said the only solution to endemic condensation was full insulation and constant heat — a " provocatively contentious and quite unacceptable " conclusion , confessed the report . |
| 14 | Since there were no fords and no other bridge , it controlled the only crossing of the Charente between Saintes and Tonnay-Charente . |