Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's already the only place in Britain where eleven year olds are learning Japanese under the National Curriculum . |
| 2 | Nowadays , it 's probably the only profession that enables you to spend time close to birds of prey and watch them in action . |
| 3 | But at this time , it 's probably the only record Public Enemy could , or should have made . |
| 4 | It 's also the only product to contain Vaseline Petroleum Jelly , recommended by dermatologists as one of the world 's most effective moisturisers . |
| 5 | It 's also the only package in this review being pitched directly at small businesses . |
| 6 | It 's also the only holiday totally geared to send fleets of novices out on flotilla ! |
| 7 | It 's perhaps the only committee , if one dare call it a committee of this council , where the chief officer has n't troubled to come to the budget review and represent the interests of his committee . |
| 8 | It 's almost the only training Maurice does , and he averages 18 marathons and 10 half-marathons a year . |
| 9 | It 's almost the only profitable thing I did yesterday . ’ |
| 10 | And and people say it 's sometimes the only er money tha that a mother wo gets that she can call her own and and use in the way that she wants to . |
| 11 | But ‘ On Every Street ’ is a good recording ; it 's actually the only album I 've made that I can listen to ! |
| 12 | In a world so defined , peacefulness does not require suppression of individuality and renunciation of autonomy ; it is simply the only sensible way for people to behave , and it has , for Semai , become a crucial part of a definition of self and a positive goal in its own right . |
| 13 | It is probably the only railway in Britain where trains run axle deep in the sea , and where high tides can disrupt services . |
| 14 | And it is also the only source of power we know that will still be available when coal and gas supplies run out . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It is surely Mahler 's best known music — especially since its use in Luchino Visconti 's 1971 Death in Venice — and it is also the only movement from the composer 's symphonies often performed independently . |
| 16 | Bedford Square is not only the oldest of the Bloomsbury development it is also the only one that remains complete . |
| 17 | Pushing on with his plans is , therefore , his best means of keeping faith with them ; it is also the only sure way of establishing just what Beijing is prepared to do . |
| 18 | It is certainly the only time I have played at a ground with a hovercraft as a pavilion . |
| 19 | It may or may not have been his home for any length of time , but it is certainly the only survivor of that contemporary period of timbered houses with thatched roofs which frequently caught fire and were eventually forbidden . |
| 20 | The bank is at the centre because it is usually the only firm that does business with every other member of the group and thus also owns a small ( typically 3–5% ) shareholding in all the other members . |
| 21 | It is often the only sensible way of getting rid of extra height quickly if you are still tending to overshoot with full airbrake . |
| 22 | Erm but if somebody has had a gap for whatever reason , it is often the only method of actually covering it if you want to do something that involves the teachers ' superannuation scheme . |
| 23 | Eoin Young 's Diary is the most interesting feature in your magazine — indeed it is sometimes the only interesting feature ! |
| 24 | With a derelict garden it is sometimes the only way . |
| 25 | It is also important to remember the Chart Gallery when creating a chart as it is sometimes the only way of achieving the effect you want . |
| 26 | Though Antarctica must once have been the home of marsupials and possibly of placental mammals , it is currently the only world continent without a land mammal population . |
| 27 | We feel quite like VIPs , although it is really the only practicable way of travelling , since the Institute is a couple of miles away , and even if we had the energy to cycle ( as all the Chinese do ) I do n't think we would have the time . |
| 28 | It is neither complete nor authoritative — the family of Forsey , to take just one small example , being listed separately as Forterishey , Fortersley , and Fortryshey without cross reference , attempt to verify a definitive spelling , or verification of blazon — but it is almost the only generally available starting point , and can not be ignored . |
| 29 | In fact , it is almost the only way . |
| 30 | It is now the only town on the mainland to be left with trams . |