Example sentences of "not the only [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kuwait was not the only GCC society to be affected by the war . |
| 2 | Social class is not the only speaker variable which presents problems of definition and interpretation , but it has been singled out here for detailed discussion for two reasons . |
| 3 | Sensitive leniency is not the only principle operating , however , for constables also need to avoid being ‘ taken for a ride ’ by an unrealistic excuse which makes them look foolish . |
| 4 | Main was not the only excise officer resident in Inverkeithing , and the Cunningham party , while continuing to press for Main 's reinstatement , did not neglect the remainder of the excise establishment . |
| 5 | She 's not the only metal worker at the exhibition . |
| 6 | But it is not the only reference point . |
| 7 | Chichester was not the only Sussex town to feel the pinch of economic decay . |
| 8 | UDCF is not the only factor/invoice discounter to have reviewed its ‘ book ’ and shifted some clients to factoring , where they are subject to tighter controls . |
| 9 | That phrase from An Outcast of the Islands is a reminder that Heart of Darkness was not the only Conrad novel in Eliot 's mind during this period . |
| 10 | Many of the women wept unashamedly , for Tristram was not the only Polruan boy to be going to sea for the first time . |
| 11 | BUT THAT 'S NOT THE ONLY REASON IT FITS HIM PERFECTLY . |
| 12 | The search for dollars led to grandiose plans for African economic development , most famously the groundnuts scheme , though that was not the only madcap project to surface in this period . |
| 13 | HIGHTOWN Ladies ' hockey players are not the only Merseyside team looking forward to European competition next season . |
| 14 | Mortgage interest relief is not the only tax subsidy available to houseowners . |
| 15 | But he was not the only finance minister in the world to do that . |
| 16 | Er in the U K we 've held our market position and it 's been a a pretty desperate market we were one of the few if not the only book seller who refused to er to yield better discount terms er , on the threat of er every , every book seller was every er publisher was threatened with erm not being stocked unless we gave bigger discounts . |
| 17 | The problem with this reasoning is that even if we accept the narrow definition of freedom on which it relies , a system of private property , and in particular private ownership of productive assets , is not the only property system that is capable of bringing about the required dispersal of control over material goods . |
| 18 | But it was not the only rainforest tree to fall on that day . |
| 19 | This is clearly revealed in the brick wall of indignation which flattens any suggestion that the crime problem defined by the state is not the only crime problem , or that criminals are not only those processed by the state . |
| 20 | But Morgan was not the only merchant bank in favour . |