Example sentences of "only [noun] [pron] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if ‘ I can only be known by description , and the only description which is true of it is ‘ that group of mental states , caused by the same living body ’ of which the envy and my judgement are members ' , it follows that anyone who does not describe ‘ I ’ in that way , will not know what ‘ I ’ means , and so will mean nothing when he says ‘ I was envious yesterday ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I like the cobbling , that and driving the van is about the only work I 'm fit for , having very little brains for the counting and stock taking . ’ |
| 3 | As an only child I was rare among my schoolmates ; most Catholic families were more numerous , big brothers and wee sisters gave other children the advantage of additional , if vicarious , experience . |
| 4 | I can hardly stand up at the best of times — which is n't surprising when the only ice I 'm interested in is in my Scotch on the rocks ! |
| 5 | Actually , the only war I was involved in was on the tramcars on the way to the old Victoria Railway Station in Sheffield . |
| 6 | On 19 July 1991 the foster mother applied for leave to apply for judicial review of the local authority 's decision to remove the four children from her , that being at the time the only procedure which was open to her . |
| 7 | The only person who 's involved in both , allowing the town clerk to take these decisions , without any interference at all |
| 8 | This one again , that is a P Way form , erm the only person who 's interested in that is Trevor and his organization , so if you want that changing , agree it with Trevor . |
| 9 | The only names which are unsusceptible of definition , because their meaning is unsusceptible of analysis , are the names of the simple feelings themselves . |
| 10 | She had thought she loved him , and that he loved her , but now she wondered whether the only people they were capable of loving were themselves . |
| 11 | He finished up , ‘ You know , we are not the only people who are suspicious of Nigel and would attribute any crime to him . |
| 12 | I 've lived in streets — needless to say , in NW1 — where I and my husband were the only people who were married with children from the same person — and then we got divorced . |
| 13 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
| 14 | Just before midnight on 13 May , Massu read the following statement from the balcony of the government building : " We appeal to General de Gaulle , the only man who is capable of heading a Government of Public Safety , above all the parties , in order to ensure the perpetuation of French Algeria as an integral part of France . " |
| 15 | The only , I reckon the only reason she 's upset about it is because she ca n't have him , that 's wh you know when you ca n't have something then you want it . |
| 16 | Being unpleasant is often the only thing they are good at , and so being successful at it makes them feel important . |
| 17 | ‘ There are , or were , people on this case who are very good , dedicated , and enthusiastic officers , but the only thing they 're enthusiastic about nowadays is getting you charged with the rest of the attacks and getting you into the dock . |
| 18 | A UEFA spokesman said : ‘ Tbilisi argued that the only thing they were guilty of being naive but the rules are clearly stated . |
| 19 | I have interviewed people who had spent 30 years in a big bureaucracy who said that the 6-month development task force was the only thing they were excited by and the only thing they would be remembered for — change was their mark on the organization . |
| 20 | That every person is an end in himself or herself is related to the fact that the only thing which is good without qualification and in all circumstances is a good will , something which everyone has the potential to be , whatever talents or gifts of fortune they may or may not possess . |
| 21 | Many feel a certain warmth for Kant 's idea that the only thing which is good without qualification and in all circumstances is a good will , without accepting that a good will is one concerned only with the performance of duty for duty 's sake . |
| 22 | Well , she 'd lost her bonus now , she observed ruefully to herself as the tall dark stranger turned once more to look at her and remarked in a scathing tone of voice , ‘ I would say that , considering the state your car 's in , about the only thing it 's good for is to be used as a battering-ram . ’ |
| 23 | You said he would need my support and that 's the only thing you 're right about . |
| 24 | Erm but you get some circuits where the only thing you 're interested in is the tiny deviations from Ohm 's Law . |
| 25 | The only thing he was thankful for was that it was the eleventh day , the rest day . |
| 26 | His fear was the only thing he was certain of . |
| 27 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 28 | I 'm glad that 's the only thing I 'm thankful for |
| 29 | ‘ The only thing I 'm worried about is getting up in the morning , ’ said yesterday 's driver , who asked not to be named . |
| 30 | Really the only thing I was disappointed about is that he did n't drink it again ! |