Example sentences of "only [noun sg] of [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission was widely believed to be the only hope of reversing the Ostflucht and was allocated vast sums of money by the Prussian government . |
| 2 | And the Protestants ' only hope of redressing the imbalance of power created by the French lay in turning to the English , even though they well knew that protestations of Anglo-Scottish friendship and desire for union in no way wiped out the instinctive hostility between Scots and English which ran so deep that half a century later it would still cause grievous problems for the first king of Britain . |
| 3 | If you are sure she wants to see you and you feel that you should go , your only hope of making the visit a success is not to drag yourself with a reluctant sense of duty to her front door , groaning inwardly at the thought of it . |
| 4 | She said her only hope of having the boys returned was if her husband had difficulty in looking after them . |
| 5 | A classroom or school library-based test is often the only method of ensuring the suitability of software . |
| 6 | An evening paper was the only way of discovering the result . |
| 7 | Therefore from a local authority 's point of view action under section 100 of the Public Health Act 1936 in respect of a statutory nuisance would be more advantageous than the issue of a discontinuance order because the court , on finding a statutory nuisance , has the power to issue an injunction closing the premises down without compensation should it consider that the only way of abating the odour nuisance . |
| 8 | Yet , now more than ever , force would appear to be the only way of ousting the general , and Syria alone capable of supplying it . |
| 9 | The only way of halting the infection , explained the doctor , was to give my mother antibiotics . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They crossed a wide roadbridge over a backwater of the Thames , the only way of reaching the place . |
| 12 | And the only way of boiling the water at that time was on the stove in the house . |
| 13 | In Scotland , the only way of gauging the effectiveness of this approach would be through a survey of the lesbian and gay community , but there , as in the rest of Britain , such expensive research is no longer a priority for hard-pressed local councils . |
| 14 | The only way of squaring the circle to Moscow 's satisfaction would be to send in troops . |
| 15 | That is the only way of securing the future of the British people . |
| 16 | Peter Jenkins , a seasoned political observer , writing in The Independent on 14 November , captured the mood among Conservatives with the comment that the speech polarised the forces for and against Mrs Thatcher to the extent that a contest was now the only way of resolving the divisions . |
| 17 | This certainly accords with the concerns about full employment in the first definition of deindustrialization , but is employment level the only way of measuring the heaIth of an industry ? |
| 18 | In his view the only way of preventing the disputes was to make the office less attractive , and the best means of doing that was to lower the salary . |