Example sentences of "[pron] [be] only [num] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 2 | The result would be higher costs for students ( and their employers ) than if there were only one set of examinations . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's only one way of saving them , ’ said Laban . |
| 4 | In the future , I suppose , these ‘ social rejects ’ can remain outside the venue while , inside , the band sing such lyrics as ‘ There 's only one way of life , and that 's your own . ’ |
| 5 | Because the there 's only one way of obtaining somebody 's criminal record and that 's getting a police officer to do it . |
| 6 | In the future , I suppose , these ‘ social rejects ’ can remain outside the venue while , inside , the band sing such lyrics as ‘ There 's only one way of life , and that 's your own . ’ |
| 7 | There 's only one girl of my age that I 've known who 's on the cap . |
| 8 | Well , if there 's only one level of structure then evidence about the and evidence of that meaning are both going to bear on that . |
| 9 | But there 's only one piece of advice that matters really : think of the general public , in other words do n't produce something that leaves 99 per cent of the public behind . ’ |
| 10 | There 's only one lot of bloody people ever started this and that 's the bloody union |
| 11 | ‘ It gives the impression that there 's only one sort of comedy for one sort of people . |
| 12 | ‘ But those do n't apply to us as they imply a sharing that 's total , and there 's only one area of my life that I can bring myself to share with you . ’ |
| 13 | There 's only one area of your life you want to share with me , ’ she recalled caustically , getting out of bed and reaching for her robe . |
| 14 | That 's a bit unlucky there 's only one packet of butter there . |
| 15 | There is only one type of personal family document which survives right through the last three centuries in really significant numbers . |
| 16 | Suppose that there is only one type of bond available . |
| 17 | It is important to stress that this connection does not imply that there is only one way of arranging domestic life . |
| 18 | This certainly does not mean that there is only one way of describing a text . |
| 19 | In food operations there is only one standard of cleanliness . |
| 20 | There is only one requirement of re , to receiving God 's gift of the Holy Spirit and that is the requirement of being his child . |
| 21 | It is clear from graph ( c ) , however , that there is only one level of national income at which W = £20 million . |
| 22 | This line of thinking presupposes that there is only one kind of power . |
| 23 | Oh , I 'm not suggesting that these groups , if they come together and mix will cause problems , I 'm suggesting that if there is only one kind of person that 's attracted to a particular site and that type of person happens to be socially irresponsible , then then you 're it 's a recipe for disaster , is n't it ? |
| 24 | There is only one offence of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception ( Bale v Rosier [ 1977 ] 1 WLR 263 ) , but there are several ways , i.e. those ways in s.16(2) , in which the offence can be committed : DPP v Turner [ 1974 ] AC 357 ( HL ) . |
| 25 | Because there is only one sense of monarch , namely , the general one , and because its reference must be maximised , if the subject of the poem was a king or a queen , then ‘ Yes ’ is the only truthful answer . |
| 26 | Between 1370 and 1500 there is only one case of a father and son both being aldermen , William Reynwell ( 1397–1403 ) and his son John ( 1416–45 ) ( 104 , pp.363–4 ) , although there are cases when brothers or cousins both held office . |
| 27 | It is the advice of Consultant Psychiatrists at Banstead and Horton that while there may be a ‘ small number of patients in other categories who might be suitable on an individual basis for transfer to appropriate alternative facilities , there is only one category of patient which can seriously be considered for transfer . |
| 28 | There is only one selection of senses here which yields a normal sentence ( i.e. the sentence form is not ambiguous ) . |
| 29 | There is only one explanation of what has hitherto been accepted as the basis of the criminal law and that is that there are certain standards of behaviour or moral principles which society requires to be observed , and the breach of them is an offence not merely against the person who is injured but against society as a whole . |
| 30 | ( Above ) A so-called ‘ white ’ tiger ; there is only one record of a truly albino tiger . |