Example sentences of "[ex0] could only [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew there could only be one person . ’ |
| 2 | However , an election was fought , and there could only be one winner . |
| 3 | ‘ There could only be one winner , and that would be The Doc , ’ Nichol has said . |
| 4 | There could only be one reason why Kenneth Clarke , the Secretary of State for Health , was refusing to accept binding arbitration in the dispute . |
| 5 | If it was true what he said , that she kept him at arm 's length , surely there could only be one reason for that ? |
| 6 | There could only be one reason why Ross — always such a proud and unforgiving man — would have broken his own self-imposed exile and contacted her ; only one reason why he would have brought her back to the quiet privacy of her own apartment . |
| 7 | But he was expecting a decision now , and with Angel firmly in mind there could only be one answer . |
| 8 | In the end there could only be one option for de Gaulle , but the time it took him to make the decision indicated how difficult it was . |
| 9 | ‘ I wept on the night the sidh were last seen at Tara , ’ said Dierdriu , ‘ for I knew that they could only sing for one of you , and that there could only be one ruler . |
| 10 | There could only be one end to these arguments which were so familiar to him . |