Example sentences of "just about [art] only [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And though both were gone by the close — Stewart to just about the only ball to misbehave badly all match — the balance of power remained unaltered , a fact emphasised by Lamb and nightwatchman Russell on the second morning .
2 ‘ It was just about the only song I knew the words to and was an impromptu thing , but it got things started .
3 I 'd love to read something about Beefheart again — for me he is still just about the only person who has been described as a genius in your august organ who might just be one .
4 That is a pity : the price of financial distress is just about the only way in which the cost of capital for firms plausibly differs between the two rivals over the longer term .
5 Which makes new Gold for Cooking just about the only way you can cut down on fat without cutting out most of your favourite dishes .
6 That was just about the only way a girl could get any equal action time , if her boyfriend was behind bars . ’
7 More recently , he has been singled out as just about the only member of the cabinet blessed with the combined talents of toughness , intellect , experience and unsullied reputation .
8 With its two twin towers of baroque grey stone , it was just about the only building in Moon Beach that was n't either white or pale-blue .
9 ‘ They were just about the only times we set eyes on them , ’ she went on .
10 In the last quarter of the 20th century , the USSR may be just about the only country in the world where health standards are actually falling .
11 This is just about the only country in the world with an organised industry .
12 I think the other feature of the system is — and I think people generally do n't realize what a remarkable it is — we 're just about the only country in the world that has this system , and we are remarkably successful in involving ordinary members of the community in the administration of justice , both in our lay magistrates system and in our jury system .
13 Despite that , the Dairy Crest sell-off is just about the only part of the MMB proposals to have been met with enthusiasm by the rest of the industry .
14 It is just about the only fact which is unquestionably true .
15 Now , however , the book has attracted attention for another reason : it is just about the only book on art to have appeared in Russia in recent times .
16 as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position .
17 The most popular ethnic cuisines are Chinese , Italian , Mexican and Japanese , and just about the only restaurants you wo n't find in any great number are Indian .
18 Introduced by the government for the first time in the Local Government Bill , the county consists of only two districts and is dominated by Cardiff which at the time contained ‘ just about the only pocket of Conservative Party strength in south Wales ’ ( Wond 1976 : 127 ) .
19 No wonder Britain is a country heading for Third World status and just about the only people who are doing well in it are the Bailiffs .
20 And a pigeon is just about the only wildlife you get in the city . ’
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