Example sentences of "only [noun] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week , however , the only progress was the addition of an adjective : the chief Syrian negotiator , Mouaffak Allaf , said Syria was willing to trade ‘ full ’ peace for full Israeli withdrawal . |
| 2 | The only disappointment was the fuel charges . ’ |
| 3 | The gas was unlit and the only light was the feeble glow of the coals . |
| 4 | The only light was the crack of light down the side of the door . |
| 5 | The only reply was the steady hissing of the water . |
| 6 | In 1648 he wrote to the Westminster Assembly , criticizing the Presbyterian system it had devised , but the only result was the suspension of his augmentation at Winchester . |
| 7 | That is likely to be British-style first-past-the-post rules for both houses of parliament — the system that 82% of voters backed in the referendum , though their only alternative was the existing system . |
| 8 | The only alternative was the Salvation Army . |
| 9 | His only luxury was the purchase of books , which filled his canonical lodgings almost to the point of impenetrability — even the bath contained the files of the Church Quarterly Review — but his library was unsystematic and lacked bibliographical distinction . |
| 10 | The only illumination was the oblong of light that spilled from the open doorway of the TARDIS . |
| 11 | Her only reference was the behaviour of Huntingdon and his set in Acton Bell 's novel — the gambling , the womanizing , the drink , and the meanness of temper such vices induced . |
| 12 | The judges ' first meeting was not held until nearly a fortnight after their appointment , and even then the only business was the election of a chairman . |
| 13 | The only difference was the ambience of a twentieth-century Arabian hospital . |
| 14 | The only difference was the colour . |
| 15 | Once tragedy was dead , its only heir was the " New Comedy " ( of the late fourth and third centuries ) and it is , again , Euripides to whom the innovations represented by this degenerate form must be traced back . |
| 16 | In the gilts market the only seller was the Bank of England , which officially off-loaded £1.6 billion of paper . |
| 17 | The only sound was the sea against the rocks and the hollow call of hungry birds circling in the sky . |
| 18 | The early summer sun streamed through the yellow Provençal-print curtains of the kitchen and illuminated a room in which the only sound was the faint crunch of toast in their mouths . |
| 19 | The only sound was the crunch of their feet on the crusted snow . |
| 20 | The only sound was the bird song and the breeze rustling the honeysuckle laden hedgerows . |
| 21 | The only sound was the rhythmical hiss of fluid escaping an opened artery . |
| 22 | Yet in this ubiquitous restlessness there was nothing alarming , for the whole forest took part in it and the only sound was the soft , steady movement of the leaves . |
| 23 | Here the only sound was the faint hum of the air-filters overhead . |
| 24 | And the only sound was the wind breathing on their branches . |
| 25 | The only sound was the soft tick of the tall clock in the corner , the cooing of pigeons and doves outside . |
| 26 | High above a trio of hawks faltered on the rising air and the only sound was the scraping of insects . |
| 27 | The only sound was the crunch of tyres on gravel . |
| 28 | Nothing moved outside , and the only sound was the steady metallic drumming on the roof of the car . |
| 29 | There was a long time — several lifetimes — when the only sound was the clatter of the rain against the window , then Vitor walked to the cot . |
| 30 | Under the old law the public 's only champion was the Attorney-General who , as we have noted , always has standing to represent the public interest . |