Example sentences of "is [adv] about the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In fact the Jag is just about the only one that can really wipe the smiles off their drivers ' faces , unless you 're talking Rolls-Royce or Bentley . |
| 3 | ‘ The red 335 is just about the only one I use onstage these days , ’ says Guy . |
| 4 | And a pigeon is just about the only wildlife you get in the city . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is just about the only fact which is unquestionably true . |
| 7 | This is just about the only country in the world with an organised industry . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |