Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] be the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | To date , that has been the only way — mass starvation , disease , AIDS , wars and insurrection , enforced transmigration and so on . |
| 2 | ‘ That has been the only topic of conversation throughout the county lately , ’ adds Chivers , ‘ We beat them last year at Casement Park , then fell to Donegal in the final . |
| 3 | ‘ You will perceive by the accompanying prospectus that I have commenced another work of much greater magnitude [ than the Century ] ; for my own part I should have been more anxious to have gone on with unfigured foreign birds and by that means have added so much the more interest to the science of ornithology , but the greater number of the subscribers to my other work not paying attention to birds generally but limiting themselves to those of our own country , they have frequently reiterated their request that I should commence a similar work on the Birds of [ 'this country ’ crossed out ] Europe and this has been the only motive for my undertaking so laborious a task . ’ |
| 4 | These are unlikely to have been the only offices in the gift of the chief steward and the total may have been substantial . |
| 5 | The aim of the measure may also have been financial , because the Crown was empowered to distrain for half of the profits resulting from the enclosure ; it was not , however , an easy way to raise money , so it is unlikely to have been the only reason for the Act . |
| 6 | These are unlikely to have been the only offices in the gift of the chief steward and the total may have been substantial . |
| 7 | Gift-giving and Christ-like displays of humility are unlikely to have been the only aspects of religion which Cnut found attractive . |
| 8 | Despite the odds against her , she would have persevered if that had been the only hope of tracing her sister . |
| 9 | Although in theory we do not know how it would have turned out if that had been the only option available to Mr. Thorpe , we know that the principles are clearly set out in the health service management documents and at a political level by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State . |
| 10 | That , that 's been the only other way of doing it . . |