Example sentences of "only [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the fourth successive year they have won the South Yorkshire Area Institute of Bankers pop quiz — and thus remain the only winner of the competition since it was launched in 1990 . |
| 2 | But the Soviet Union managed to fashion the only try of the game at Hellfire Corner . |
| 3 | Bainbridge , the former British Lions forward , gave Newcastle the lead with the only try of the game . |
| 4 | But Saracens hit back with 2 penalties and the only try of the game , an up and under ; Gary Owen from Rudling had Gloucester struggling and Martin Gregory raced into the corner to touch down . |
| 5 | But ten minutes later Scottish broke back with the only try of the game … |
| 6 | The only try of the game came after 88 seconds when Fox hoisted a wicked kick to the goal-line . |
| 7 | Debutant fly-half Alain Penaud is about to initiate the switch which put Saint-André ( mouth open ) over for the only try of the match as a Welsh posse of Neil Jenkins , Davies and Webster cover across in vain . |
| 8 | Sudbury gained a little breathing space at half-time thanks to a third penalty from Dyble , and the only try of the match came within seconds of the restart . |
| 9 | New Zealand held the lead for long periods and their frequent advantages depended on the only try of the match . |
| 10 | New Zealand held the lead for long periods and their frequent advantages depended on the only try of the match . |
| 11 | Charlton 's only worry on the injury front now concerns centre-half Alan Kernaghan who has a slight thigh strain but will start the match . |
| 12 | My only worry about the book is that Chapters 2 and 3 may deter some readers . |
| 13 | The outer leather is not the only component of the upper . |
| 14 | It is the only course in the United Kingdom which will qualify her to set up a dance and fitness college in the province — a business , she believes , which will afford her children security for the future while fulfilling their mother 's lifelong ambition . |
| 15 | All schools must also provide religious instruction ( the only part of the curriculum prescribed by law , until the 1988 Education Reform Act ) , and this must be non-denominational except in voluntary schools . |
| 16 | Thus , with the earldom of Essex passing to the descendants of Geoffrey 's first marriage , John had to make do with such manors as Aylesbury and Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire , Exning in Suffolk , and Cherhill and Winterslow in Wiltshire , the last the only part of the honour of Berkhamsted that he obtained . |
| 17 | The only part of the globe not mentioned is the Antipodes , for Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander had not yet returned from their voyage with Captain Cook in the Endeavour and plants from Australia , New Zealand and the Pacific Islands had yet to be described . |
| 18 | The only part of the Brain building above ground level was a reception hall . |
| 19 | The only part of the United States in which he seems to take a consistent interest is Brooklyn . |
| 20 | The unemployment figures demonstrate that Northern Ireland was the only part of the United Kingdom that experienced no increase in unemployment ; the Cambridge econometric forecast shows that last year it was the only region that experienced any growth , and that this year it is likely to be one of four regions that will experience growth . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | That 's the only part of the spreadsheet that 's of any use , then you can do file extract formulas . |
| 23 | But she seemed to have got over her momentary embarrassment , so he smiled at her as warmly as he could , and she went away to eat her solitary lunch in the small bed-sitting-room alongside the nursery , which was the only part of the Unit that was n't monitored with cameras and tape recorders . |
| 24 | The only part of the traverse Klucker remembered as presenting difficulty was the Grand Gendarme , and they avoided this by traversing the snow slope below . |
| 25 | A thirteenth century Cistercian doorway survives from the Klóšter Hradiště ( near Mnichovo Hradiště ) , now part of the walls of a modern building , while at the Benedictine Monastery at Sázava , which stands above the river of the same name , a tributary of the Vltava , the Gothic church was never completed and only part of the nave exists . |
| 26 | It was the only part of the performance which won applause . |
| 27 | The private sector is not the only part of the economy to invest in the future , say critics of the IMF . |
| 28 | The lime hedge is the only part of the garden that is sprayed , to prevent the leaves being eaten by aphids . |
| 29 | Whereas the central sector is mainly hilly terrain and the south is flat and marshy , the north is the only part of the frontier in which real mountains are to be found . |
| 30 | It was the only part of the article I understood , but at least somebody seemed to see the point . |