Example sentences of "only [noun sg] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Whenever I answer the phone at work , every time I pick it up everybody knows it 's me , you know , cos I 'm the only Londoner in the office . |
| 3 | If you like a good soak in the bath , but the only loo in the house is in the bathroom , you may want to think about installing another , separate toilet . |
| 4 | No More The Fool is the only jumper in the yard . ’ |
| 5 | The only stumble in the Quins surge , which brought tries for Carling , Thompson and Pears , who also landed two penalties , came when Saunders , Rugby 's ace poacher , intercepted Halliday 's would-be scoring pass and held off Quins ' all-comers in a 90-metre sprint for the line . |
| 6 | The only drug in the assassin 's system had been purpose , and that would not lay him low , tonight or any other . |
| 7 | The gap between stab hands and linesmen , peculiar to Edinburgh , was not the only division in the work-force with which the union had to contend . |
| 8 | I started a stage snore and I thought that together we must drown any other noise he could make , but when he began to use his saw it seemed to be the only noise in the carriage . |
| 9 | The only weakness in the book for me was Jones 's lack of a theological base , for he frequently verged on theological matters . |
| 10 | ‘ Expressions ’ is the only salon in the area that caters for Afro-Caribbean and European hair and employs top cutters and colourists in each field . |
| 11 | In collecting books Scott , unlike his only rival in the ranks of Scottish legal book-collectors , Dr David Murray , adopted a practical policy . |
| 12 | This was the only neighbourhood in the North Side which experienced a drop in owner-occupancy between 1970 and 1980 . |
| 13 | The hot shine must have cut to black as he was soft-footing it up the stairs , because when he turned around on the half-landing and crouched behind the angle of the banister the only light in the hall was the inward spill from the porch , and that was getting less as the door slowly closed on its hydraulic arm . |
| 14 | He passed the barred windows of Edwin 's studio ; the only light in the building came from an upstairs room , the living-room , where Beryl was almost certainly sitting and brooding alone . |
| 15 | The only light in the room came from the street lamps which vaguely illuminated one corner of the room but left the rest in shadow . |
| 16 | David had lit two squat candles stuck in pottery sticks , and they provided the only light in the room . |
| 17 | That was Fiona , in the bed , on the bed , covers half off , the only light in the room coming from a little candle by the bedside , her hair spilled on the pillow ( the other pillow was on the floor ) … and that was Lachlan Watt , wrapped round her , body bucking like some horse , his hands at her neck , at one breast , in her hair , cupping her neck ; the covers sliding off , Fiona putting her arms wide , clutching at the bottom sheet of the bed at one side , clutching the edge of the bedside table with the other . |
| 18 | GH-K are the only club in the relegation zone with a positive points differential : indeed , only league leaders Melrose have scored more points than them this season . |
| 19 | It was the only maisonette in the block but was otherwise indistinguishable from the flats , with their mean windows and small , badly proportioned rooms . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Access is not the only requisite in the countryside . |
| 22 | As far as the eye could see was desert and the only break in the horizon was the pitiful silhouette of a few mud shelters . |
| 23 | As they entered the bedroom Laura stared in consternation at the huge , wide bed , which practically filled what appeared to be the only bedroom in the cottage . |
| 24 | This provided the power for the only mill in the locality , Stoke Orchard Mill . |
| 25 | It appears also from the report of argument that rectification as against the daughter was conceded and that the only issue in the case against the chargees was the non est factum issue . |
| 26 | The youth hostel was closed , the only shop was disguised as a garage and had no window , a local quaker family had helped to close the only pub in the village in the 1950s , and a farmer I asked said he had none . |
| 27 | That 's the only pub in the world that sells them . |
| 28 | And Jet is about the only machine in the world capable of really tackling these problems . |
| 29 | ‘ If improved funding is not available and efficiency savings are still required , then the only flexibility in the budget is that of reducing police and civilian manpower levels . ’ |
| 30 | Other research does n't attract private money … the Daresbury Laboratory near Manchester is the only lab in the country for nuclear research … but that 's closing at the end of the year . |