Example sentences of "only [pron] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The November 11th ‘ West Mercian ’ is the latest to be cancelled and the only one extra to the list published in Journal 1 is on October 21st , ‘ The Welsh Marches Express ’ , Hereford-Shrewsbury-Newport , hauled by 6998 . |
| 2 | Joseph O'Conor also makes Menenius infinitely more than a wily patrician : he seems the only one capable of communicating sanely with the several , warring factions . |
| 3 | But I 'm the only one capable of setting it alight . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I also know I 'm the only one capable of freeing that butterfly from its chrysalis . ’ |
| 5 | Of all the members of the party he was the one from whom the most endurance was called , but of all the members of the party he was perhaps the only one unused to sustained walking or manual labour , and he was also the smallest . |
| 6 | Mr Deane was not the only one shocked at the treatment of the children . |
| 7 | This is the mildest form and the only one equivalent to male circumcision . |
| 8 | ‘ I want a game this week and the only one available to me is against Somerset 2nds . ’ |
| 9 | Over the next few years leading up to the 1995 World Cup there 'll be plenty of time to slot in replacements as they are needed — particularly to the front-five where Jason Leonard will probably be the only one available for the next tournament . |
| 10 | ‘ There are only a handful of these machines around the world , and the only one available for eye tumours in Britain is at Clatterbridge . |
| 11 | He was not the only one responsible for his own downfall , and there were also a few who got away with it . |
| 12 | Congratulations to the four successful candidates in the 1982 examination , Kay Evans welcomed the only one able to be present at this training day , Brenda Morgan , from the Surrey Course and presented her certificate . |
| 13 | Seen taking snaps of the mud ( yes , we said mud ) divers on the Sunday was cult film-maker JIM JARMUSCH who seemed to be the only one interested in watching what was otherwise a truly sad spectacle . |
| 14 | ‘ Am I the only one sick like this ? ’ |