Example sentences of "only [adj] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may indeed be out of date in that it was yesterday 's intellectual fad , but the positivist position I have outlined seems the only possible one for someone who is seeking new laws , and new ways , to describe the universe . |
| 2 | The seat he climbed into was the only empty one in the car . |
| 3 | And when the only remaining one within this living real-nightmare-dream who felt real to her was threatened , she had to act . |
| 4 | It 's the only snake native to Scotland and the only poisonous one in Britain . |
| 5 | But I was the only thin one in the group . |
| 6 | Also , I was conscious that my little friend Suzi Hoflin is usually the only young one at these evenings , so I thought a couple of extra women nearer her own age would make her feel less conspicuous . ’ |
| 7 | The only other one of his women Luke Hunter had deemed worth an ‘ A ’ … |
| 8 | Mr Wixom told The Art Newspaper there are a number of such works in German museums , but the only other one in the U.S. is in the Cleveland Museum of Art . |
| 9 | In actions in contract and tort , there is a general right of appeal to the Court of Appeal ( Supreme Court Act 1981 , s.16 ) , which is excluded in relation to particular matters of which the only significant one for our purposes is the exclusion of a right of appeal against a decision of the High Court allowing an extension of time for appealing . |
| 10 | The path leads to Boscastle with its natural harbour — the only secure one on the rugged coastline between Padstow and Bude . |