Example sentences of "be the only " in BNC.
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1 | I am the only woman you 've felt like this about , the only woman you 've kissed and caressed this way . |
2 | I think I am the only one who has n't had to pay any fines for not missing a tournament . |
3 | The Ferranti source said : ‘ Lord Weinstock ( GEC 's managing director ) would like to be in the position where he was able to say to the Ministry of Defence , ‘ Look , I am the only person who can rescue Ferranti from collapse . ’ |
4 | ‘ I am the only one who can help you , Ari . ’ |
5 | He once began a memorable contribution to a debate on the 1981 riots in Brixton with the words , ‘ My Lords , I think I am the only member who has spoken today who has had agricultural estates in Jamaica . ’ |
6 | ‘ Of all the people in my class at naval college I am the only one still in the service . ’ |
7 | Twenty-four soldiers , including Hale , fell dead , with forty-two wounded ; and Lieutenant Erickson wheeled around to scream at Miles , ‘ I am the only damned man of the Seventh Cavalry who wears shoulder straps alive ! ’ |
8 | I am the only child of elderly parents and I suppose when I was young they were over-protective and old-fashioned . |
9 | I am the only one left in Baldersdale with Bayles blood in my veins . |
10 | ‘ It looks ’ , said the judge who was plainly captivated by the actress , ‘ as if I am the only one who would like to see Miss Collier again . ’ |
11 | I am the only child . ’ |
12 | ‘ I understand people associating me with bands I 've worked on as an engineer , but I do n't understand why I am the only engineer in the world who 's expected to be discriminating about the bands he 's worked with … ’ |
13 | Around forty of these drawings have been known for years from books and exhibitions , but as things are , I am the only person in the world at the moment to have complete knowledge of what that collection was in its entirety . |
14 | ‘ How do you know I am the only one they targeted ? |
15 | It exists in three forms : expertise from experience ( ‘ I am the only one who has done this before ’ ) ; expertise based on knowledge ; and expertise based on a particular skill ( e.g. the surgeon , the programmer , the writer , the foreign exchange dealer ) . |
16 | I am the only golden eagle you know now and you may think all are like me , and become trusting and believe they will help you . |
17 | They 'll always be in the record books that I am the only man at any weight who 's ever won three Lonsdale belts outright . |
18 | I am the only female fishing . |
19 | I am the only Member of this House who knows Dr. James McDaid — |
20 | As he can see , I am the only Member of Parliament from the northern region who is here apart from , I think , one Labour Member of Parliament who is a Whip . |
21 | I think that I am the only hon. Member to have served on two Select Committees on the channel tunnel . |
22 | Is it normal that I am the only Belgian citizen who must act against his conscience in such important matters ? |
23 | In addition to what Nicholas er recounted about my brother , I believe that I am the only minister in the government , possibly the only member of parliament who has ever worked for the Save The Children Fund . |
24 | I am the only enemy here worth your steel . ’ |
25 | In fact , in rural areas today , the Orange hall has frequently been the only place where protestants of all shades have met to renew their belief and commitment to Ulster protestant loyalism ( Harris 1972 : 162–5 ) . |
26 | Newman came to the answer Rome ; the former friends he left behind in the Church of England replied that the early undivided Church had been the only one wholly to contain this supernatural essence . |
27 | Rob McKinnon had been the only Hartlepool player not pilloried in that game , and the 23-year-old left-back was the most impressive player again . |
28 | Its leaders and pastors have long been the only people who can say what they think ; its press , although censored , is freer than the state media and its synods and congresses are the only places where people can openly discuss the problems in the country . |
29 | MARTIN EDWARDS has not been the only man in Manchester trying to sell something of a sporting nature . |
30 | of the union 's total membership , approximately half are under the age of 30. since the advent of rock in the 1950s and 1960s , the union has been the only independent organization to give service , protection and advice to rock musicians . |