Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to be the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who should inspect the schools for councils but ex-teachers , because they are deemed to be the only people properly qualified ? |
| 2 | Cropper looked for support from the African Institution for the removal of the West Indians ' financial advantage in the sugar trade , privately assuring Zachary Macaulay that the introduction of free-labour sugar was opposed by the planters because they knew it ‘ will destroy their System of cultivation , tho ’ it can be proved to be the only means of establishing West Indian property on a lasting foundation . |
| 3 | Since they are presumed to be the only judges of how good their work is , no layman or other outsider can make any judgment of what they can do . |
| 4 | Until recently , UVB rays were thought to be the only ones which caused serious sun damage . |
| 5 | ICL Plc aims to bridge the gap between personal computers and dumb terminals with its new network terminal , ErgoClient , for client-server computing , which acts as a half-way house and is claimed to be the only product capable of filling a gap in the market by combining the price-performance of a terminal with the flexibility of a personal computer . |
| 6 | It also offers users the option to trade up to HP 700/RX stations or to add X terminals to their networks , and is claimed to be the only industry programme to o so . |
| 7 | It smells and tastes so richly revolting that it is claimed to be the only fruit expressly forbidden in the plush Mandarin Hilton hotel in Singapore . |
| 8 | It is said to be the only tide mill in western Europe that is still operating . |
| 9 | If a fine is not enough , custody is said to be the only adequate penalty . |
| 10 | Among the objects to be sold are what is thought to be the only signed painting by Petrus Troueil , the portrait of Sir Francis Ottley and his family ( est. £40–60,000 ) , Sir Joshua Reynolds 's ‘ Admiral Cotes ’ ( est. £15–20,000 ) and other paintings by John Hoppner , James Ward , Michael Dahl and Sir Godfrey Kneller . |
| 11 | Avon Health 89-90 is believed to be the only local guide in the country to both orthodox and complementary health . |
| 12 | Mr Hinks became a member of the council of the Law Society , which was quite an accolade for the firm , and he is believed to be the only Darlington solicitor to be honoured in this way . |
| 13 | Gordon Ackerman , headmaster of a primary school which is believed to be the only one in Scotland still allowing corporal punishment , said this was available as the ultimate stage of disciplinary action , if the parents agreed . |
| 14 | Eastern Europe is predicted to be the only place where the number of poor people as a percentage of the total population will actually grow , although figures ignore poverty in the ‘ developed ’ world altogether . |
| 15 | Thus the hunt was on for heads of functions who could deliver results , and executive search was seen to be the only truly effective way to actually define and attract this key talent . |
| 16 | Alexander was said to be the only mortal Bucephalus would ever respect and the only one who was successful in saddling and mounting him ; with all other men , Bucephalus had sensed their greed and weakness and had spurned them . |
| 17 | Although that sort of thing is nominally catered for by most electrical equipment , using spike suppression and smoothing circuitry , I reckoned that this particular computer was not up to the job of coping with the dirty mains , and so an uninterruptible power source was thought to be the only feasible answer . |
| 18 | Black was decreed to be the only acceptable colour ( though a few white hairs in the switch and a little white on the udder were permissible ) and the most prized colour was an almost chocolate brown-black . |
| 19 | was increasingly viewed as providing insight into the fundamental truths of creation , in which nature as manifested in the unassailable reality of bones and organs was taken to be the only foundation of the moral order , a biology of incommensurability became the means by which such differences could be authoritatively represented . |