Example sentences of "only [noun] was the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week , however , the only progress was the addition of an adjective : the chief Syrian negotiator , Mouaffak Allaf , said Syria was willing to trade ‘ full ’ peace for full Israeli withdrawal . |
| 2 | The only disappointment was the fuel charges . ’ |
| 3 | The only light was the crack of light down the side of the door . |
| 4 | In 1648 he wrote to the Westminster Assembly , criticizing the Presbyterian system it had devised , but the only result was the suspension of his augmentation at Winchester . |
| 5 | The only alternative was the Salvation Army . |
| 6 | His only luxury was the purchase of books , which filled his canonical lodgings almost to the point of impenetrability — even the bath contained the files of the Church Quarterly Review — but his library was unsystematic and lacked bibliographical distinction . |
| 7 | The only illumination was the oblong of light that spilled from the open doorway of the TARDIS . |
| 8 | Her only reference was the behaviour of Huntingdon and his set in Acton Bell 's novel — the gambling , the womanizing , the drink , and the meanness of temper such vices induced . |
| 9 | The judges ' first meeting was not held until nearly a fortnight after their appointment , and even then the only business was the election of a chairman . |
| 10 | The only difference was the ambience of a twentieth-century Arabian hospital . |
| 11 | The only difference was the colour . |
| 12 | In the gilts market the only seller was the Bank of England , which officially off-loaded £1.6 billion of paper . |
| 13 | The only sound was the crunch of their feet on the crusted snow . |
| 14 | The only sound was the crunch of tyres on gravel . |
| 15 | The only sound was the bird song and the breeze rustling the honeysuckle laden hedgerows . |
| 16 | The only sound was the sea against the rocks and the hollow call of hungry birds circling in the sky . |
| 17 | There was a long time — several lifetimes — when the only sound was the clatter of the rain against the window , then Vitor walked to the cot . |
| 18 | High above a trio of hawks faltered on the rising air and the only sound was the scraping of insects . |
| 19 | And the only sound was the wind breathing on their branches . |
| 20 | Under the old law the public 's only champion was the Attorney-General who , as we have noted , always has standing to represent the public interest . |
| 21 | His only criticism was the proximity of the showjumping arena to the start and finish of the cross-country course . |
| 22 | Her only outlet was the success of her sons . |
| 23 | ‘ The only visitor was the messenger who arrived about that time and left a message that the King would be coming to Kinghorn later that day ! ’ |
| 24 | The position with the colleges after 1972 was simply one of confusion in which the only clarity was the haste to cut teacher education by whatever means . |
| 25 | One told me how on a cold winter 's day of driving rain , her only refuge was the car parked outside the house . |
| 26 | When the Surrey militia descended on Rye and Winchelsea in 1793 , the local publicans promptly went on strike and the only answer was the construction of special barracks . |
| 27 | Moran felt so outside their circle of concentration that he had to resort to tiptoeing into the room in an exaggerated parody of someone trying to enter unheard but his only audience was the boy , and that not often , and laughter only lifted the girls ' heads from their books for a forgotten moment . |
| 28 | In fact the only aggravation was the pitch where not even the safest pair of police hands could stop Swindon losing five nil . |
| 29 | The only exception was the C.O. He leaned his backside against a table , arms folded . |
| 30 | The fraction of the file in overflow did not markedly affect performance until it reached 30 per cent of the total file ; the only exception was the ICL fourteen-record bucket file , which began to perform worse as soon as additions were made . |