Sentence examples for be almost the sole from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Burton decided that EMC would be almost the sole backer of the project (FedEx is contributing the delivery of the 10,000 books on the publication day).

It is almost the sole preserve of the Gem Wellness Spa and Island Resort.

The labour market has been almost the sole source of inflationary worry at the Bank in recent months.

So what remains is not a verdict, but the prosecution's account — that the former Serb leader was almost the sole driving force behind the three wars.

In part, that is because the system is almost the sole focus of the administration's foreign policy, but it is also because plans for the system run against the senator's strong support for arms control.

Cyprus was almost the sole source of copper to the Romans, who called it aes cyprium ("ore of Cyprus"), which was shortened to cyprium and later corrupted to cuprum, from which comes the English name copper.

Though written in barbarous Latin and excessively dull, it is of great importance because the author was writing of contemporary happenings and the chronicle is almost the sole literary source for this period.

(Has the midcentury design frenzy inspired by "Mad Men" made it to Germany? Judging from the sleek armchairs and coffee tables that are almost the sole furnishings, it would seem so).

The death of David Coleman at the age of 87 signs off an already distant era when television broadcasts of Britain's national sporting events – the so-called "crown jewels" – were almost the sole and exclusive preserve of the BBC.

More of the basic research is coming from the academic labs, and NSF has come down to being almost the sole supporter of things.

Hevea brasiliensis, commonly known as rubber tree, is almost the sole source of natural rubber production.