Sentence examples for checked only one from inspiring English sources

Witness President Obama's answer to the race question on the 2010 census: Although his mother was white and his father was black, Mr. Obama checked only one box, black, even though he could have checked both races.

I'm not one for envying other writers; we're all being ground up by the same publishing mill unless we're Stephen King, which, last time I checked, only one of us is.

The researcher had a table where he could tick the following categories: both sides checked, only one side (left or right) checked and no sides checked.

The multiracial option came after years of complaints and lobbying, mostly by the white mothers of biracial children who objected to their children being allowed to check only one race.

Since calls to Mr. Damico's other telephone lines are forwarded to his Messagepoint number if he does not answer them, he has to check only one number for voice mail.

But in the 2010 Census, their daughter decided to check only one box when faced, like so many millions of other Americans, with boiling down a complex ancestry on a bureaucratic form.

That means checking all six answers would be closer to accurate than checking only one.

If I am supposed to check only one, how do I choose?

With that said it has never been brought up to me as an issue and has never held me back, having the degree is checking only one of many boxes to be highly successful.

(Please check only one) 1) Yes, I have been for more than 6 months (MAINTENANCE).

Although all three practices used recall systems for adult health checks, only one practice invited children for HKCs.