It was a tactic, one official said, solely intended to avoid bad publicity.
The N.B.A.'s decision was based, Silver said, solely upon Sterling's comments that became public last weekend, which only further confounds the problems here.
He had intervened, he said, solely because of American Amicable's longtime presence in Waco, where its vintage headquarters is the tallest building for miles around.
But on Wednesday the winds seemed to be at the back of those who feel that marriage is not, as the voters of California and many other states have said, solely the province of a man and a woman.
That is not because of "the culture of poverty", whatever that means; it is, as Lyndon Johnson said, "solely and simply the consequence of ancient brutality, past injustice and present prejudice".Now, fair-minded people can argue about what to do about that.
Clearly, one of the most controversial theories of the day is the theory of evolution, but saying solely "the theory of evolution" is a misnomer.
It says that solely relying on dredging could make some areas more vulnerable to rising waters.
He says relying solely on analytical chemistry to determine what cadaver dogs are sniffing out is too limited.
After the AOL sale Wetherell formed @Ventures, the first venture company, he says, dedicated solely to the web.
Zawahiri, Maqdisi said, "operates solely based on allegiance.
