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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was sole" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You would use this phrase to indicate that something or someone was the only thing or person in a particular situation. For example, "He was sole survivor of the shipwreck."
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UBS was sole lead arranger of the senior credit facilities.
He was sole emperor after his father's death in 1425.
At stake was sole possession of seventh place in the Eastern Conference.
By 1814 he was sole proprietor and set about creating the sixth edition (1820 23).
Cimino was sole writer and director of the crime caper film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974; starring Eastwood and Jeff Bridges).
Peyton-Jones joined the gallery in 1991 and was sole director for 15 years until she was joined by Hans Ulrich Obrist as co-director in 2006.
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It was sole-destroying".
and Alex Horne ("I used to work in a shoe-recycling shop. It was sole-destroying").
"They're sole proprietorships, not collectives".
Nor was his wife to be sole monarch.
The New York State comptroller is sole trustee of the pension fund.
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