Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Cliff Richard had received more # 1 singles than Westlife now.

“ Only Love ,” co-written with hit songwriter Chris Eaton ( number 1s for Cliff Richard and Janet Jackson ).

Only what else was she singing but the old Song of Songs, that most ancient of tunes that nature plays with such unfailing response upon young nerves??

Only a native New Yorker could believe that New York is now or ever was a literary center.

Only a token start was made in attacking the tax reappraisal question and its companion issue of attracting industry to the state.

Only two people in the state of Illinois knew that I was entering Hanover State Hospital under an assumed name, or why.

Only those actually with Payne when he was shot, or who had left the party within not more than five minutes ( make five arbitrary ) positively had none.

Only then, when his glance focused on the divan and saw that it was empty, did he remember his earlier problem.

`` Only a relative handful of such reports was received '', the jury said, `` considering the widespread interest in the election, the number of voters and the size of this city ''.

Only 11 senators were on the floor and there was no record vote.

Only at this moment -- perhaps because it was before dawn and she was lying in Doaty's bed -- she found herself examining how others might regard her.

Only, this old man's connivance was even less to her taste than Selma Cotter's open censure.

Only Cromwell, the giant boatswain, was mild-mannered and respectful.

Only the memory of previous hurt, bewilderment and perplexity made him sure that if he did not ask B'dikkat when he, Mercer, was happy, the answer would no longer be available when he needed it.

Only after 1915, with the suggestion and evidence that this Z number was also the nuclear charge and a physical characteristic of atoms, did the word and its English equivalent atomic number come into common use.

Only one year of deficit was recorded, but the price paid was retrenchments and lean public spending.

Only a few weeks after his accession the Ottoman Empire sustained a crushing defeat at the Battle of Slankamen from the Austrians under Margrave Louis William of Baden and was driven from Hungary.

Only then in fact was payment for assembly attendance, the central event of democracy ( Similarly for the period before the Persian wars, but for the very early democracy the sources are very meagre and it can be thought of as being in an embryonic state ).

Only later was it given a different meaning, a process in which Augustine ( Bp of Hippo Regis, 395-430 ) played a part by emphasising the idea of " the link from consecrator to consecrated whereby the grace of order was handed on.

Only a few weeks after signing the agreement, Shuja was deposed by his predecessor, Mahmud.

Only several years after its liberation ( 1878 ), Bulgaria became a regional military power and was involved in several major wars – Serbo-Bulgarian War ( 1885 ), First Balkan War ( 1912 – 13 ), Second Balkan War ( 1913 ), First World War ( 1915 – 1918 ) and Second World War ( 1941 – 1944 ), during which the Army gained significant combat experience.

Only then was it sent out to the Secret Intelligence Service ( MI6 ), the intelligence chiefs in the relevant ministries, and later on to high-level commanders in the field.

Only one was ever built because Mrs. Beech did not like the aircraft.

Also in the 2004 TV poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses.

Only recently new `` holes '' were discovered in our safety measures, and a search is now on for more.

Only a radical change in the nature of the population in the central city would be likely to destroy this preference -- and we must now turn our attention to the question of whether such a change, gloomily foreseen by so many urban diagnosticians, is actually upon us.

Only the first 6000 to arrive were admitted and paid, with the red rope now used to keep latecomers at bay.

Only a few dates and descriptions in Gettens ' and Stout's book are now outdated.

Only the cavalry of the Republican Guard and a ceremonial fanfare detachment of trumpeters for the cavalry / armoured branch as a whole are now mounted.

Only one producer of the cheese is now based in Cheddar itself, The Cheddar Gorge Cheese Co.

Only one leaf of the manuscript survived and it is now kept in the National and University Library of Iceland.

Only 7 employees now remain employed at the company's original site and the outlet shop will close at the end of August 2009.

Only the rugby ground and the Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club now use the name Cardiff Arms Park.

Only now are scientists beginning to realize how common archaea are in the environment, with crenarchaeota being the most common form of life in the ocean, dominating ecosystems below 150 m in depth.

Only Version 6 is available now.

Only Ministers might initiate money bills, but Parliament now reviewed and consented to them.

Only in more recent times has silversmithing become mainly work in jewelry, as much less solid silver tableware is now handmade.

Only three of the columns are now standing, and these imperfect ; but the whole area is filled up with a heap of fallen masses, portions of columns, capitals, and other huge architectural fragments, all of the most massive character, and forming, as observed by Henry Swinburne, one of the most gigantic and sublime ruins imaginable.

Only a dozen or so, now called Jerry's J-Boy Restaurants, are still open in Kentucky and southern Indiana.

Only now is it becoming apparent that the hospitality of the State of New Hampshire and the residents of Portsmouth and vicinity played a significant informal role in creating an atmosphere that made the formal peaceful settlement possible.

Only part of the St Nicholas Church and the street pattern of the area now known as " The Lanes " survived.

Only after the fall of man begins the creation of space, time and matter, or of the world as we now know it ; and the motive of this creation was the desire to afford man an opportunity for taking advantage of the scheme of redemption, for bringing forth in purity the image of God according to which he has been fashioned.

Only now does the book confirm that the mysterious man Cosette met is actually Jean Valjean.

Only now do we learn about Valjean's and Cosette's life during the last years: They lived in the convent until Fauchelevent's death.

Only four teams have won more than one championship: Springfield in 1996 and 1998, Johnstown in 1995 ( as the Steal ) and in 2000 ( as the Johnnies ), Richmond ( now Traverse City ) in 2001 and 2002, and Windy City in 2007 and 2008.

Only one now continues: Sir Richard Thomas Willy, 14th baronet, is the direct successor of Sir Griffith Williams.

Only the top 10 drivers in points now automatically qualify for the Chase.

Only two of the original participating schools have held continuous memberships: Clark College ( now Clark Atlanta University ) and Tuskegee University.