Only nineteen states have banned private ownership of tigers, fifteen require only a license, and sixteen states have no regulations at all.

Only the fool would take trouble to verify that his sentence was composed of ten a's, three b's, four c's, four d's, forty-six e's, sixteen f's, four g's, thirteen h's, fifteen i's, two k's, nine l's, four m's, twenty-five n's, twenty-four o's, five p's, sixteen r's, forty-one s's, thirty-seven t's, ten u's, eight v's, eight w's, four x's, eleven y's, twenty-seven commas, twenty-three apostrophes, seven hyphens and, last but not least, a single!

Only three survived in good health and after John's mother died when he was sixteen, his father wished for him to become a doctor to help prevent future tragedies of the sort that had marred the Fitzgerald family.

Only sixteen seconds after coming on to the pitch, Ricken chipped Angelo Peruzzi in the Juventus goal from over 20 yards with his first touch of the ball.

Only sixteen of the episodes were acquired and broadcast by the BBC in the UK.

In May 1969, John Tietjen had been elected president of Concordia Seminary after sixteen years as a minister in New Jersey and three years heading up the public relations division of the Lutheran Council in the U. S. A. Only two months later, Jacob Preus — then the president of the Missouri Synod's other seminary, Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, Illinois — was elected president of the synod in a surprise upset over incumbent Oliver Harms.

Only sixteen days before this, late at night on 23 August, he collapsed outside of his home in London.

Only sixteen prisoners then remained at the camp hospital.

Only sixteen years old, she encounters a dream lover Liu Mengmei when she falls asleep in a long-abandoned garden.

Only plants that were extant in England by the 17th century are grown in the garden.

Only the first work is extant.

Only four stanzas found on those pages are still extant, all of which are quoted in the Volsungasaga.

Only a handful of properties dating from this early period remain extant.

Only fragments are extant of his numerous and important works, among which may be mentioned:

Only one species is known from specimens taken while the bird was still extant ; the other remains only known from subfossil bones and apparently one early traveller's description.

Only extant letter by Emperor Takakura

Only one extant clarinet, owned by the University of California, Berkeley has been attributed to him, and this attribution has been challenged.

Only the first part of the history, describing Fulk's ancestry, is extant.

Only currently extant franchises are included on this list.

Only some writings by these church leaders are extant.

Their relatively primitive form indicates that they have an ancient lineage .< ref > The North American frogs of the Genus Ascaphus are now united with the New Zealand frogs of the genus Leiopelma in the Leiopelmatidae family Only six extant species are known.

Only seven of his 15 plays are extant, of which four have been translated into English:

Only the Latin grammarian Priscian is better attested to with such handwritten copies, with some 900 remaining extant.

Only one of his writings is still extant in its original Arabic, but there are many medieval Latin, Byzantine Greek and Hebrew translations.

Only 3 extant genera are recognised in this monophyletic family:

Only 26 works by his hand are extant.

Only the soundtrack survives on extant Vitaphone discs.

Only the beginning of the poem is extant.

Only two puppet-show texts are extant, Kkoktukaksi nori ( also called Pak Ch ' omjikuk ; " Old Pak's Play ") and Mansok chung nori.

Only 60 of them are, however, extant now.

Only one part of the wall is extant, in the southeast, just south of Beijing Railway Station.

Only one species protected by CITES, the Spix's Macaw, has possibly become extinct in the wild as a result of trade since the Convention entered into force ( but see case studies in Hutton and Dickinson and Stiles for further discussion of the role CITES has played in the fate of particular species ).

Only a few species are arboreal-the North American gray fox, the closely related Channel Island fox, and the raccoon dog habitually climb trees.

Only gems that are medium to dark in tone are considered emerald ; light-toned gems are known instead by the species name green beryl.

Only meat from particular species is permissible.

Only an extinct species of grass-eating baboon ate more.

Only females feed on blood, and different species have evolved to take a blood meal on preferred types ofvertebrate hosts.

Only a few species, such as B. rosserae and B. elderiana ( Swordfish Banksia ), occur in arid areas.

Only 168 species ( less than 2 % of all polychaetes ) are known from freshwaters.

Only a photograph of the first specimen of this species was made at a local market by Arnaz and Mark Erdmann before it was bought by a shopper.

Only the four Panthera cat species have the anatomical structure that enables them to roar.

Only 48 bird species regularly nest along the river, while others use the river as a migration corridor or as overwintering habitat.

Only the montane species tend to make long distance flights.

Only some species of birds ( aves augurales ) could yield valid signs whose meaning would vary according to the species.

Only three species of placental mammal were not deliberately introduced to Australia, the House Mouse, Black Rat and the Brown Rat.

Only 15 species occur outside Australia, and only 9 do not occur in Australia.

******** Genus Notoryctes Only genus of marsupial moles with existant species

Only one species is thought to have become extinct since 1600, the Guadalupe Storm Petrel of Mexico, although a number of species had died out before this.

Only two of these species have been truly domesticated, one ( Apis mellifera ) at least since the time of the building of the Egyptian pyramids, and only that species has been moved extensively beyond its native range.

Only one other species in the Strongyloides genus, S. felis, has the trait of autoinfection.

Only about 2 % of known marine species inhabit the pelagic environment.