only beneficiary

collocation in English

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only
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈəʊn.li/us
/ˈoʊn.li/
used to show that there is a single one or very few of something, or that there are ...
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beneficiary
noun[C]
uk
/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.ər.i/us
/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.i.er.i/
a person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of ...
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(Definition ofonlyandbeneficiaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, theonlybeneficiarynamed by 3 per cent of testators was a spouse (no kinship link).
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But the crown was not theonlybeneficiaryof their use, nor the only source of ideas promoting the development of such new powers.
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The idea that theonlybeneficiaryof education is the person who receives it is an illusion.
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I hope that football will not be theonlybeneficiary, because many of the facilities can be used by other sports.
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It was legislation of a much more limited character, because theonlybeneficiarywas then a married man.
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I accept that the local community cannot be theonlybeneficiary.
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Such measures have disappeared in a welter of argument and counter-argument from which theonlybeneficiaryis the legal profession.
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Theonlybeneficiaryof that type of assistance will be the ever-increasing number of consultancies that are springing up all over the place.
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Theonlybeneficiarywould have been the developer himself, and no benefit whatever would have accrued from the expenditure to the waterway or its users.
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But as far as can see theonlybeneficiaryhas been the rebel regime itself.
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I reject also the suggestion that, where maintenance is paid, there is no gain to those on income support and that theonlybeneficiaryis the taxpayer.
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Theonlybeneficiaryis the landlord.
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Manufacturing industry, however, is not theonlybeneficiaryof the economy's improvement in terms of attracting overseas investment.
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Wales is not theonlybeneficiary.
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Sager was not theonlybeneficiaryof such forgivable loans.
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Legally, his widow is theonlybeneficiaryand continues to receive royalties.
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Thus, the only beneficiaries from the guaranteed minimum are the old non-savers, a result that is not surprising.
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Women are not the only beneficiaries of this approach.
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Stark was not theonlybeneficiaryof unexpected reinforcements.
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