only certainty

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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certainty
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.tən.ti/us
/ˈsɝː.tən.ti/
something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofonlyandcertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofonly certainty

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It is theonlycertaintywe have about people's fate after death : some are forgotten and some are remembered.
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Theonlycertaintyin an otherwise wholly unpredictable relationship is that relations between both countries will resume, some day : perhaps sooner, but certainly later.
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Apart from death and taxes, birth is theonlycertaintyin life.
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From the information we have, theonlycertaintywe can hang on to is the fact that embryos are human, whatever their fate may be.
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Theonlycertaintyis that they will pay more this year, and even more in years to come.
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Theonlycertaintyis that demand will grow remorselessly.
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Theonlycertaintyof commercial production of genetically modified foods is the uncontrollable and unpredictable release of artificially constructed gene pools into the wider environment.
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The factor in them which impresses one most is that theonlycertaintyis that most things are uncertain.
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That is theonlycertaintythere is about life—in the absolute sense.
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Hisonlycertaintyseems to be that he will continue to get away with it.
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Theonlycertaintyis that the communities will not die.
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I hope that everyone has a rest, because theonlycertaintyis that we all need one.
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Theonlycertaintyabout the oil price is its total unpredictability.
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Theonlycertaintyabout these regulations is that people will lose something.
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Theonlycertaintyis that there is no end to unemployment.
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Theonlycertaintyis that we do not know what the future holds.
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Theonlycertaintyis that the remedy proposed, like the last speech, has nothing whatever to do with it.
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If we do not include falls from heights, theonlycertaintyis that there will be more and the rate will increase.
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Theonlycertaintyis that questions like that have not been considered.
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Theonlycertaintyis that it will create uncertainty.
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